Hello, people of goodwill:::
The America we knew is gone. Do not think, "This is America and *that* cannot happen here," whatever *that* is --- mass deportations, the army being unleashed on US citizens, tens of thousands of civil servants being replaced with MAGA loyalists, public radio being used to pipe in "Christian" programming (all things outlined in Project 2025). Let go of the notion that these things cannot happen here. It can happen, it is happening, it has been happening. Remember the Indian Removal Act, the Jim Crow South, Japanese internment camps. The decision made in this election is catastrophic. Fascism in the US will now be greatly accelerated. Here are some pastoral suggestions for these early days. Take what is helpful, leave what is not. You are the best judge of how God is inviting you to respond to what is unfolding.
I pledge to you that I will be a Catholic voice that speaks out against fascism and the policies of harm that will be perpetrated against God's people and creation. May each of us burn brightly with the light of love, uniting into a great sacramental sign of God's undying commitment to liberate the world. We are called. In prayer, Father Anne + Comments are closed.
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