Saturday, 3/16/13
In the readings Jeremiah and Jesus are living under the
repression of guards and lawyers, and it might put you mind of the three
thousand men and women who suffer similar repression in Jacksonville’s jail.
Many of them are people who used drugs as an escape from
pain brought on by unbearable family disasters. Most of them would be free if
they could afford the services of lawyers.
They are deprived of any freedom in what they eat or in how
they exercise. When he appeared in his hometown Jesus announced that the Father
had sent him to free prisoners. As his followers it is our duty to let him use
us to make life tolerable for pris
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