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The Chibi News Daily Reflection
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Hi, I'm Brenda from St Francis Parish Church in Ingleby Barwick. Sometimes I see such an angry world, a world rife with cancel culture and the spirit of offence
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But love, decency, personal integrity and accountability are deeply respected qualities. Jesus says how can you say to your neighbour friend let me take the speck out of your eye
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when you do not see the log in your own eye it is so easy to look outwards and blame others
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we live in a blame culture look at insurance adverts have you been wronged you can claim for
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that look at social media steering us towards silos of like-minded people hitting out at the
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people over there But the kingdom of God says different The kingdom of God says love your neighbour as yourself While Jesus was teaching a lawyer stood up and asked him who is my neighbour This lawyer was trying to trick Jesus into quoting Old Testament law and
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answering, oh, people like yourself. But instead, Jesus told the parable of the good Samaritan
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where a man is attacked in the road and left injured. A priest, a Levite and a Samaritan
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all passed by, but only that Samaritan stopped to help. Samaritans would have been shunned by this
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lawyer, yet Jesus was saying to him, this Samaritan is your neighbour. In a world full of blame
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when the fault is ours, let's dare to say sorry. In a world that fears the stranger
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Let's get to know each other better. And in a world full of hate, let us dare to love
