Almsgiving is, above all, about seeing and taking practical steps to care for those who have nobody to look out for them.\u00a0 Jesus Christ tells us that what we do to the least of these\u2013good or evil\u2013we do to him.\u00a0 No sincere effort, even if it means giving only two copper coins, goes unseen by him.\u00a0 But likewise, no insincere lie, calculated to harm the least of these in order to cling Mammon while hiding behind a mask of piety, is unseen by him either.<\/p>\n
Over on the Book of Face, somebody posted a link to the story about Greg Abbott making Texas the first state to tell desperate refugees to go to hell<\/a>.\u00a0 All the bishops in Texas are protesting<\/a> this characteristically brutal move from a Catholic Trumpian Republican. But, of course, Good Catholic Trumpians don\u2019t listen to what the Church says. They listen to FOX and Limbaugh. And they loooooove to gloat over the poor while blaming them for evils they are powerless to either inflict or alter so that they can defend the corrupt powers who do<\/em> inflict those evils. So a reader responded with this sneer (his comments are indented):<\/p>\n too bad, so sad\u2026..how about taking care of our veterans first? Does anyone care about our veterans?????<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Pitting the vets Trump screws against the refugees Trump screws is garbage. Refugees don\u2019t screw our vets. Trump does. Indeed, Trump deports<\/em>\u00a0vets and their families\u2013and his Cult thinks it is awesome. Stop pitting victims against each other and getting distracted from the Cult screwing both.<\/p>\n STOP SPEWING BULLSHIT<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Nothing I said was untrue. What you said was standard Cult BS designed to turn anger away from the Cult Leader who is deporting veterans<\/a> and to turn it on helpless people fleeing death. You guys and your Cult have a small cluster of lies you tell over and over again in your hatred of the gospel and of the least of these. And when you get called on it, you start screaming because you have nothing but lies, like your Cult Leader.<\/p>\n more bullshit<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I know it\u2019s tough when you have nothing but lies and the lies don\u2019t work any more. You just don\u2019t know *what* to say, do you? So frustrating. #MAGAsnowflakes<\/p>\n what lies\u2026just the ones you tell?<\/p>\n ..saw many if your other posts\u2026sad that you are so negative\u2026I hope you have a good life but leave me out if it as you are not beneficial to my health\u2026thx<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Yes. The Pee Wee Herman reply is the other tool in your barren intellectual toolkit:<\/p>\n