Mariana Miller of campus ministry at Creighton University
reminds that “each one of us makes, throughout our lives, an image of God. A God that fits in with our own, very human
definition of the law and of justice, like Jeremiah, the Psalmist and the
Pharisee” who we read about in the texts today from the Roman CatholicLectionary. Friar Jude Winkler notes two
faith evolutions today. Jeremiah asks for retribution and vengeance for justice
which only God could bring about. Jesus gives mercy, forgiveness and His whole
self to those who persecute Him. The Pharisee Nicodemus goes from fear of Jesus
to risking his life to bury Jesus after His death on the cross. Pope Francis
urges the Church in his apostolic exhortation ,Evangelii Gaudium, the Joy of
the Gospel, to appreciate how popular piety enables us to see how the faith,
once received, becomes embodied in a culture and is constantly passed on. We
offer people a view of God through our piety. Mariana Miller comments that the
humility required to be effective icons of God comes from our knowledge of our
fallen incompleteness and the invitation of Jesus to us and the tax collectors
and prostitutes to come and follow Him.
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