The world is riddled with injustice. On an international level, rich countries throw away the same amount of food that would feed the entire population of poor countries where there is starvation. Billions of pounds are spent on cosmetic surgery while millions of people die from not having clean water. War rages in countries using military equipment and munitions manufactured in rich countries where the only beneficiaries are the shareholders of the arms manufacturers. I could, of course, go on. Similarly, there are injustices in our own communities. There is harassment, prejudice and unfair dismissal in our own work places, almost daily. We may well have been the subject of injustice in the past or now and if not, we can be sure that it will come one day. How as Christians do we make sense of all of this and what hope do we give to those to whom we minister who find themselves in the midst of such injustice? The passion narrative which we reflect on during this Holy week is quintessentially about injustice. Whatever injustice we have experienced, it cannot compare with the injustice that Jesus experienced for our sake. And yet it was obedience, humility and love which drove Jesus to the heights of self-sacrifice. Nothing but admiration can fill our hearts and from this, hopefully, the ability to keep going with the injustices we face every day.
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