Flipping through my normal news sources, I came across an 'in other news' story about the Occupy London (dubbed by the BBC as 'anti-capitalist protest'). Seems that said protests are large enough that they have accidentally done what the Nazis needed the Blitz to do, they have shuttered St. Paul's Cathedral.Citing health and safety concerns, the Right Reverend Graeme Knowles, dean of the cathedral, announced that they will be closing St. Paul's until further notice. As can be seen by the image above, the protest camp is sandwiched between the historic cathedral and the Exchange, filling Paternoster Square.
What struck me about this story most is that I see it as a sad tale of missed opportunity. Here is a large group of people who are following their conscience and speaking out against economic/social injustice and the Church, rather than providing assistance and showing that they are sensitive to the needs of their neighbour, decide to turn out the lights and lock the doors.
Is that the message that they wish to send?
Is that the message we wish to be sent?
Is that the message that Christ has charged them to preach?
Where is God in this?
hello! is it possible of you to add a Twitter and Facebook button to your posts? that way folks, like me, could tweet and repost your terrific postings.
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ReplyDeleteAll this new-fangled technology. Why, I remember when we carved letters on stone tablets and we LIKED it.
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There are now buttons at the bottom of the page and a thing on the left column to do that. Brilliant idea, that. Thanks for the suggestion.
Tim, your buttons are working. I just tweeted this great posting.
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