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“my vindicator lives” (jb 19:25, nab)
“If you would hearken to My commandments, your prosperity would be like a river, and your vindication like the waves of the sea.” —Isaiah 48:18
You do your best to live for your beloved Lord — to meditate on His law day and night (Ps 1:2). No matter how faithful you are to God, there are always “insolent” scoffers and scorners at hand to mock and accuse you (Ps 1:1). These people judge you; nothing you do is good enough to satisfy them (see Mt 11:16ff). They can be compared to those to whom Jesus refers in today’s Gospel, who criticize both St. John the Baptizer and Jesus (Mt 11:18-19). Their criticism is unceasing, but God’s vindication is much more relentless, “like the waves of the sea” (Is 48:18). Good luck to anyone trying to stop the waves of the sea!
Vindication is the act of clearing a person from blame or suspicion. To be publicly vindicated by a powerful person or institution from an accusation of wrongdoing would be a great blessing. Even more wonderful would be vindication from the Lord, the Creator of the Universe, the “King of kings and Lord of lords”! (Rv 19:16) “He will make justice dawn for you like the light; bright as the noonday shall be your vindication” (Ps 37:6). God assures that He will vindicate us, His servants (see Is 54:17).
So take courage! Do not focus on the mockery and accusations you face for your life of faith in Jesus. Fix your eyes on Jesus (Heb 12:2). “Leave it to the Lord, and wait for Him” (Ps 37:7).
Prayer: Father, grant me the grace always to focus on doing Your will, whether or not I am aware of being vindicated by You.
Promise: “Wisdom is vindicated by her works.” —Mt 11:19, RNAB
Praise: Pope St. Damasus I, by God’s grace, was empowered to fight heretics, commission St. Jerome to produce the Vulgate translation of the Holy Bible, and honor Roman martyrs by housing their relics.
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