Word for Wednesday, August 17.

“You have fed off their milk, worn their wool, and slaughtered the fatlings, but the sheep you have not pastured. You did not strengthen the weak nor heal the sick nor bind up the injured. You did not bring back the strayed nor seek the lost, but you lorded it over them harshly and brutally.” Ezekiel 34:3-4. St. John Paul II said, “The ultimate measure of greatness is the way you treat every human being.” Let us pray, Lord Jesus, we lift all those in leadership and positions of responsibility: may they care and not neglect those they lead; may they enrich rather than profit from them; may they treat them mercifully rather that mercilessly. May they be worthy of the trust of those they lead. Amen. “Let your light shine!!” Be blessed. Larry.