Hollow Men Indeed
Hollow Men Indeed
All that Mr Hager has written in his recent political "expose" entitled "Hollow Men" had already been much better expressed by the poet TS Eliot in his 1935 play "Murder In The Cathedral".
Eliot's play is a dramatic representation of the assassination/martyrdom of the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, by the power-hungry and power-maddened King Henry II in 1170.
In this play a priest of the cathedral reflects,
"I see nothing quite conclusive in the art of temporal government, but violence, duplicity and frequent malversation (professional misconduct). King rules or barons rule: the strong man strongly and the weak man by caprice (whim)".
"They have but one law, to seize power and keep it, and the steadfast can manipulate the greed and lust of others, the feeble is devoured by his own."
I do not think for one moment that the Holy Spirit was speaking hollow words when through Mary he promised,
"The Lord has done mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart. He has brought down rulers from their thrones, and has exalted those who were humble. He has filled the hungry with good things; and sent away the rich empty-handed." (Luke 1.51-53)
"(God) bared His arm and showed His strength, scattering the bluffing braggarts. He knocked tyrants off their high horses, pulled victims out of the mud. The starving poor sat down at a banquet; the callous rich were left out in the cold." (The Message)
