Why let bishops drive you away from the church you love?
A cry of the heart from the left. But tell you what, it could have come from the right for different reasons.
Thing is, be cool, fella, don’t feel so much. You’ll feel better and the world, if you can believe it, will be better off.
You were wondering about this social justice thing, where it fits in the econ-political scheme of things? Here’s something gives an idea, which you may read and weep:
Social justice is based on the concepts of human rights and equality and involves a greater degree of economic egalitarianism through progressive taxation, income redistribution, or even property redistribution. These policies aim to achieve what developmental economists refer to as more equality of opportunity than may currently exist in some societies, and to manufacture equality of outcome in cases where incidental inequalities appear in a procedurally just system. The Constitution of the International Labour Organization affirm that “universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice.”[6] And the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action treats social justice as a purpose of the human rights education.[7]
No wonder libs embrace the idea, which according to this statement is flawed from the outset, doomed to lead us on the road to serfdom, a classic case of good intentions leading us astray — unless you think prosperity is right around the corner of government control of things.
This be part of a Wikipedia treatment which begins by attributing the term to a Jesuit and promoted by Monsignor John A. Ryan in the 20s and 30s — he who captured minds and hearts of prelates near and afar.
In today’s e-blast, Tom Roeser expatiates on possible pseudo-solution to the Card. George-Fr. Pfleger impasse. (The ball is in P’s “corner,” says Card. G., who is not good at sports terminology.) Roeser speculates that it will be dissolved in a splurge of ecclesiastical realpolitik and takes a shot at an agreeement:
Q. Not that you have a glimmer of what a possible settlement would be?
A. I don’t. But suppose…just suppose… there comes an offer for Pfleger to head up a newly created archdiocesan office of Social Justice…so he could visit a number of parishes and do variants of his St. Sabina’s act with a hand mike where he bounced off the walls imitating Hillary Clinton. Wouldn’t that be ducky?
No, no, no. Wldn’t fly with Fr. P., unless (maybe) he could live at St. S. and preach there on Sundays. The extra-St. Sabina stuff he does is ancillary. He’s married to the parish — which he never calls a parish, preferring church or congregation or faith community, because (I say) parish says unit of archdiocese, which has no place in P’s playbook. And he considers divorce immoral.
In St. S. he has a stable home, a place to belong to, where he can feel the love. He will not go gently into the dark night of unaffiliation. In my opinion.
But the story lives, and looks crazier by the minute.
Maybe we have on our hands the start of a ghost story?
Liberals are being alerted to what some conservatives are saying about how we found bin Laden, lest they be surprised by inconvenient truth.
St. Sabina parishioners gird their loins.
The leadership is requesting a Corporate Fast on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. The focus scripture for our day of prayer and fasting is 1John 5:14-15. During the fast please pray for the following:
1) The work that God has already began in the lives of his people will continue to prosper ;
2) People of God will declare war on the spirit of distraction, fear, and all the assignments of the
enemy.
3) The spirit of reconciliation – the people of God will embrace their calling as ministers of
reconciliation.Then on Tuesday evening we will have Corporate prayer in the church starting at 7pm.
If this be protest, it’s something new in Chicago, though not in the Church.
It’s in an e-blast for “Friends of St. Sabina.”
Guv is gone a lot, doing what he’s good at, running for office.
Not fair. He raises taxes, doesn’t he?
You betcha.
From Oak Park Village Clerk Teresa Powell in re: serial mugger:
Jim, one thing the police have requested is that ANYONE who thinks something is amiss should call the police. It’s a good policy at any time, but especially when concerns are high about this threat.
911 is the #, folks.
Meanwhile, the Guardian Angels are a unique presence. I watched a young white woman yesterday, mid-day, come out of her house on OP Ave. and hail three of them walking by, walk up to them and shake their hands. Three black guys in white T-shirts and red berets. Can’t remember the last time I saw anything like that.
Fox News Chi has good, recent coverage.
Blithe Spirit 