The Reprobates and Slaves Welcomed by Jesus
Jesus preached to wrecks of men to make them chosen of Heaven, as Mary explains in her spiritual testament during her Dormition[1]:
"Yes, l’love is truly a flame. The flame that, while destroying what is perishable, whether it be a wreck, a refuse, a rag of a man, makes it a purified spirit worthy of Heaven. How many wrecks, shattered men, gnawed, ended, you will find on your path as evangelizers! Do not despise any, but on the contrary love them so that they come to love and be saved. Pour into them charity. How often man becomes evil, because no one has ever loved him, or has loved him badly. You, love them, so that the Holy Spirit returns to dwell in them, after their Purification, these Temples that many things have emptied and destroyed. God, to create man, did not take an angel, nor chosen materials[2]. He took mud, the vilest matter[3]. Then, by infusing his breath, that is, again his love, He raised the vile matter to the high rank of adopted sons of God[4]. My Son, on his way, found many wrecks of men fallen in the mud. He did not trample them with contempt, but, on the contrary, he gathered and preached to them and made them chosen of Heaven. Always remember this, and act as He did".
The Reprobates Preached by Jesus
- Aglae, the Sicilian woman of little virtue,
- The anonymous adulterous woman caught in the act[5],
- Photina, the Samaritan concubine,
- John of Endor (Felix), the galley slave murderer,
- The BWaterty of Korazim, the former courtesan who became leprous and was healed by Jesus,
- Galazia, the courtesan and infanticide healed at Tarichea,
- Mary of Magdala (Magdalene), divorced, adulterous and wayward,
- Matthew (Levi), the tax collector, reveler and exploiter of Capernaum,
- The prostitute bribed to tempt Jesus[6],
- Simon the Zealot (Apostle), activist and leper,
- Zacchaeus, the tax collector of Jericho who forms, after his conversion, the first community of "reprobates" like Levi, the old repentant tax collector, or Valens, the old Roman pimp or Demetes, a Greek usurer, not to mention a young thief. This community would reach up to fifteen people.[7]
The Slaves Preached by Jesus
- Albula Domitilla, Greek freedwoman, trusted woman of Claudia,
- Aurea Galla, nicknamed Christina, Gallic slave redeemed by Claudia, disciple,
- Callisto, the Numidian slave of Claudia Procula, tongue cut out, healed by Jesus,
- Eglah, Israelite slave redeemed by Claudia,
- The galley slaves, sentenced to the oars on Roman ships from Caesarea on the Sea, receive from Jesus comfort in spirit and relief in body: after announcing to them the Peace of God, he offers them Fruits and wine as a concrete sign of mercy and care.[8]
- Sintica, Greek runaway slave, disciple and co-founder of the Christian community of Antioch.