Matthew 23:27-28
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs, which on the outside look beautiful, but inside they are full of the bones of the dead and of all kinds of filth. So you also on the outside look righteous to others, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.
It is so easy to cover up the evil
to hide away the wickedness
We focus on one story fleetingly before moving on to the next
News becomes old so quickly
and the shock of terror and violence settles
and becomes a grief that we are impotent to assuage
Conflict in the land that we call holy draws our attention
from all the other places reduced to rubble
and we are urged to take sides
and condemn wars that have been years in the making.
Meanwhile refugees search for shelter, for clean water, for food,
for a way out
This Advent, we long, not for a baby
but for the Prince of Peace to be born
As we watch and we wait, may we begin to see
how we might make room in our lives
to welcome all those who flee
and how to make peace in our communities
and throughout the world
Practising what we preach today and every day.
(Liz Crumlish)
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