Immigration: A Catholic Response Part II: The Bible and Migrants

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Immigration A Catholic Response Part IIThe
Bible and Migrants
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Migration the Hebrew Scriptures

• All people are created in Gods image
• God created humans in the divine image in the
  divine image God created them male and female he
  created them. God blessed them. (Gen 127-28)
• Gods invitation to pilgrimage
• The Lord said to Abram Go forth from the land
  of your kinsfolk and from your fathers house to
  a land that I will show you. I will make of you a
  great nation, and I will bless you I will make
  your name great so that you will be a blessing.
  (Gen 121-2)

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Hebrew Scriptures

• You shall not oppress a foreigner you well know
  how it feels to be a foreigner, since you were
  once foreigners yourself in the land of Egypt.
  (Exodus 239 Dt 1017-19)
• When a foreigner resides with you in your land,
  do not molest him. You shall treat the foreigner
  who resides with you no differently than the
  natives born among you have the same love for
  them as for yourself for you too were once
  aliens in the land of Egypt. (Lv 1933-34)

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Hebrew Scriptures

• Call of Abraham and Sarah to emigrate (Gen 12)
• Jacobs family immigrates to Egypt (Gen 37)
• Israelites escape from Egypt to promised land
  (Exodus)

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Christian Scriptures

• Mary, Joseph and Jesus flee to Egypt as refugees
  (Mt 213-23)
• Human beings with the same origin and destiny (Mt
  239)
• Jesus welcomes foreigners Samaritan woman, Good
  Samaritan, thankful Samaritan leper.

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Christian Scriptures

• Diaspora of the early church (Acts 81)
• All are one in the Lord, neither Greek nor Jew,
  male nor female. (Gal 328)
• When one suffers, all suffer.
• (1 Cor 126-27)

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Christian Scriptures

• Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some
  have unknowingly entertained angels. (Heb 132)
• Whoever welcomes you, welcomes me. (Mt 1040)
• For I was a stranger and you welcomed me. (Mt
  2536)
• Risen Christ calls apostles to go forth to
  baptize all nations. (Mt 28)

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