Prophetic Love in the Public Sphere
I do not need to compromise my values or political beliefs to truly listen lovingly and openly to my neighbor.
Erin McDonald, CSJ, is a Sister of St Joseph and the university minister for service and social justice at the University of Detroit Mercy. She holds degrees from Wheeling Jesuit University, West Virginia University, and Loyola University New Orleans. She previously served as director of the Service for Social Action Center at Wheeling Jesuit University, as a humanitarian aid worker for Jesuit Refugee Service in Rwanda, and as a social worker at Freedom House, a shelter in Detroit, Michigan, for survivors of torture and persecution who are seeking asylum in the U.S.
I do not need to compromise my values or political beliefs to truly listen lovingly and openly to my neighbor.
As we stand on the edge of this season of waiting, we have within us the power to abound in love, to bandage the wounds of our world, and to heal our broken systems.
When we forget that we belong to each other, that our liberation is bound up together, we have forgotten Jesus—we become like salt which has lost its taste.
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