The scriptures for this Sunday are about fear and belonging. For that reason, they will preach to the problems of today as our parishioners are experiencing them. The first reading shows us the fear that comes when we speak prophetically to power, even when we are certain that we are doing the will of God. The reading from Galatians speaks to the fear that people experience before they are set free from rules they cannot keep and brought into a new community ruled by love rather than law.
