Some Pharisees
(Second Sunday in Lent, Year C, Luke 13:31-35)
Jesus was warned by some Pharisees.
“Herod wants to kill you.”
Do we assume they were malevolent toward Jesus?
Perhaps they were well-intentioned,
compassionate,
friends.
Jesus knew his enemies meant him harm.
“But the Pharisees went out and conspired against him,
how to destroy him.”[1]
But not some Pharisees.
Not these Pharisees.
Bless them.
Jesus, where we once saw only enemies, let us see some well-intentioned,
compassionate,
friends.
-Rev. Lauren Lorincz
February 20, 2016
[1] Matthew 12:14, NRSV.