Divine Appeal Reflection - 268
Today, consider in Divine Appeal 268: "But the condescending participation of doctors in the extermination of the defenceless human lives – My Eternal Father’s Majesty is outraged."
Our Adorable Jesus unmasks the terrifying paradox of human history: that grace, given as participation in God’s own majesty, can be desecrated when turned against Him. Medicine, law, politics, education, art, and science—all are luminous reflections of the divine Wisdom, entrusted to human hands for the defense of life and the building of the Kingdom. Yet when these are corrupted, they become tools of death and scandal. The Eternal Father’s outrage springs not from wounded pride but from the violation of His very image in man. As Lucifer perverted his angelic splendor into rebellion, so men, entrusted with holy vocations, twist them into weapons of desecration. Caiaphas abused priestly authority to condemn the Living Temple (cf. Jn 11:50). Pilate wielded the judge’s seat to sanction injustice. Judas exploited apostleship to betray the Bridegroom with a kiss. Such corruption is not merely personal sin but cosmic disorder: it poisons society, offends the Creator, and enslaves souls. To misuse a vocation is to betray the Giver of the gift Himself. This is why the cry of innocent blood (cf. Gen 4:10) resounds so violently in heaven when professions consecrated to life become machinery of death.
In luminous contrast, the saints demonstrate what occurs when one's calling is given over to grace. St. Thomas More demonstrated that justice is God's first concern by sanctifying the law by sealing truth with his blood. As a doctor and mother, St. Gianna Beretta Molla transformed medicine into a haven of life, giving her life to let her child live. St. John Bosco reclaimed education from utilitarian emptiness and infused it with a Eucharistic spirit, forming boys into apostles. St. Louis IX, as king, turned monarchy into service, becoming both ruler and saint. These holy ones prove that every vocation, when purified by grace, becomes an altar of sacrifice. Each profession is not secular by nature but sacred in destiny. To teach, to heal, to govern, to create—all are priestly acts when united to Christ, the High Priest who reconciles heaven and earth. The saint does not abandon the world but transfigures it, revealing that the workplace, the courtroom, the classroom, and the studio can all become extensions of Calvary when surrendered to God. Each vocation is a battlefield, a chalice of choice: either offered to God in oblation, or handed to the enemy as a tool of destruction.
The same drama unfolds today, where art, media, and science either unveil truth or obscure it with shadows. What God intended as instruments of light can just as easily be wielded as tools of deception. St. Paul reminds us that creation itself groans for redemption (cf. Rom 8:22)—and so do vocations, which ache to be reconciled in Christ. Every field, whether hospital or parliament, classroom or studio, courtroom or workshop, becomes a battlefield of consecration or desecration. The question remains as urgent as ever: will the gifts of God be offered back in love, or twisted into defiance? Each gift, if surrendered, becomes a sacrament of grace; if abused, a chain of bondage. Therefore, the battleground of our time is not just in our hearts but also in our professions: in courts, hospitals, legislatures, studios, and schools.. The question is urgent: Will the gifts of God be consecrated into light, or desecrated into darkness?
This Divine Appeal is not merely a warning; it is an invitation to Eucharistic reparation. Bread and wine, fruits of human work, when offered to Christ, are divinized. Likewise, professions—medicine, law, governance, teaching, art—when surrendered to Him, become sacraments of holiness in the world. To misuse these gifts is to repeat the betrayal of Judas, placing sacred trust at the service of death. To consecrate them is to imitate Mary, who placed her entire being at the disposal of God. Our Adorable Jesus calls us to a radical examination: are we offering our vocations upon the altar of self or the altar of God? Only when society bends its professions back to their true source—Christ, the Logos through whom all things were made—will the Father’s outraged Majesty be appeased. Until then, the Church must rise as intercessor, offering prayers, sacrifices, and hidden fidelity as reparation for wasted graces, that human work may once more become worship, and every vocation a hymn of glory to the Creator.
Prayer
Our Adorable Jesus, Judge and Redeemer of every vocation, we tremble before the outrage caused by wasted graces. By Your Cross and the witness of Your saints, consecrate our professions anew. Transform every work of law, art, medicine, science, and governance into incense rising before the Father’s throne. Amen.
Sr. Anna Ali of the Most Holy Eucharist, intercede for us.
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