Who do you say I am?
09-12-2021Rev. Wilfred YinahToday’s 1st reading (Isa 50:5-9a) a mysterious figure is offered to us. He is a man hit, humiliated, insulted, beaten (vv. 5-6), that God, however, has not abandoned in the hands of the enemy. He glorified him, giving success to his mission and showing everyone that he was a righteous person (vv. 8-9).
It is hard to say if the Prophet was referring to a real man or if he was talking, in a symbolic way, of the people of Israel, destroyed by the violence of the enemy. What is certain is that the early Christians saw in this character the image of their Master, Jesus of Nazareth, rejected by his contemporaries, opposed and defeated by the religious and political leaders of his time, but recognized by God, through the resurrection, as the real winner.
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Rosary Group
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Handcrafted Bethlehem Olive Wood Religious Gifts
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Rosary Group
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To end the Covid pandemic. To end violence across the USA and for God to restore peace and calm in our cities. And to illuminate those who govern us so that they may commit themselves to the common good and respect for God’s holy law.
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