Occupying Jesus and His Church
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You don’t even need to be religious to understand -and embrace- the idea that “Whatsoever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” But many in the 1%, in their blind greed and endless schemes, have forgotten and closed their eyes to this, and to what the word “society” should really mean. Because of Occupy Wall Street, we are finally talking less about CUTS and more about BLEEDING. Instead of demanding m-o-r-e budget cuts -to be borne by the middle class and poor- we are FINALLY focusing on the shameful bleeding that the poor and middle class has endured for all too long. Instead of talking about even m-o-r-e cuts in the taxes of millionaires….we are now talking about fairness and justice – about an economy and a political system that is increasingly run for the rich, and by the rich. Instead of talking about LESS government, we are talking about a government that WORKS FOR ALL OF US, not just a favored few. Thank you OWS, for reminding us that people -ordinary working people- really DO matter, and for helping open our eyes to what’s really going on in this country. Trinity Church should look deep into its collective soul, do the right thing, and help OWS. If Christ were physically among us today, as He was 2000 years ago, He would be among the FIRST to climb those fences, and occupy Trinity’s Duarte Square. Of this I am certain…
Posted on 19-Dec-11 at 7:31 pm | Permalink“Trinity Church should look deep into its collective soul, do the right thing, and help OWS.”
With due respect:
“Trinity’s rector, the Rev. James H. Cooper, defended the church’s record of support for the protesters, including not only expressions of sympathy, but also meeting spaces, resting areas, pastoral services, electricity, bathrooms, even blankets and hot chocolate. But he said the church’s lot — called Duarte Square — was not an appropriate site for the protesters, noting that ‘there are no basic elements to sustain an encampment…Trinity has probably done as much or more for the protesters than any other institution in the area,’ Mr. Cooper wrote on his parish Web site. ‘Calling this an issue of “political sanctuary” is manipulative and blind to reality. Equating the desire to seize this property with uprisings against tyranny is misguided, at best. Hyperbolic distortion drives up petition signatures, but doesn’t make it right.'”
Trinity Church almost certainly does more to help “the least of these” then either you or I ever have. And, as noted above, they have provided plenty of support to OWS.
To suggest, then, that they are either failing in their mission as a “church,” or failing to support OWS, is simply hogwash and, as Rev. Cooper points out, “hyperbole.”
A “cause” – no matter how justifiable – does not justify every single thing one does for it. And it certainly doesn’t justify demonizing any individual or group that has provided as much support as Trinity Church has.
Posted on 20-Dec-11 at 5:18 pm | Permalink