Pastoral Message from the Bishop: White Supremacy 

Dear Christian: Your life is not your own, you belong to Christ, your brother and Lord. His courageous love stands up to injustice.He lived a life that countered fear, divisions, racism, violence and revenge, and worked for the good of the neighbor - whoever that neighbor happens to be. Tonight, and in the days to come, our "neighbor" is the Muslim community, senselessly brutalized and violently killed in New Zealand as you know. But these acts go on here in our Country as well. Jesus always crossed over the lines people drew to exclude and degrade people. You are joined to Jesus, dear Christian, in your baptism, in your hearing of the gospel, in your partaking of Holy Communion. I urge you to pray tonight for the victims of racism and White Supremacy / White Nationalism around the world. Wherever you gather with your fellow Christians, ask to include moments of silence and intercessions for the victims of bloodshed and violence. And then, when you hear rhetoric that inflames hate and champions White Supremacy, find a way to speak out against it. Take courage: Our Lord who commands us to do these things, also gives us the courage to do them.
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