Jesus says, “And when I am lifted up from the earth I shall draw everyone to myself”1 as he hangs from His cross with outflung arms, thrown out to clasp all, everyone and everything, in a cosmic embrace, so that all, everyone, everything, belongs. None is an outsider, all are insiders, all belong. There are no aliens, all belong in the one family, God’s family, the human family. There is no longer Jew or Greek, male or female, slave or free—instead of separation and division, all distinctions make for a rich diversity to be celebrated for the sake of the unity that underlies them.
