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2444 Failure to recognize injustice.... standing up for justice....

August 9, 1942: Book 33

The blindness of people goes so far that they are no longer able to distinguish where justice ends and injustice begins. Every man judges according to his feelings, and these feelings correspond to his way of life, his inner disposition and his attitude towards God and the world. The one is the consequence of the other, it is the life of man that determines how he judges the actions of his fellow man. And consequently, injustice is no longer recognized and abhorred as such but is tolerated and approved of, for humanity no longer lives in accordance with divine will but deviates far from God's commandments, from the commandments of love. But when it is pointed out to fulfil God's commandments, even this indication is regarded as injustice, while man can practice open injustice without the disapproval of his fellow human beings. And those are condemned and publicly denounced. And that is the wrong thinking of people, the deviation from the right path.... But the right-thinking person will no longer be able to defend his right, he will have to bow down as soon as he fears earthly power. And yet he should not allow himself to be deterred, he should do and speak what his heart tells him to do, he should know that if he fights for justice and righteousness he is standing up for God, Who Himself is the most righteous being and demands the same from people. He should know that his silence is tantamount to tolerating injustice, that he must speak if he can thereby prevent injustice. Nor should he allow himself to be deterred by the threats of the world where it is necessary to protect the souls of his fellow human beings from error or false teachings. For these again result in countless wrong or unjust actions. Everything that a person can justify to God or that his conscience allows him to do with the strictest self-criticism is right.... But whoever recognizes God Himself as the judge of his actions and thoughts will also be rightly guided by the voice of conscience, which God has placed in the heart of every human being as an admonisher and warner....

Amen

Translated by Doris Boekers