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Jesus & Social Justice (Jesus & Beck, Part III)
Posted by Wallace+
Of all the commentary and excitement following Glenn Beck's assertion that social justice is not Christian but, instead, communist, Nazi, etc., the line that will stay with me longest came in an interview on the Colbert Report last week. Colbert was interviewing a Roman Catholic priest who, in turn, quoted the late Archbishop Camara of Brazil. Archbishop Camara, a champion of the poor, who was called "the Red Bishop" by his detractors, said, "I feed the poor, I'm called a saint. I ask why the poor have no food, I'm called a communist."
In all seriousness, to stand with and for the poor is to do what Jesus did, and it is to follow his teaching.
As Jesus said, "As you have done unto the least of these, so you have done unto me."
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