\u2026but I\u2019m just not feeling it.\u00a0 I speak, of course, of Cdl. Dolan welcoming Obama to the Al Smith Dinner.<\/p>\n
I see it described as \u201ceating with the enemy\u201d, \u201cscandalous\u201d, etc.<\/p>\n
The same things were said, for similar reasons, when Jesus ate with known enemies of God.\u00a0 We forget that tax collectors and prostitutes were not charming Dickensian rogues with hearts of gold.\u00a0 They were regarded as scum by decent people because they often *were* scum: collaborators with an occupying military power, homewreckers, thieves who assisted in the oppression of an already oppressed people.\u00a0 In eating with them, Jesus extended the hand of fellowship to a lot of crap nasty people who had given not one sign of repentance in many cases.<\/p>\n
So I have no big issue with Cdl. Dolan eating with this enemy of the Church.\u00a0 God commends his own love to us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.\u00a0 Cdl. Dolan\u2019s welcome of Obama at table seems to me to be an eminently Christian gesture.\u00a0 It in no way acknowledges that Obama\u2019s policy is okay.\u00a0 It merely acknowledges that a) he is to be honored for his office and b) that he is loved by God.\u00a0 Works for me.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2026but I\u2019m just not feeling it.\u00a0 I speak, of course, of Cdl. Dolan welcoming Obama to the Al Smith Dinner. I see it described as \u201ceating with the enemy\u201d, \u201cscandalous\u201d, etc. The same things were said, for similar reasons, when Jesus ate with known enemies of God.\u00a0 We forget that tax collectors and prostitutes were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n