Did you ever feel people were jeering at you, sneering at you, laughing at you to your face, or worse, behind your back?
That sense of being jeeered at and ridiculed must be one of the great feelings dismpowerment. That impression that people are mocking you. Loneliness, that sense of not being part of the group.
And what compounds it is when others stand by and allow it to happen.
Exatcly what today's Gospel is about.
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The story below is from The Irish Times of yesterday. The article is written by Arthur Beesley. On face value this is a shocking story and i...
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It's even worse when the mockers feign friendship and put on a show of false sympathy and interest in the hope of gleaning a few more mirth-inspiring gems to be passed around the circle as soon as the butt of the joke has walked out of the room. All just a bit of craic and banter, sure. And if anyone gets hurt, well they were after deserving it for being 'other', or 'bold' or 'unChristian'.
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