July 22, 2022
笔谤别蝉别苍迟别谤:听听Maria Pascuzzi, CSJ, SSL, STD
The dismissive response by Jesus in Mark 7:24-30 to the Syrophoenician woman鈥檚 request has left many struggling to explain the dynamics of this interaction. Traditionally, the story has been interpreted as a test of the woman鈥檚 faith. Others see it as a boundary-breaking encounter in which, through the woman鈥檚 agency, Jesus comes to broaden his thinking and reorient his mission to include Gentiles. This text invites us to consider the difficulty of relinquishing privileged status and power, a difficulty that persists in our own day.聽
Sponsored by the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
Maria Pascuzzi, CSJ, SSL, STD, Director, Spirit Alive: the CSJ Institute for Faith Inquiry and Education