This quote from the prophet Hosea chapter 8; 7 which was the first reading in Catholic churches today, refers to the Godless actions of the people of Israel. God is a God of mercy, but, mercy can only be received by repentant hearts. God is not a permissive God. Those who transgress the immutable laws of nature – the way we are made and God’s plan for our happiness, will face consequences for their sins.

This applies to those responsible for the carnage and killing of the innocent by those engaged in unlawful immoral and unjust warfare; those who campaign for the right to kill the weakest and most vulnerable – the unborn and those who allow their immoral predilections to split their families leaving their children in a void of lovelessness.

‘So by the help of your God, return, – come back to me. Hosea 12.6