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Thursday, April 17, 2008

Holy Father Please Help Us Find Christ In Each Other

I hope that it is not lost on Pope Benedict during his visit to the US, that we have some serious problems. And, that one of our major problems is that of intolerance. So a few words from him on the subject might prove to be healing for a divided nation, where we rank and score people based on their level of belief in and adherence to Christianity. And for the most part, there is a tendency to devalue or ignore those from other faith traditions and who are different.

Yes we are in need of a serious and strong universal message and The Vicar of Christ on planet earth is the best one to do it if he wants to step up to the task. We all have the light of Christ within us regardless of our faith, ethnicity, class or gender. It is sad to say that these are the things this society has taught us to see first and not the basic goodness and humanity that is within each of us. I call it "The Christ Within."

Holy Father, it's a simple message, but a much needed one for a very divided nation.
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