(Text: Amos 1:1-2, 5:6-24) Our reading today ends with the famous call to let justice and righteousness “roll down” from heaven. While this is an inspiring message, we often forget that Amos is addressed to those who have neglected justice and righteousness, oppressing the poor and exploiting the needy. When God’s justice does roll down, it is not for them a pleasant shower, but a destructive deluge.