‘The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath’ ( Mark 2:24)
"Except for God himself, there is nothing in the practice of religion that is more sacred than humanity. Men and women lose their dignity under any regime that sanctifies anything above men and women."
"In Communism, and Fascism the... system---is everything. The individual is subservient to the plan; to the state."
"Years ago a novelist, Barbara Goldberg wrote:"
"You see that bridge; that huge red naked thing of steel? Magnificent eh?
And there-no, there, right at the top. A little dot that sways and crawls along,
fearful lest it lose its dizzy head, and dash into oblivion. Pitiful isn't it?
That pygmy being with its two small hands, and smaller brain,
you see him? Well, he made the bridge!"
"People are greater than things. They are not like bridges; they build them! It is therefore as it should be, that God, when he sought to reveal himself to the world, did so through a human personality-the noblest thing in all creation. Not only were human beings honored by the incarnation, they were dignified by Jesus' own treatment of his fellows. Habitually he reserved his kindest attentions to human life in its frailest forms. Jesus gave the world a spiritual perspective that every religious obedience secondary, to our duty to care for one another."
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Good News For The Day
‘Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers on mine, you did for me’ (Matthew 25:40)
"A distinctive feature of Jesus regard for people, was his habit of reserving his best and kindest attentions for personality in its frailest forms. Lepers, in Jesus' day, had no few friends. They were tolerated, but seldom loved. Their life's work amounted largely to just staying out of other people's way. The rights and freedoms of healthy individuals were not permitted them. But Jesus treasured the lepers. He put his hands on their rotting flesh, to heal them. To him they were precious."
"Some of the harshest words Jesus spoke were directed against those who treated their weaker brethren badly. Witness his scathing rebuke of the scribes and pharisees who made life hard for widows by insisting on their obedience to many details of ritual law. In a time when few others did so, Jesus revered women, children, beggars, and aliens. He was the defender, protector, champion, and redeemer of the most oppressed and inglorious examples of humanity."
"Just as in his own day, Jesus now, is a... challenge---to the way society is structured."
"Governments, laws, traditions, and institutions both religious and secular, would be made better servants of humanity by striving to enact the ethics of Jesus. Jesus is far more than a topic or a theme for contemplation among religious hobbyists. He stands before this present world with a beautiful Spirit with which to live life; unequaled goals for service, and magnificent ideals to strive for."