Reposted from John Edwards blog
By Karita Miraglia Hummer
http://blog.johnedwards.com/story/2007/9/8/2245/25269
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9/08/2007 at 2:50 PM EST
In the last presidential election, religion was said to have played a big part in how people voted.
But, Sister Joan Chittister, in today's National Catholic Reporter warns us all to be wary of those who tout Religion, but are not really following the tenets of being merciful, as in the corporal works of mercy, such as:
feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, housing the homeless, visiting the imprisoned, visiting the sick, and burying the dead.
Sister Joan Chittister rightly decries the actual erosion in practice of each of these works of mercy in our Country today, as reflected in current or proposed public policy or in the state of our human services. She ends her commentary with this warning:
"From where I stand, it may well be our own unawareness of the loss of these services that's making it so difficult for us to make a distinction between what is really "religious" about our candidates and what is only religion being used as another kind of slippery election strategy. God save us all from that kind of religion again." Sr. Joan Chittister, "We Need Candidates Who Are Really Religious", Published on Friday, September 7, 2007 by National Catholic Reporter
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007 09/07/3687
Amen!!!!!!
Karita Hummer
San Jose, CA
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