Massachusetts Catholic Church Uses Nativity to Protest ICE
History is hard.
Notorious leftist St. Susanna Church in Dedham, MA, located 20 miles southwest of Boston, decided to use its Nativity to protest ICE.
Instead of having the Holy Family (Mary, Joseph, and Jesus), the parish has a sign that says “ICE WAS HERE” with a phone number for people to call if they spot ICE agents.
“The Holy Family is safe in The Sanctuary of our Church,” they wrote on it.
Notice the question mark on the “Peace on Earth” sign.
From its website:
You want the real history?
Joseph belonged to the house of King David. He needed to go to Bethlehem to register and be counted for a Roman census ordered by Caesar Augustus.
The LAW required people to go to their city of origin to register for the census and pay taxes.
Mary went with Joseph because he was her betrothed husband and was about to give birth!
That whole part of the world belonged to the Roman Empire.
I am so sick of people twisting the story to fit their narrative. It really ticks me off when Catholic churches do this crap.
Apparently, the priest loves to use his church to get all political, especially at Christmas. Father Stephen Josoma told Boston.com that he likes to use the Nativity to “hold the mirror up to what’s happening, and this year, it seemed to be, my God, it seemed to be right there in front of us.”
Ah, yes, this is the church that placed Jesus in a cage and the Wise Men behind the wall in 2018.
ACTUALLY, if you want to be correct, the Nativity wouldn’t have Jesus until the night of the 24th and the Wise Men on the Epiphany.
After the Magi left, an angel told Joseph to take Mary and Jesus to Egypt because Herod wanted to kill Jesus.
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Why let written truth stand in the way of a narrative, you racist, bigoted homophobe? Now scurry away from wickedness before I have to take your life!
Woke Catholics are Episcopal wannabees.
I do not like it.
“I don’t care what that angel said, Mary. You’re in trouble.”
Old joke to illustrate that the nativity story has always been hackneyed and rebelled against.
This guy is making the mistake of thinking it’s not hackneyed, and is counting on fake offendedness, which somebody is always ready to supply.
I though the Catholic Church prays to ice instead of protesting it.
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/pope-leo-mocked-for-blessing-block-of-ice-at-climate-justice-conference-will-it-become-holy-water-101759360087614.html
“It really ticks me off when Catholic churches do this crap.”
If a Catholic church does this crap, are they really Catholic?
In Massachusetts, being a “Christian” is about virtue signaling your liberal orthodoxy as gospel, as opposed to actually, you know, following the teachings of Christ. I have been to quite a few that talked far more about George Bush than
Jesus Christ.
Case in point: I had a relative that was a minister in the Unitarian church. He was an avowed atheist. I never quite understood how he lived with as much cognitive dissonance as this contradiction. Of course, divorcing your wife and children and running off with the wife of one of the parishioners might have had something to do with it, I dunno.
A little bit more,
https://www.catholicactionleague.org/
Fools that virtue signal among themselves to assuage guilt that does not actually exist. Sanctimony is their strong suit. It’s too easy to see through, making it even easier for those operating the Pearly Gates to refuse entry.
I am so sick of people twisting the story to fit their narrative. It really ticks me off when Catholic churches do this crap.
You paint with a broad brush. Not every Catholic Church does that, Liberals are in your schools, libraries, Community Boards. I would be more concern about the that planning and zoning board member that is advocating High Density Housing that will destroy your community like in Mn.
“Archdiocese of Boston condemns ‘ICE was here’ sign at Dedham church
The Archdiocese says the parish never received permission to display the sign” That says a lot since one of the biggest sex scandals that was made in to a movie came out of Boston.
There are over 20 K Catholic Churches in the US that does huge outreach to the community. Our local church distributes over 400 meals for Thanksgiving and runs a food bank.
If you are really “ticked off” when Catholic churches do this crap., let the Archdiocese of Boston know. Remind them that this type of bad publicity hurts the church just like their sex scandals.
https://www.bostoncatholic.org/
The church has a right to free speech.
“For the people to rule wisely, they must be free to think and speak without fear of reprisal.” James Madison.
Check out Federalist Papers 10 and 51
I think the biggest mistake is not this manger scene, it is the phrase “Peace on Earth”
That said, you have fallen in the trap to attack the Catholic Church. Same trap that idiots fall for attacking Israeli/Gaza conflict. All 20 K of them! You can do that, but you have just made the same mistake that the wacko St. Susanna Parish did with their political stunt.
Do you really stand by your statement “It really ticks me off when Catholic churches do this crap.” Because you are commending them all with that statement and I take offense. Add a adjective and there is no problem and we have a good post.
Matthew 10:11
Whatever town or village you go into, seek out someone worthy and stay with him until you leave.
12 As you enter his house, salute it,
13 and if the house deserves it, may your peace come upon it; if it does not, may your peace come back to you.
14 And if anyone does not welcome you or listen to what you have to say, as you walk out of the house or town shake the dust from your feet.
Feel better now?
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