Saying, “We know where he is from” is from is a Scriptural way of labeling that person, and in a sense, writing him or her off. I think maybe we too have ways of “knowing where people are from” and we label them according to race, or parentage, or upbringing, or privilege, or whatever. We are especially quick to label and write off those who would challenge us, just like the just one was “beset” in today’s first reading, or the Jews who would write Jesus off because they know where he is from, in our Gospel reading. But we need to take care not to write people off – regardless if they are different from us, or are troublesome, or are challenging to us, because in doing so we write off Jesus himself, and turn our back once again on the words he would speak to us.
Tag: discrimination
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Friday of the Fourth Week in Lent
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Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Knowing where a person is from is a Scriptural way of labeling that person. So maybe we too have ways of “knowing where people are from” and we label them according to race, or parentage, or upbringing, or whatever. We are especially quick to label and write off those who would challenge us, just like the just one was “beset” in today’s first reading. We have to be very careful not to write people off – regardless if they are different from us, or are troublesome, or are challenging to us, because in doing so we write off Jesus himself, and turn our back once again on the words he would speak to us.
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