May 14, 2005
"RISE UP" THEOLOGY:
Cardinal Mahoney Channels Joe Hill in Honor of Miguel Contreras (Torie Osborn, Huffington Post, 5/13/2005)
[The funeral sermon featured] Cardinal Mahoney's eloquent use of scripture to call for the meek, the poor, particularly new immigrants to "rise up" -- "let the meek not remain meek, but rise up to improve their lives."
I believe the scripture in question appeared during the following syllogism:
PREMISE: Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5)
PREMISE: Let the meek not remain meek. (Cardinal Mahony)
CONCLUSION: Let the meek not remain blessed, neither let them inherit the earth.
The sermon's stirring finish: "Lay not up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: But lay up for yourselves life improvements. For where your treasure is, there will your improved cardiac health be also."
Posted by Paul Jaminet at May 14, 2005 11:39 AM
Comments
A clever editorial.
Posted by: Michael Herdegen at May 14, 2005 12:23 PMMahoney getting the LA AD, and a red hat, has to go down as one of, it not the, worst appointment of the last pontificate.
The guy wasn't even 50 years old when he became AB.
Unless his Cardinal Law-esque shuffling of clerical child-abusers from parish to parish finally catches up with him, this SOB will end up serving more than 25 years in LA.
There's still another 5 years to go before he can be put out to pasture.
Posted by: Jim in Chicago at May 14, 2005 2:25 PM
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