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The Hated Blessed
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Lectionary Tales For The Pulpit
Series IV Cycle C
I don't feel blessed when I am mildly disliked, let alone hated. Yet, some of the people who have most profoundly changed the world have experienced the hatred of the world. For all their good intentions and humanitarian gestures, they've been misunderstood, misused and abused, knocked down or beaten up. Not the kind of blessing I'm looking for.
The roll call of the hated blessed is a long one. In the twentieth century alone it would include such figures as Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Yitzak Rabin, Anwar Sadat, and Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
The roll call of the hated blessed is a long one. In the twentieth century alone it would include such figures as Martin Luther King, Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Yitzak Rabin, Anwar Sadat, and Abdul Ghaffar Khan.
