Various texts from the New Testament (NT) and even the Old Testament (OT) could serve to guide the Pastoral Care of Migrants in its various activities, both from a pedagogical point of view and from a spiritual, pastoral and theological perspective. The promise to Abraham of a land and a large people, and his departure; the Exodus narrative, together with the trek through the desert; the so-called Final Judgement, in Matthew chapter 25; but also the parable of the Good Samaritan, in Luke chapter 10; or even the First Letter of Peter, written “to those who live scattered abroad in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia” (1Pr 1,1) - are some exemplary cases in the sense of giving biblical support to socio-pastoral action in the field of human mobility. In the following paragraphs, however, we will closely follow the episode of the Disciples of Emmaus as a paradigm for those who work pastorally with migrants and refugees (Lk 24:13-35). The choice is due, among other things, to the fact that this passage, which portrays the Resurrected Christ, retroactively illuminates the practice of Jesus of Nazareth.
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