Living which is seen as a threat

The texts of the Roman Catholic Lectionary reveal that the faithful have persecutors. The message portrayed by the lives of those who live in relationship with the Divine is apparently threatening to others, who perhaps are taken over by spirits of evil bolstered by false understanding of the nature of our existence and the false need to gratify our lusts and ambitions to satisfy the hunger of ego. The encounter of Jesus with the Sadducees over the person who is married in the eternity is addressed by referring the questioners to the tradition of the relationship between God and the patriarchs. Distraction is also a technique to avoid focus on the main question of living the intimate relationship with the Divine for eternity. Standing firm in the practice of your beliefs requires strength and courage. A play on Tomkinsville which presents the story of Father Jimmy Tomkins of Reserve Mines Cape Breton who worked to close the gap between rich and poor before WW2 through the actions of education and cooperation which became known as the Antigonish Movement. The privileged and the powerful push back when popular movements attempt to establish social justice.