For the first time, I'm spending the Fourth of July abroad — at Mass on Lampedusa, where Pope Leo XIV stood today and children are buried under crosses cut from shipwrecks.
Thank you for this inspiring message. It all comes back to loving your neighbor as yourself. It is how our country has been built, even though imperfectly. I pray that we meditate on that ideal this July 4th.
"See how they love one another." Good and Pretty"" I for one, do not see celebrating the freest country on earth. What I see is the political shambles of a former great country. America was once respected by the world. Racism continues and was only for a time masked. I pray for the American people.
"Something about celebrating the freest country on earth ......" Really?! Is that how ICE detainees feel? Not to mention increasingly disenfranchised Afro-Americans. Etc etc. It is that sort of blinkered view that leaves outsiders gaping in disbelief.
Thank you for this inspiring message. It all comes back to loving your neighbor as yourself. It is how our country has been built, even though imperfectly. I pray that we meditate on that ideal this July 4th.
"See how they love one another." Good and Pretty"" I for one, do not see celebrating the freest country on earth. What I see is the political shambles of a former great country. America was once respected by the world. Racism continues and was only for a time masked. I pray for the American people.
"Something about celebrating the freest country on earth ......" Really?! Is that how ICE detainees feel? Not to mention increasingly disenfranchised Afro-Americans. Etc etc. It is that sort of blinkered view that leaves outsiders gaping in disbelief.
It’s free for some, but as long as some are unfree, the rest of us are not free either,
Thank you for the newsletter, Chris. I am glad you’re taking time away. You need this. Time for you to have a small vacation have fun.
Beautiful message on this July 4th!!
I appreciate your posts Chris!!