Posted on 02/08/2019 7:48:52 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o
My pastor was inspired by the Feast of St. Josephine Bakhita to advocate for immigrants from the pulpit today. Muy bueno. I was inspired myself, as follows:
Dear Father _____________,
I just got a genius idea --- in terms of Catholic Social Justice --- to crack down on the crime of human trafficking. It would also curb the influx of narcotraficantes and their wares (which kill 60,000+ people every year in the US alone), and keep out the organized crime groups bringing in stolen goods and tons of contraband firearms.
And here it is. Are you ready?
Legal immigration.
Here's the plan. I think there should be 40-50 legal ports of entry along the Mexico/US border and, say, a couple hundred other ports of entry located at seaports and airports. Then vulnerable people from Mexico, Central America and other places, can come here in a dignified and lawful manner, without being pushed into the hands of coyotes and other traffickers.
They could be vetted at intake, get prompt humanitarian help when needed, and if they qualify for asylum, be processed in a dignified and orderly manner.
And --- this is important ---no other border-crossing except at the legal ports of entry. That's the only way it would work.
We could call this "Protect Our Immigrants." Or "Legal Immigration Justice Now" . The Catholic Church would support this, I think!
It would address so many problems at once, and give help where it's most urgently needed. If we could only convince the Presid...
Oh, waitaminnit.
Just sayin'----
Equal Justice Under Law -- would be the caption on my red cap.
¡Si, se puede!
[signed]
P.S. One of my RCIA tutorial students, R____, is already considering St. Josephine Bakhita as her patron saint. Maybe Bakhita could be the patroness for us as Legal Immigration advocates as well. Sta. Josefina, ruega por nosotros.
Catholics and Non-Catholics, please note that --- unlike the present, trafficking-as-usual border chaos, the above idea satisfies the requirement in the Catholic Catechism:
"Political authorities, for the sake of the common good for which they are responsible, may make the exercise of the right to immigrate subject to various juridical conditions, especially with regard to the immigrants' duties toward their country of adoption. Immigrants are obliged to respect with gratitude the material and spiritual heritage of the country that receives them, to obey its laws and to assist in carrying civic burdens."
Note also that St. Josephine Bakhita was a Sudanese slave who became a professed Religious Sister --- and Mother Superior of her congregation --- it 19th century Italy. Her fascinating history is on the daily FR post on Scriptures and Saints of the day:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3726258/posts
Well worth a click. From there, scroll halfway down to see Bakhita's story.
Maybe we could enter the Vatican illegally.
Isn’t the east side completely open? I haven’t been there since 1963 and don’t remember the set up too well.
Dear Mrs. Doon-o,
I see you are trying out a new screen name. To be quite frank, I like your old one better. It had the comfort of familiarity.
Your thoughts?
:o)
So you are saying there is a legal way to enter and an illegal way to enter
“My pastor was inspired by the Feast of St. Josephine Bakhita to advocate for immigrants from the pulpit today. Muy bueno.”
Did he mention if he was gay, or was he ignoring the major issue of our time regarding Rome?
Immigration is a very minor issue compared to homosexuality and child abuse.
While we’re at it, ow hard would it be to root out members of Catholic clergy who are either enabling or participating in human trafficking?
Neglects to explain we come from LEGAL immigrants.
My son just bought a drone, so it's maybe feasible?
Yeah. That’s the gist of it.
I get your point, but there's a lot of mutual respect between my pastor and me, and I actually won't tolerate dirty personal insinuations against him.
I'm addressing his sermon based on the Saint's day, you understand....
Please maintain a modicum of fairness. Thank you.
yes and no. LOL!
I believe you pronounce that in yer best scootish accent.
If any of my Priests go social justice warrior, especially concerning illegal immigration, at the pulpit, I will ‘loudly’ walk out and ensure everyone in the place knows why I walked out.
JoMa
Concerning the useful-idiot trafficking enablers on this side of the Rio Grande: The “Without Borders” people have websites. It should’t be hard to find them. Investigate them. If they’re breaking the law, bust them. I’m no lawyer, but it seems a RICO suit would be appropriate.
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Straightening deck chairs on the Titanic.
I do not know your priest, so I do not know if he is gay or not. Perhaps you know him well enough to have discussed this together. What was his response?
Since something like 1/3 of priests are gay, and child abuse/homosexuality are the defining issue of this age in Catholicism, I asked the logical question.
Perhaps there is a reason his sermon does not address the issue of the age?
you do realize child abuse and even homsexual issues are a part of illegal immigration? plenty of boys, children abused or raped or traffic-ed along the way or once illegally here. So fixing immigration problems will help in part with that too. Rome (Catholicism) is not the only place it’s being covered up for so long - it’s been a world wide problem for thousands of years (some adults abusing children in one way or other). Maybe you just woke up to it recently?
It was an educational experience for your Mrs Doon-o.
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