Hebrews 10:19-25 / Mark 4:21-25
This world is a beautiful world. Yes, we need to reiterate that over and over again because God created this world and saw it as good and beautiful.
And this world can continue to be good and beautiful and would be good and beautiful as long as the good people in this world would share the goodness of God's love.
But if the people who believe in goodness and want this world to be a good and beautiful place to live in do nothing to bring about goodness, then this world will slowly turn dark and ugly.
Consequently and subsequently, it will also turn to evil and then this world would be a dangerous place to live in.
The famous Edmund Burke quote is this :“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
It is like what Jesus said in the gospel about bringing in a lamp and putting it under a tub or under the bed - the light from the lamp is not going to be very useful.
But for us to bring about goodness into the world, we need to come before the Lord of all goodness and be filled.
So the 1st reading urges us that as we come before the Lord in His sanctuary, let us be sincere in heart and filled with faith, our minds sprinkled and free from any trace of bad conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
In other words we must be cleansed of sin, by going for the Sacrament of Reconciliation if necessary, and to keep our hearts pure in order to receive the Lord and be filled with His love.
Then we will truly be able to love our neighbour, be concerned for them, and also to stir a response in love and good works in them. And this world be indeed continue to be a good and beautiful world.