Thursday, 2/15/14
Jesus told the Phoenician woman that he could not give the
bread of the children to dogs, meaning that his miracles could only be done for
Jews. In St. Matthew’s version of the same story Jesus said, “I was sent only
to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” When I was teaching this Gospel to
Seventh Graders I asked the kids if it was right for Jesus to work only fro
Jews. And most of them, knowing more than Jesus, said it was wrong.
Perhaps this story teaches us that things must be done at their
proper time. Like, marriage is the right thing for men and women in love, but
not when they are just thirteen.
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