Humans have an amazing ability to erect barriers, to build walls. Sometimes, these walls serve a great purpose: protecting a city from potential invaders. However, these walls can also become a negative: keeping well-intentioned people out. These walls are not always literal walls but can also be figurative. We can create rules, regulations, or systems that are in effect walls: locking people out. This becomes extremely problematic when we erect walls to the faith: when we make it difficult for people to practice and learn about the faith. As we read this Gospel, let us pray for the wisdom to recognize the walls we have created that have separated others from Christ and then ask for the strength to tear down these walls.
Tear Down These Walls
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