Opinion: Why are Ireland’s church leaders so silent when it comes to standing in solidarity with our refugee brothers and sisters?
Following publication of the census figures last week, we can say confidently that the proportion of Irish people who claim to be Christian still remains a significant majority in our country.
It is not the case that there is any ambiguity in the teachings of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels on how he expects his followers to treat the “stranger” or the “foreigner.” The parable of the Good Samaritan leaves no room for doubt.
In the parable, a Samaritan stops on his journey and goes to the aid of a person, probably a Judaean, who was assaulted and left for dead on a notorious part of the road from Jerusalem to Jericho. Two members of the established religion ignored him, but an unnamed Samaritan steps across a social and religious boundary to save his life.
In his gospel, the evangelist Matthew presents an apocalyptic image of the Last Judgement where “people of all the nations” are grouped into sheep who are invited into the God’s community and goats who are rejected. The people of all the nations are very much taken aback with the criteria for God’s judgment.
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