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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JDN who wrote (544535)	2/24/2004 8:52:30 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Well I'm a Catholic and Kerry is a Catholic. Now this weeks Gospel is quite on point. So I use the term dumb, or stupid as describing the actions of Mr. Kerry and the obvious appearance those actions give to his character. But I chose not to publicly judge his character. And also I've seen no actions of the President that suggest any questions in the President's character. This week Gospel. Well a commentary from a person who also heard it. A parishioner's commentary on this weeks Gospel reading Luke 6: 17-28 Contributor: Roni Brand What a simple and beautiful message from Jesus ‘Be compassionate as your Father is compassionate.’ ‘Do not judge,… do not condemn,… grant pardon,…give …’ And the amazing reward for acting out the love and compassion that Jesus demands – ‘you will be sons of the Most High’. There’s also a veiled warning at the end of the reading ‘the amount you measure out is the amount you will be given back.’ Surely, as good Christians, we already do treat our fellow human beings with love and compassion – or do we? As the reading says, it’s easy to be kind and generous to those we know and love – what the about the people who really annoy us; the ones we feel we have nothing in common with, perhaps because they look, sound or believe differently to us; those who always make a fuss, or complain all the time? If we are to take Jesus’ message seriously then we should treat everyone with the same consideration, respect and compassion – each and every human being is loved by and precious to God, no matter how they might appear to us. How often do we judge people by their appearance, condemn their opinions out of hand, refuse to think of forgiveness for some of the terrible things that happen in our world. These are all human reactions that come easily to us. Jesus is asking us to think again, to be guided by his law of total and unconditional love; to behave as He Himself would if He were standing in our shoes. My dad was not a Catholic, although he went to Church for weddings, christenings & funerals, and for our First Communions and Confirmations, but his outlook was one of the most Christian I have ever known – ‘Make sure you treat all people the same, down-&-out, or rich and famous, give everyone the same consideration and respect’. Well, that’s a very good start, if we try hard enough at it, with God’s help, I wonder how much more loving, forgiving and compassionate we can all be. holyinnocents.org.uk