In today’s Gospel passage, Jesus' name appears on a hit list: His Gospel of justice and compassion has become too much for the Sanhedrin, who rationalize a "prophecy" to justify Jesus' elimination.
Today's Gospel is relived in the lives of men and women who dare to speak the truth to power. Ridicule, isolation, rejection — even death — can be required of anyone for taking seriously God's call to be His prophets: to proclaim God's compassion, forgiveness, and justice to societies and institutions that are in determined opposition to the very idea of these things.
But the promise of the Resurrection belongs to those who dare to take up the cause of justice and reconciliation in order to proclaim that God has redeemed his people.[1]
[1] Cormier, Jay, Connections, Weekdays of Lent, 2007
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