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Day 7: Racial Justice on Earth as It is in Heaven

The Lord's Prayer, or the "Our Father," invites us to live with our neighbor in tender, loving intimacy of Jesus’ relationship with the One Who Is. The Lord's Prayer, or the "Our Father," invites us to live with our neighbor in tender, loving intimacy of Jesus’ relationship with the One Who Is. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states that if we are to begin praying this prayer truthfully, we must "overcome our divisions and oppositions." Furthermore, before we even pray, “we must cleanse our hearts of false images drawn from ‘this world’ (#2779).”

Day 6: Matthew 25 by the Numbers

For I was hungry and you gave me food…. More than a quarter of African-American households are food insecure. (U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Day 5, First Sunday of Lent: Taking the Long Way

I’ve always hated the phrase, “The devil’s in the details.” I've never understood why good people would allow for evil, or at best, mediocrity to rear its ugly head in conversations and strategies for equity. Our work towards building a just, more inclusive community more reflective of God’s image is stalled because our inconvenience is rationalized. “Well, we need to hire people of color, but they just don’t apply.” Or, “Fair trade is a good idea, but those companies are hard to get ahold of. Let’s just go with the people who called us back. They’re cheap and we can get our swag in 2 days!”