Episode Transcript
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In our first reading the prophet Jeremiah
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spoke in a land who did not want to hear his words.
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They didn’t like what they heard
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so they were going to persecute him and kill him.
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Saint Paul speaks to the Hebrew’s and calls for the people to
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throw off everything that hinders us,
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especially the sin that clings so easily.
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Those who speak for the voiceless
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are often ridiculed and misunderstandings and falsehoods
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are espoused about them.
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Fear takes over and becomes the message.
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It is those who speak in support of indigenous people
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or refugees or asylum seekers
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or those fleeing from the ravages of war,
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those who are different from me or us.
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They are seen as woke lefties or radicals
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politically motivated.
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Jesus says, He has come not to bring peace, but division.
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The division He speaks of is living the message
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of the dignity of all people,
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especially those who are voiceless
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and on the margins in our world.
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It is easy to forget that this involves people,
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men, women and children, families like our own.
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If we forget that they are people and call them by another name
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or do not listen to the real human stories behind the slogans,
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Jesus challenges us to think again.
