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Very rough throwing ideas onto the page...maybe I should eliminate it--or turn it into "Occupy the Church"--especially with the recent BS US Bishops pulled on nuns...But that would be Catho-centric.  Could (and probably should) add the roots of Protestant Work Ethic--need to talk about meaning of work...  Still only Christian but could add bits...



Include Christian, Jewish, Mulsim, Buddist--CST, Glodman, Landaeur and Lerner, the Hasidic, Ball Shem Tov (Landauer),  (Hakim Bey, Temp Autonomous Zones and how is he related to Jack Kerouac?) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Lamborn_Wilson 


"Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the [reign of God] was coming, and he answered, 'The [reign of God] is not coming with things that can be observed; nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There it is!' For, in fact, the [reign of God] is among you."

- Luke 17:20-21
“We are called to be contemplatives in the heart of the world -- by seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, everywhere, all the time…”

- Mother Teresa


"Human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals who are willing to be co-workers with God." 
 MLK March1966 speech at SMU

"The church is supposed to be the lobbyist of the poor, and the church has given up on its calling and resigned itself to a powerless position. We've sort of forgotten that for a long time. These are some of the signs that we're stepping up. We need to reclaim that heritage." Shanta Premawardhana, president of the Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education in Chicago, on clergy engaging people of faith in conversations during the upcoming NATO Summit about why they should work to end poverty, world hunger and war. (Source: Chicago Tribune) 

OP-ED COLUMNIST, NYT Sunday Review May 19, 2012
Here Comes Nobody
Maureen Dowd

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I ALWAYS liked that the name of my religion was also an adjective meaning all-embracing.


I was a Catholic and I wanted to be catholic, someone engaged in a wide variety of things. As James Joyce wrote in “Finnegans Wake:” “Catholic means ‘Here comes everybody.’ ”

So it makes me sad to see the Catholic Church grow so uncatholic, intent on loyalty testing, mind control and heresy hunting. Rather than all-embracing, the church hierarchy has become all-constricting.                              continue...

"...Absolute intolerance is always a sign of uncertainty and panic. Why do you have to hunt down everyone unless you’re weak? The church doesn’t seem to care if its members’ beliefs are based on faith or fear, conviction or coercion. But what is the quality of a belief that exists simply because it’s enforced?" Dowd 

From St Banabas Bulletin, Oct 16, 2011!!!
CURB YOUR BUSYNESS!
       “I CAN'T GET enough people to become lectors and eucharistic ministers,” a 
director of liturgy recently lamented. “I put notices in the bulletin; the pastor invites 
people from the pulpit; I ask people directly; and the answer is always the same: 'Gee, 
I'd love to but I'm just too busy.’” 
       Hmm . . . sounds similar to the responses the king received to his wedding invitations in Jesus' parable.             
        Yes, we are all busy -- too busy. The sad thing about our business is that it prevents us from engaging in the 
things that will actually help us curb our business and enrich our lives, such as spending time in prayer, playing 
with our kids, serving others in our church and community.        
       Do yourself a favor: Take a deep breath, spend a moment drawing your thoughts toward God, consider God's 
invitation to the banquet, and say yes -- if only to make a short appearance. You see, once you enter into God's 
abundance, you will soon find that very few things matter more to you than service to God and others.  
       God has graciously offered you the cup of life. Don't let busyness prevent you from drinking deeply.  
                       Patrice J. Tuoh

* McCarraher on Protestant Work Ethic
* Pieper, "Leisure: The Basis of Culture"
* Popes Leo, Pius, John Paul
* Jesus Radicals and Catholic Anarchists; http://www.jesusradicals.com/    http://catholicanarchy.org/ 
* Jewish Radicals: Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun  http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/tag/michael-lerner/* The Distributist Review:  http://distributistreview.com/mag/ 

Pope Benedict Peace Message Calls for Wealth Redistribution By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – 

Noting a "rising sense of frustration" at the worldwide economic recession, Pope Benedict XVI said that a more just and peaceful world requires "adequate mechanisms for the redistribution of wealth."

The pope's words appeared in his message for the World Day of Peace, released on Friday (Dec. 16) at the Vatican.

The message laments that "some currents of modern culture, built upon rationalist and individualist economic principles, have cut off the concept of justice from its transcendent roots, detaching it from charity and solidarity."

Authentic education, Benedict writes, teaches the proper use of freedom with "respect for oneself and others, including those whose way of being and living differs greatly from one's own."

Peace-making requires education not only in the values of compassion and solidarity, but in the importance of wealth redistribution, the "promotion of growth, cooperation for development and conflict resolution," Benedict writes.

The pope also calls on political leaders to "ensure that no one is ever denied access to education."

The message was presented on Friday by officials of the Vatican's Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace. The same body published a controversial document in October blaming the world's economic and financial crisis on an "economic liberalism that spurns rules and controls," and calling for global regulation of the financial industry and the international money supply. 

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Catholic Worker Movement
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