e-posada continues

the day after me (today) the posada is with Al (the fracme link on the right) and the person with the full list is Andii (the nouslife link on the right).

Joseph / Mary / Donkey at Faslane 365 (e-posada)

This is part of the e-Posada chainblog started here www.nouslife.blogspot.com where we each host the same image for one day of advent. Today, I would like us to look at the shared image above, concurrently with the image you can find on this link below!

The image I would like to contemplate is here

http://www.faslane365.org/es/blockade_photos/joseph_mary_donkey_at_faslane

Built into the donkey suit was a range of locks which meant that when the holy family went and sat in the road outside Faslane base it was a while (an hour or more) before the police were able to find a method to safely remove these itinerants and permit traffic to move again.

I believe that there is something about the way the holy family found themselves pushed around by imperialism and yet were never overcome by it, in life and in death, which reasonates with the profoud power which comes from non-violent direct action we witness in this contemporary photograph. (For what it is worth, I know two of the three people in it).

Prayer
God you shepherd us into your kingdom. Inspire us with the courage we see evident in the holy family to remain true to themselves and resistant to the state, even to the point of fleeing their own country. Teach us to find ways to be in solidarity with those who stay and resist or flee and rebuild. Help us to discern the season of your spirit so we may serve you with boldness and travel to the place it would be easier not to go to.
Amen.