Thursday, October 11, 2018

Pilgrimage & Retreat: Day 3

Morning: Psalms 131, 132, 133; Micah 3:1-8; Acts 24:1-23

Today we will visit the Basilica de Nazaré in Belém.  Nazareth in Bethlehem!  Here there are elements of the Christian story everywhere you turn.  It was Christians that brought slaves from Africa to this land of Brazil, it was Christians who dispossessed the indigenous peoples, here as in Canada.  There is much for Christians to repent of, and much to be forgiven. Today’s question (from the Gospel story of the woman who anoints Jesus’ feet might be – for all of us):  For what do I need to seek forgiveness?

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