I am thinking of the unspeakable persecution of the Christian minority of Northeastern Iraq, among others. I pray for them, and for the predators who oppress them. A quote from Dietrich Bonhoeffer, from his magnum opus, Ethics Wherever the name of Jesus is still spoken, even though it be in ignorance or in the knowledge only of its objective power but without personal obedience, and even though it be only with hesitation and embarrassment, wherever this name is spoken it creates for itself a space to which the revilement of Jesus has no access, a region which still belongs to the power of Christ, where one must not interfere and hinder but where one must allow the name of Jesus Christ to do its work. It is an experience of our days that the spoken name of Jesus alone exercises an unforeseen power; and the effort which it costs to speak this name is perhaps connected with some faint apprehension of the power which is inherent in it. Wherever the name of Jesus Christ is spoken it is a protection and a claim. This is the case with all those who in their struggle for justice, truth, humanity and freedom have learnt once again to speak the name of Jesus Christ, even though it is often with hesitation and with genuine fear. Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Ethics (p. 59). Kindle Edition.
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 01:53:02 +0000
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