text: As Cardinal Pell faces up to his accusers in Australia, “Blessed are you, Father; Lord of heaven and earth; you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom” (Matthew 11:25).  Abused children do merit respect before the law.  “When the LORD came down to the top of Mount Sinai, he summoned Moses to the top of the mountain” (Exodus 19:20b) much as Cardinal Pell is being summoned to the Australian court.  Will Pell come out as Moses thundering or whispering with the holy words of God?  Whatever happens, it is the secular government that is taking the place of God in seeking to prioritize truth over politics, wherever truth leads.  “Glory and praise for ever!” (Daniel 3:52b).  “Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it” (Matthew 13:17), referring to Church accountability for truth.  Liturgy of the Word, Reading 398, Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time I.