"There are some remarkable examples of that kind
of blindness in the readings we heard this morning, and slavery is wrapped up
in a lot of it. Paul is annoyed at the
slave girl who keeps pursuing him, telling the world that he and his companions
are slaves of God. She is quite
right. She?s telling the same truth Paul
and others claim for themselves. But
Paul is annoyed, perhaps for being put in his place, and he responds by
depriving her of her gift of spiritual awareness. Paul can?t abide something he won?t see as
beautiful or holy, so he tries to destroy it.
It gets him thrown in prison.
That?s pretty much where he?s put himself by his own refusal to
recognize that she, too, shares in God?s nature, just as much as he does ?
maybe more so! The amazing thing is that
during that long night in jail he remembers that he might find God there ? so
he and his cellmates spend the night praying and singing hymns."
For those who can stomach more, here's the link:
aches-in-curacao-diocese-of-venezuela/
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