“See the fast that
pleases me:
breaking the
fetters of injustice
and unfastening
the thongs of the yoke,
setting the
oppressed free
and breaking every
yoke.
Fast by sharing
your food with the hungry,
bring to your
house the homeless,
clothe the one you
see naked
and do not turn
away from your own kin.”
– Isaiah 58:6-7
(Unfastening the thongs of the yoke.
Here we have a glimpse of the tremendous effort demanded of all in
order to do away with every form of slavery: from the small privileges that
working companions compete for, to the laws that keep entire groups
marginated. It includes breaking the
yoke of husbands’ domination over their wives and the disputes between
neighbours when no one dares to take the first step.
It is not enough to be
converted to GOD “from the heart,” for conversion comes about by changing both
persons and structures. These make us
share in the injustices and sins of the society in which we live. An incredible of sins – corruption,
prostitution, violence – are linked to colonialism and the economic and
cultural dependence that go with it.
Sharing your food with the hungry: and that on a world scale for
humankind is one, the only Adam of whom CHRIST is the head.)
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