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 in today’s Gospel, the Pharisees plot to kill Jesus because he raised 
Lazarus</b></span>. We see here a particular form of opposition—namely<b>,<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"> 
scapegoating</span></b><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">.</span></span></b></span></b></b></span></b><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> 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.                   </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;text-align:start"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-size:18px;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><b style="margin:0px;outline:currentcolor none medium;padding:0px;font-weight:normal"><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">                                            </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>The
 leaders of the nation are seeking to isolate and eliminate Jesus 
because they are anxious to soothe tensions among the people</b></span>. 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."</span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">        </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"> </span><br><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal">But, <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>in Jesus, the true God will undermine</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>this officially sanctioned scapegoating </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>by becoming the scapegoat himself.</b></span></span></b><br></span></b></b><br>
 <span style="background-color:rgb(249,203,156)"><b>Reflect: Jesus willingly takes on the role of scapegoat, but for a 
different reason. </b><b>How did he fulfill </b></span>Caiaphas’ declaration<span style="background-color:rgb(249,203,156)"><b> that "it is 
better for you to have one man die for the people"? </b></span></span></b></div></b></b></b></b></b></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

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