Pax Christi Metro DC/Baltimore

Date archive for October, 2007

Tuesday Third Week March 9, 2010
Azariah is in the fire because he and his kin refused to eat meat sacrificed to idols. Kosher food practices, circumcision, and the Sabbath set the Israelites apart from other peoples. These distinctive practices were seen as signs of faithfulness to Yahweh, the God of Abraham and Moses. The faithful, like Azariah, were willing to [...] […]
Monday Third Week March 8, 2010
Elisha, the prophet, cures the foreigner’s leprosy (2 Kgs 5:1-15). Leprosy was a curse, a sign of God’s disfavor. It resulted in social ostracism. Naaman seemed to expect more personalized service from Elisha. Elisha told him to go and bathe in the Jordan river. Naaman’s nationalism almost got in the way of his healing. I [...] […]