Community - Monday, April 7, 2008 19:34 - 0 Comments

It’s time to vote again!! / ¡Es Tiempo de Votar Otra Vez!

It seems every time we turn around its election time. So the perennial question of how do we vote and what are the values we stand for are in front of us time and time again.

“Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God’s what is God’s” That’s a place to begin. Jesus, was talking about taxes, and asked to see the image on the coin. But we can also apply this voting. Paul also calls us to recognize that we “are in the world, but not of the world.” The values we share as Catholic Christians are to impact our daily life. Does anyone not have commerce with the day to day living of the world around us. What impacts society, impacts us as well because we are society. What we learn in catechism and our daily prayer and meditation on the scripture needs to impact us as well. In turn our values, formed in the teaching of the Church and the Gospel, should influence how we impact the society.

Is there any ONE issue that is greater than another? Not on the face of it. Are their ANY candidates that stand up to a perfect litmus test to our Catholic Christian teachings and values? Not one. So do we just not vote? Far from it! We need to take the election, every election, to prayer. Put the candidates’ names and issues on your altarcito en casa, do what you do with your family and friends when you pray for them. Ask for discernment and understanding. In that: remember to read the papers and listen to the news, ask the questions of our values and their positions. Then go vote! If you have internet access, go to: www.faithfulcitizenship.org and study the values we proclaim as Catholics.

But VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

fr. Charles

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