Not the Homily I expected

The American Thinker ^ | July 05, 2010 | Anthony Ughetti

[Scanian]

It appears that the Catholic Diocese of Galveston/Houston decided to hijack July 3-4 homilies across the Houston area to push liberal theories of immigration down the throats of the congregants. It certainly was not what I was expecting on our Independence Day.

It appears Catholics were not alone in being lectured to on liberal talking points. According to the Houston Chronicle, a group calling itself The Metropolitan Organization made a "coordinated effort" to "organiz(e) churches to pressure government to change immigration laws." Obviously the group got to Cardinal DiNardo, the leader of the Archdiocese of Galveston/Houston. According to our parish priest, all priests in the diocese were instructed that their homily on July 4 must discuss immigration issues.

It was difficult to listen to our priest proclaim that we must accept and respect the illegal immigrant in our midst, because it is he who is willing to do jobs normal Americans would find unpalatable. It was hard for me to rectify that logic, what with unemployment in our country well above 9 percent.

The congregation was also told we must respect and treat with dignity all illegal aliens in our midst. It was odd to hear a Texas priest tell a Texas congregation that he has read the Arizona law and, in his opinion, the law is likely to lead to "abuse" of illegals.

[narses]

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[Texas resident]

Thanks for the ping.

Our deacons have started talking about social justice and that kind of garbage. And at the same time, reminding us that they are not collecting the same amount of money as they use to. DUH.

[Bigg Red]

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