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1. "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
Jesus' words on the cross resonate vulnerability—millennia later they remain untempered, raw. On Good Friday we remember the crucifixion, its depth of suffering, and reflect on the crucifying realities in which we are complicit.
Jesus' words on the cross resonate vulnerability—millennia later they remain untempered, raw. On Good Friday we remember the crucifixion, its depth of suffering, and reflect on the crucifying realities in which we are complicit.
2. Recent years have made it plain: The U.S./Mexico border is one of the places where, day after day, Christ is crucified before our eyes.
The nails in his hands are reflected in the daily violence and degradation U.S. immigration authorities inflict on vulnerable bodies.
The nails in his hands are reflected in the daily violence and degradation U.S. immigration authorities inflict on vulnerable bodies.
3. The wound in Christ's side stretches along our border, the "herrida abierta" that Gloria Anzaldúa so poignantly names, "where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages again."
4. Christ was crucified in Jakelin Caal Maquin, whose precious, God-given life was extinguished after just 7 short years by a government who saw her as a problem, not a person—who prioritized her detention over treating her illness.
5. Christ is crucified in the thousands of people who have died crossing the desert into the U.S., traveling through unlivable terrain because they find no welcome at our ports of entry.
6. Soldiers casting lots for Jesus' clothes are replaced by CBP agents who have dumped thousands of gallons of water set aside for migrants who attempt to cross.
theguardian.com/us-news/2018/j…
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7. And just as crowds bore witness to Jesus' crucifixion yet did nothing, too many watch these modern crucifixions in silence.
Inhumanity is justified as "law and order." Brutality is disguised as public policy.
Inhumanity is justified as "law and order." Brutality is disguised as public policy.
8. God watches and weeps. And just as God asked Cain, "Where is your brother?" we are asked what we have done to our migrant siblings.
From far too many mouths, a similar answer comes: "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
From far too many mouths, a similar answer comes: "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
9. If Good Friday is to mean anything, we cannot relegate it to an execution ensconced safely in the past while we ignore crucifixions on the news today.
Look plainly upon the violence and death inflicted at our border. Resolve to change, that we might heal this open wound.
Look plainly upon the violence and death inflicted at our border. Resolve to change, that we might heal this open wound.
