[Sundaycommunity] From the Occupy Democrats page on Facebook

[H. Burns]


Thank you so much for sharing this, Dean.  Responses to what has been occurring are heartening.  As I am writing, your message on this topic, Brian, has also come through. This is reason for hope in the midst of suffering.
Helena

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On Feb 20, 2025, at 11:30, Dean Riley via Sundaycommunity <sundaycommunity at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:


Greetings…

The following is from Occupy Democrats page on Facebook…

Peace & blessings…

Dean.

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BREAKING: A respected Irish Catholic bishop joins the fight against MAGA by throwing his full-throated support behind the U.S. Episcopalian bishop who called out Donald Trump to his face last month.

Real Christians all around the world are standing up to Trump together...

"Brigid’s approach to healing was inseparable from her sense of justice. She did not merely tend to wounds, or weakness, but sought to address the inequalities that left people vulnerable in the first place," said Bishop Michael Router of the Archdiocese of Armagh at the Shrine of St. Brigid.

"Her acts of charity and service echoed Christ’s call in the scripture to love our neighbors as ourselves. This integrated view of compassion and justice is a striking contrast to the normal situation, in the past and even in the present in many societies, where vulnerable people often face neglect or sometimes even hostility," he added.

He paralleled the beloved saint's actions with those of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, who decried Trump's cruel policies while he was sitting in the audience at Washington D.C.’s National Cathedral.

Bishop Router praised her sermon, stating that it was "a forthright and courageous sermon to give, but it was also in many ways a standard sermon about the basic Christian principles of loving one’s neighbor and about being charitable and generous in our dealings with those less fortunate."

In her sermon, Budde called for protecting marginalized migrants as well as LGBTQ+ people who understandably feel threatened by the MAGA regime.

"Let me make one final plea, Mr. President," Budde said, looking at Trump. "Millions have put their trust in you. And as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now."

After praising Budde, Bishop Router expounded on his true Christian ideas, stating that justice is not simply alleviating immediate suffering but working towards "true compassion."

He also drew attention to the intense backlash that Budde's remarks drew from right-wing circles—

"It is amazing the negativity that a simple, sincere statement of Christian beliefs can engender," said Router. "It is a wake-up call to all of us on the challenges inherent in trying to live out our Christian faith in today’s fractured world."

Let this be a message to anyone out there who calls themself a Christian. You cannot support Donald Trump's cruel, fascist policies and claim to follow the compassionate teachings of Jesus Christ.

Love and hate are mutually exclusive.


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