Morning Meditation: Immigration and Welcome

Lord of every exile and every homecoming, When Jesus stood in the Nazareth synagogue and unrolled the scroll of Isaiah, He did not speak in abstractions. He named the poor. He named the captive. He named the brokenhearted. And then He sat down and said, "Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing." Not tomorrow. Not in theory. Today. So we bring before You the mother who crossed a river in the dark with her children strapped to her back, who arrived in a strange town where the street signs meant nothing and the church doors were closed.…