“When Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.”
Genesis 5:32
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“…THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE...” John 17:11
Living the Prayer of Jesus through Racial Sobriety
Year B Gospel Commentary
34th Sunday Christ the King
John 18:33-37
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We end this cycle of gospel readings with this dramatic scene of the
judgment of the world. Pilate thinks that he is judging Jesus, but
history concludes it was Jesus judging him. The truth judges us all.
Jesus testifies to the truth and proclaims that those who are about
truth make up his kingdom. In the struggle to bring forth the
realization that we are brothers and sisters, we will find ourselves
judged by the ?powers that be.? In these moments we find consolation in
the words of Jesus that the truth seekers belong to his kingdom.
Standing for the truth in a world of self-interest and self-deception
will be a lonely place for us as it was for Jesus. But like Jesus, we
have to heed his voice as we find our own ?voice? of racial sobriety.
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