The Chosen place

The texts from the Roman Catholic Lectionary today present Jerusalem and the heritage of the Jewish people to be those who are chosen to live a Covenant that is to be a people with God living among them. The blessings joy and attractiveness of this life are proclaimed by Zechariah and the psalmist. The Gospel of Luke shows a difficulty that results when our arrogance over blessings we perceive or status we assume because of those blessings causes us to decide others are less and deserve our contempt. The "chosen" are blessed in their awareness of the gifts they experience from the Divine. We are often blind to the gifts that other denominations and faiths have received from God who is infinitely gracious to all Creation. We may be "special" in our eyes but all are special in Divine vision.