When the people in the synagogue heard this, they were all filled with fury. They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, to hurl him down headlong. But he passed through the midst of them and went away. (Lk 4:24-30)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032425.cfm
When Jesus goes to his hometown synagogue and begins preaching about God intervening on behalf of foreigners, his local townsfolk want to kill him. Sounds a lot like what’s happening today. Hatred of foreigners, hatred of immigrants, never get the Jesus seal of approval.
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Monday III, Lent
