The Creation Spirituality Lineage Calling All Social and Environmental Activists, Mystic Explorers, Justice Makers, Cosmic Thinkers, Earth Keepers Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox |
Further Questions for USCCB
in Advent & Presidential Election Season 12/02/2023 |
Advent is about a coming. For believers that means we are awaiting and working toward the coming of the Prince of Peace who announces the Good News of a new kind of kingdom. |
This reign is oriented to the dignity of the poor and dispossessed and to the priority of Joy and Justice over control, authoritarianism and injustice. To the USCCB I ask: Why not talk about that instead of how to control women’s bodies? (And thereby getting Donald Trump re-elected?) |
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Further questions to pose to the Bishop’s Conference include the following: Why not prioritize bills reinstating post-Jim Crow
voting laws that the martyred Dr. King died for, and the Supreme Court (under the impetus of opus-dei-appointed judges) dismantled? |
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| How is your Bishops Conference, choosing to push the control of women’s’
bodies as issue # 1 in a presidential election year, different from Father Coughlin’s promulgation of fascism of the 1930’s? |
Do you want to contribute to sustaining our democracy or not? How can you contribute to preventing the destruction of democracy as planned by Donald Trump and his henchmen?* Donald Trump has made very clear the kind of “kingdom” he has in mind. Vengeance and hatred and disregard for the rule of law and calling opponents “vermin” and past actions tell us. What is your opinion on the insurrection of January 6? |
What is your stance on tax breaks for billionaires? What about health care for the poor? Trump
says he will end Obamacare which is currently assisting 40 million people. Why is that not priority #1 for you? Trump admires Putin who is
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waging an illegal and immoral war in Ukraine. Why do you seek to contribute to the election of a person who seeks to replace democracy with authoritarianism? How can we improve our ailing democracies so that justice and participation are priority number one? The kingdom of Trump seems quite different from the kind of “kingdom” that
Jesus pronounces about. Or am I missing something? |
*https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/11/trump-extreme-agenda-republicans.html
See Matthew Fox, Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth. And Fox, Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul & Society. And Fox, A New Reformation: Creation Spirituality and the Transformation of
Christianity. Banner image: “Prince of Peace.” A statue of Jesus watching over a parking lot outside a church. Photo by SHYCITYNikon on Flickr. |
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Queries for Contemplation Which of these questions for the USCCB seem most important to you? What others would you add? |
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Creation Spirituality: Liberating Gifts for the Peoples of the Earth
Fox’s spirituality weds the healing and liberation found in North American Creation Spirituality
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Sins of the Spirit, Blessings of the Flesh: Transforming Evil in Soul and Society
Visionary theologian and best-selling author
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A New Reformation: Creation Spirituality & The Transformation of Christianity
A modern-day theologian’s call for the radical transformation of Christianity that will allow us to move once again from the hollow trappings of organized religion to genuine spirituality. A New Reformation echoes the Reformation initiated by Martin Luther in 1517 and offers a new vision of Christianity that values the Earth, honors the feminine, and respects science and deep ecumenism.
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