A spiritual reflection on the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time by Carol J. Dempsey, Ph.D., a Dominican Sister from Caldwell, New Jersey and professor of Biblical Studies at the University of Portland, Oregon.
This spiritual reflection speaks to everyone, but has special relevance for Vincentians.
Published August 29 in the National Catholic Reporter.
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| Mothers in Portland, Oregon. (CNS/Reuters/Caitlin Ochs) |
Global communities have "woke," with voices from the margins shouting, reaching an ear-piercing pitch in the breathtaking struggle against injustice during a worldwide COVID-19 pandemic.
Everywhere people take to the streets, marching in solidarity against racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, gender and orientation discrimination, police brutality and militaristic law enforcement. The margins have had enough! They rise up, once again, and push against the seemingly impenetrable boundaries of hegemonic power that privileges the few and disenfranchises the many.
The margins make their presence known and felt. They expose the myriad of injustices that have plagued, riddled and marred the human community for eons, leaving the web of life tattered, torn and tottering on the threshold of extinction. The margins speak truth to power. They press in on comfort zones. They will not accept being silenced, bullied, pushed aside, discounted any longer. The margins resist.
This Sunday's readings invite everyone to and into the margins, if some of us are not already there.
Read the whole of Sr. Dempsey's reflection here:
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: Margins speak truth in National Catholic Reporter