“For a child is born to us, a son is given us; upon his shoulder dominion rests. They name him Wonder-Counselor, God-Hero, Father-Forever, Prince of Peace. His dominion is vast and forever peaceful, From David’s throne, and over his kingdom, which he confirms and sustains By judgment and justice, both now and forever.”
— Isaiah.
“Take note all ye cultural fascists out to annihilate Christmas: The Catholic League has a nativity scene on public property in New York City, right in Central Park. We deliberately put it on the corner of 59th and 5th so that New Yorkers taking the 5th Avenue bus downtown can’t avoid seeing it. Indeed, it’s impossible to miss.”
— Bill Donohue.
I’m not a big fan of the so-called “separation of Church and state” because I do not believe grace and nature are separate. And the incarnation is all about a radical outpouring of divine love, designed to heal and unite a broken humanity, and allow a share in the divine nature. With this in mind, there is something rather unbecoming about Donohue’s use of the nativity scene as a weapon in a bitter ideological struggle.
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