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BY CHLOE BECKER<\/a><\/strong> | April 8, 2020<\/em>
\nWednesday of Holy Week<\/em>
\nToday’s Readings<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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Last year I painted a mural in my high school for a semester-long project in my theology class; we each chose an injustice and <\/span>attempted<\/span> to ease its divisive effects in the world. I chose racism\u2014an inequity that I contribute to every moment of my existence as a white person\u2014and focused on how I could increase the Church\u2019s voice against the injustice that She contributes to and still remains too quiet about. I painted five Black saints and Catholic leaders\u2014Venerable Fr. Augustus Tolton, Servant of God Sr. Thea Bowman, St. Augustine, St. Monica, and St. Benedict the African. The mural has since circulated to be seen by eyes I\u2019ll never meet\u2014an invitation to build on that justice work by moving from using a paintbrush to challenging others with my words. This culminated this past November when I had the privilege of <\/span>speaking at the Ignatian Family Teach-in for Justice<\/span><\/a> before 2,000 people. Speaking in front of that crowd was a pentecostal moment for me, feeling the Holy Spirit in a uniquely profound way\u2014an encounter that ignited a fascination with identifying the Spirit at work in my efforts for justice.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the first reading today, Isaiah proclaims, \u201c<\/span>The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to speak to the weary” (Isaiah 50:4). God is the Mother who bears us the tongue to speak, and the Spirit is the passion that moves our tongues to sacredly utter words of justice. In fact, the Holy Spirit sits at the forefront of all that we create\u2014the richness of our voice as we speak, the fluidity of our writing, and the soul in the strokes of a paintbrush. Sometimes the Spirit makes itself known, like the serene attentiveness to the moment I felt as I spoke at the Teach-In, or can go unnoticed\u2014its spurring presence existing silently in our every thought and movement and breath.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I find it enlivening to remember that the Spirit energizes the justice work we do in a special way\u2014work that can leave us anxious, weary, and desperate for answers. To those who feel deflated, or to those who fear taking the first leap, take refuge in praying, shouting, whispering words that were once kindled by the Spirit: <\/span>Lord, in your great love, answer me <\/span><\/em>(Psalm 69).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last year I painted a mural in my high school attempting to ease the divisive effects of racism in the world\u2014an inequity that I contribute to every moment of my existence as a white person\u2014and focused on how I could increase the Church\u2019s voice against that injustice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":64176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[29303],"tags":[29312],"yoast_head":"\nWednesday of Holy Week | The Spirit of Justice - Ignatian Solidarity Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Spirit energizes the justice work we do in a special way\u2014work that can leave us anxious, weary, and desperate for answers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ignatiansolidarity.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/08\/spirit-of-justice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wednesday of Holy Week | The Spirit of Justice - 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