The universal and parish message
Modern states were built on the aegis of the Enlightenment and liberalism culture, which preaches freedom among nations, but conceals the interests of groups and milieus of culture that are nothing other than spokesmen of the current culture.
In spite of the culture of the states overlapping the culture of the people who are on their guardianship, regardless of the states there is a rich cultural diversity, in Europe this can be seen by the diversity of culture and peoples, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, if you say a culture of diversity after the fall of the Berlin Wall, give whatever name you want to give.
States are parochial culture, the idea that all problems are circumscribed and belong to that group established on the coercion of a state or a political and economic force that often subjugates those people who wish to live their “culture.”
It is the same as Christianity, while other monotheistic religions seek to universalize, even if there remain currents within them Sunnis and Shiites, for example, in the Islamic world, the “cultural” tendency is to form isolated groups where the tastes of these groups or these people do not express themselves in an integrated way.
In Christianity is a great misconception, the proposal experienced since the birth of Jesus is universal, rites and liturgy as well, but parochial feelings and groups are there, by the force of parochial coercion trying to impose universal thinking.
The fact narrated in Matthew for the liturgy on the day of the Magi (tomorrow) is symbolic but essential (Mt 1: 1-2): “(1) When Jesus was born in the city of Bethlehem in Judea in the time of King Herod, that some magicians from the East came to Jerusalem “, (2) asking:” Where is the king of the Jews, who is just born? We have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him “.
Now the kings of the Magi, their “culture” is not known precisely, but they were neither Jews nor Christians, because this culture has just been born through Jesus, and only as an “abortifacient” (so the apostle will be called) an orthodox Jew who will experience a unique experience, and then bring to the “outside” of Judaism the proposal of JESUS to all peoples.
Perhaps without Paul this culture would remain parochial as a Jewish sect, but although present in many countries remains parochial, provincial and often, which is absurd, unrelated to the culture of local people, kings today would not enter the parish.
The coercive limitation of the nation-state of a people is what prevents it from integrating into the universal world culture, the wealth of each is not observed and is necessary changing to global vision.