Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament

July 28, 2026

ARE YOU NOT HE, O LORD OUR GOD?

Jeremiah is one of the prophets who relates to the weak and suffering. He personally lived this experience to the point of going into exile in Egypt. This text presents a period when the children of Israel were in exile and failing to find meaning in their lives. If I go out into the field, behold, those slain by the sword! And if I enter the city, behold, the diseases of famine, for both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land and have no knowledge. Have you utterly rejected Juda? (Jeremiah 14). I reflect on this text at a time when the world Organizations have declared Uganda an Ebola zone. Some airlines have canceled their flights from and to Uganda. Some countries have closed their borders to travelers who have been in Uganda. The country is painted with contamination of disease.

Our prayer could be framed around this phrase: “Are you not He, O Lord our God?” There are times in life when we do not feel God’s closeness. We would love God to manifest himself to us. Reading further the prophecies of Jeremiah, we realize that suffering is due to forgetfulness of the covenant. Our new covenant is sealed with the blood of the Lamb. It is a covenant of love. It is a covenant of washing one another’s feet. It is a covenant of the gift of self.

Our world expects everything from everyone without any effort on our part. It is a world of accumulation that forgets the other. I pray that we slowly return to the spirit of the covenant. Let us think of others’ well-being, for only then will we ourselves be at peace. God is always present, but when we distance ourselves from love, we feel his absence.

Let Us Pray:

Almighty God, grant us the grace to relive the covenant of your Son that we give our lives for your glory and for the sanctification of man. We make this our prayer, through Christ our Lord.