“On this mountain the Lord of hosts will provide for all peoples, a feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines.” Isaiah 25:6 |
| October 9, 2011
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Dear John, The annual celebration of Columbus Day reminds us that the United States for the most part has been a nation of immigrants, and continues to be so today. Just as God welcomes and provides for ALL peoples on his holy mountain, so today, all nations should play their role in welcoming the stranger, in offering the possibilities of a better life to the immigrant. Of course we need borders and we need fences, but we should also build bridges and welcome the immigrant, the visitor and the stranger.
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Eternal God, whose image lies in the hearts of all people, we live among people whose ways are different from ours, whose faiths are foreign to us, whose tongues are unintelligible to us. Help us to remember that you love all people with your great love, that the yearnings of other hearts are much like our own. Help us to recognize you in the words of truth, the things of beauty, the actions of love about us. We pray, through Christ, who is a stranger to no one land more than another, and to every land no less than to another.
World Council of Churches Rev. Peter Schineller, S.J., CMMB Board of Directors In keeping with the theme of this message, read Father Schineller's reflections on his time in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietman. Where he is currently teaching Jesuit scholastics.
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