VERBATIM."We urge you not only to give to us, but to respond openhandedly to those who approach you on city streets and freeway off-ramps begging for mercy and spare change. And if they ask for your tunic tu·nic n. A coat or layer enveloping an organ or a part; tunica. tunic a covering or coat. See also tunica. abdominal tunic see tunica flava abdominis. , give that as well because the poor, the homeless, and the beggars are at the very heart of the mystery of our salvation." --Los Angeles Catholic Worker Christmas letter, December 2000 "We Incarcerate in·car·cer·ate tr.v. in·car·cer·at·ed, in·car·cer·at·ing, in·car·cer·ates 1. To put into jail. 2. To shut in; confine. poor kids for things middle-class kids get counseling for." --Civil rights attorney Connie Rice (quoted in Newsweek, Nov. 13, 2000) "The gospel teaches us that those who live in accordance with the Beatitudes Beatitudes (bē-ăt`ĭt  dz') [Lat.,=blessing], in the Gospel of St. Matthew, eight blessings uttered by Jesus at the opening of the Sermon on the Mount. .... will enter God's kingdom. All who seek with a sincere heart, including those who do not know Christ and his church, contribute under the influence of grace to the building of the kingdom." --Pope John Paul II John Paul II, 1920–2005, pope (1978–2005), a Pole (b. Wadowice) named Karol Józef Wojtyła; successor of John Paul I. He was the first non-Italian pope elected since the Dutch Adrian VI (1522–23) and the first Polish and Slavic pope. , addressing pilgrims in St. Peter's Square (quoted in The Dallas Morning News, Dec. 9, 2000) "A fanatic has the answer before he has the question. In fact, he has no questions. Whatever he does he believes is just." --Author Elie Wiesel (quoted in The Dallas Morning News, Sept. 23, 2000) "Faith can produce staying power, prophetic insight creative vision--just as, admit it, faith can be twisted into idolatry Idolatry Aaron responsible for the golden calf. [O.T.: Exodus 32] Ashtaroth Canaanite deities worshiped profanely by Israelites. [O.T. of nation, party, and policy." --Historian Martin E. Mart), (Sightings, Sept. 5, 2000) |
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