On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees. He said to the host who invited him, "When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or sisters or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, in case they may invite you back and you have repayment. Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." (Luke 14:12-14)
We are one day before the election of our next president and other officials. Very unfortunately most of us are not of the same mind, with the same love, united in heart, thinking one thing. Doing nothing out of selfishness or out of vainglory doesn’t seem to be a unified feeling in our nation. Highlighting my anxiety was the Trump rally in Madison Square Garden. It was obscene. If you doubt me, look online to speakers' and his incendiary and racist remarks.
One candidate doesn’t humbly regard others as more important than himself. He looks out for his own interests. When he holds a lunch or a dinner, he invites his friends, relatives and wealthy neighbors. He expects to be repaid for whatever he does for others.
I’m sorry, but this behavior is anti-Jesus. I’m not being political. I’m being a responsible Catholic outraged that anyone breaking the 10 commandments and flaunting Jesus’ commandments could become an American Caesar with many Christians bowing down before him to serve him and him alone. Where is the righteousness in that behavior especially when a former Chief of Staff calls him a fascist who prefers a "dictator approach."
Deacon David Pierce
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