I took a sign reading “Pro-Life, Conception to Natural Death”
to the Women’s Rally and March last Saturday, January 21, at Washington Park in
Cincinnati. It was important for me to be there, to join in with the hundreds
of thousands of women and men who want President Trump to hear the many
messages of those who believe that they have not been heard by this president
who has told us that he wants to be the president for all Americans. So I am
hoping that he finds this demonstration more useful than annoying.
We gathered to let him and Congress know that there is very
strong support for upholding the human dignity of every person, the unborn,
yes, and also all of us of every age, race, gender, civil status or
faith tradition. We support individual rights to be free of violence, including
sexual and emotional abuse, bullying, trafficking, gun violence and pollution. We
support just immigration reform to include special allowance for those who came
as children and for those who have been contributing to our society and paying
income taxes for many years just as citizens. We support criminal justice
reform that focuses on rehabilitation of those who have committed offenses and
that decriminalizes the disease of addiction. We further support appreciation
and care for our mother, Earth, and the regulations that need to be in place at
national and international levels to protect our environment for current and
future generations.
I hope that this is the beginning of a new movement, more
than a solitary event. And I commit myself to continue to study the issues, take
them to prayer and work to bring the just and peaceful Kingdom of God to birth.
If you want to join me, I will be at the Northern Kentucky Justice & Peace
Committee meeting on Thursday, February 2, 7 pm at Our Savior Church Hall, 10th Street Covington , KY.
Sr. Dorothy Schuette, OSB
thank you for your commitment and your encouragement to join the movement for justice for all. Amen.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I have had a very hard time accepting recent events. The Benedictine sisters here and at St. Walburg's have help me get through it.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Dorothy. Very nice piece. I am with you from Chicago! We shall not let down..we shall let justice roll down like....
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Justice and peace are the true themes of the Christian faith inherited from the Jews. God is a just and righteous god -- if we do good we will be rewarded (and the other way around). The recurring problem for today and tomorrow is that the number of young people in the advanced economic nations is decreasing, and there is less interest in politics and in faith. What are they interested in? In many ways Christ Jesus is walking within the mercy of the modern world. When we compare modern society to 150 years ago (especially consider North America). But the irony is that the improvement in our social world has led to a decrease in the traditional strengths. This is the vital issue. How to fight against this. You are doing very well = Sisters to be visible and vocal, to show energy and joy in public, to speak well in all public encounters, to be advocates for all these issues, to show leadership and strength twice as much as at present, and in many ways against the male-driven culture of the sixties, to appear attractive in faith advocacy -- this is what is needed -- and also to be unpopular (in the USA), for the nuns to walk over to Islam and say I love you, thank God for you, I am your friend, and to make that bear some real fruit of positive friendship.
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