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Reflections on the Syrophoenician Woman and Holy Communion

As I read the account of the Syrophoenician woman’s plea for Jesus to heal her daughter, I was led to ask myself some hard questions about the meaning of the sacrament of Holy Communion. Jesus’ Ministry and Prejudice Jesus’ ministry was marked by His preaching to pious, religious, Jewish people, who, by Biblical accounts, heldContinue reading “Reflections on the Syrophoenician Woman and Holy Communion”

Bold Faith: Piety, personal agenda or God’s will?

Jesus’ ministry was marked by His preaching to pious, religious, Jewish people, who, by Biblical accounts, held many prejudiced beliefs about Gentiles. In St. Mark’s gospel, the story is told of how Jesus honoured the faith of a Syrophonecian woman as she begged Him to cast a demon out of her daughter. “First let theContinue reading “Bold Faith: Piety, personal agenda or God’s will?”