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EZEKIEL 37:21-28
JOHN 11:45-57
http://www.usccb.org/nab/032710.shtml
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The Pharisees were extremely jealous and fearful of the popularity of
Jesus among the crowds. They could not abide with his teachings. They
sneered at the miracles he wrought. They tested him and questioned his
sympathies for tax collectors and prostitutes. In short, they made
every movement of Jesus suspect. So they kept ‘convening’ among
themselves as to how they could have him arrested and eventually put to
death. Finally, they succeeded. Jesus was arrested, scourged and
crucified.
Do we have examples of Pharisee-ian machinations in this day and age?
The plotting does not have to result in the death of a person, but how
about the death of a democracy? Modern Pharisees think themselves
untouchable and above the dictates of ethics and morality. They
disregard the rights and basic needs of the common populace.
Unwittingly, the Pharisees were guided by a ‘hand,’ a destiny that
brought to fruition the prophesies foretold by the old biblical
prophets.
In the case of a democracy, whose ‘hand’ has been motivating the drive
of the distinguished untouchables? Certainly not a holy hand, but the
hand of misused power, greed and selfaggrandizement. This hand is
mortal and can only be deflected by people willing to defend democracy.
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we pray
for one another, for those who have asked our prayers and for those who
need our prayers the most.
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good day!
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