Quote of the Day

From Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin (from a speech in 2004):

“People expect different things from the Church in society.  Leaders want to use religion…Lady Thatcher insisted the Churches should tell people they should work harder.  After nine-eleven in the United States, society turned to organized religion, but there was a sense in which it was to solemnly sing “God bless America”, rather than “Holy God, we praise your name”, to worship God even in times of distress. When I imagine organized religion in the future, I imagine it then more distant from the structures of power, and thus all the more free to influence power.”