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[Emoke Greschik]

Your daily Gospel reflection...
*Saturday, April 13, 2019*
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Fifth Week of Lent

John 11:45-56






*Friends, in today’s Gospel, the Pharisees plot to kill Jesus because he
raised Lazarus. We see here a particular form of opposition—namely,
scapegoating. René Girard identified the scapegoating mechanism as basic
to the maintenance of order in most human communities. When tensions arise
among people due to competitive desire, scapegoats—usually outsiders—are
automatically singled out, and upon them is cast the collective anxiety of
the group.
The leaders of the nation are seeking to isolate and eliminate Jesus
because they are anxious to soothe tensions among the people. The author of
John’s Gospel stresses this dimension when he puts in the mouth of Caiaphas
the words: "You do not understand that it is better for you to have one man
die for the people than to have the whole nation destroyed."         But,
in Jesus, the true God will undermine this officially sanctioned
scapegoating by becoming the scapegoat himself. Reflect: Jesus willingly
takes on the role of scapegoat, but for a different reason. How did he
fulfill Caiaphas’ declaration that "it is better for you to have one man
die for the people"? *
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