Hey, American Catholic bishops! Please don’t give Joe Biden the body and blood of Christ. He’s already got too much Jesus in him.
I mean, look at him!
He’s surrounded himself with women, people of color, and homosexuals. He just made Juneteenth a national holiday. He wants everybody vaccinated. He wants to save the planet. The suffering of others makes him weep, as it did Jesus at the tomb of Lazarus.
So please don’t give him any more of the body and blood of Christ. God help us if he gets more Jesus in him.
Hell, he might take our loaves and fishes and give ’em to the Ethiopians.
He might distribute condoms to everyone vulnerable to AIDS.
He might open up the borders and let all the little children come in—for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
He might make healthcare freely available to all.
He might declare Russia, China, and Iran allies because, well, that’s what happens when you love your enemies. Love disarms them. (I myself would hang on to a few missiles, just in case love doesn’t disarm them.)
He might storm into Wall Street—and the Vatican—kick over a few money-laden tables, coax the wealthy out of their lofty towers, and persuade them to make reparations to those they have defrauded, as Jesus did with Zaccheus.
He might denounce the Republicans as white sepulchers, just as Jesus did a certain self-righteous party in his day. (Being Christ doesn’t mean you’re nice all the time. Jesus left that role to Mr. Rogers.)
And, alas, he might scold us for throwing stones at the Former Occupant of the White House (The one without sin, cast the first stone) and pronounce him forgiven. Go and sin no more! (I myself would hang on to a few stones, just in case “sin no more” doesn’t work.)
Once upon a time kings, queens, and emperors feared bishops and popes. Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV knelt in the snow for three days at Canossa in January 1077 awaiting forgiveness from Pope Gregory VII.
Joe Biden is not a king or an emperor. He’s president of a republic, elected by the people to serve the people, not CEOs or bishops. He doesn’t need to truckle to anyone. He knows where he stands.
Any bishop or pope should feel honored to stand with him and commune.
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See Paula’s photo new montage on the home page. Posted June 20.
Brilliant! That’s all I say as a German Protestant…..WWLD (what would Luther do?)
Amen! I share your sentiments; with JFK the fear was he was too Catholic and a papist , with President Biden it is the opposite- he’s not Catholic enough. My, how we use religion for political ends.
Every member of the [Roman catholic] hierarchy should read this!
AMEN. I believe we Christians should return to those days of wearing bracelets with WWJD on them , believe it and spread it 👏🙏
My response to the members of the Catholic hierarchy who would forbid communion to Biden is harsh and unequivocal. Neither Biden nor the rest of us are “pro-abortion.” We are “pro-choice,” which means we recognize as sovereign and sacred a woman’s body, and her right to preserve it as she sees fit. I always imagined these questionable Catholic religious felt as much about Jesus’ body. And found such ostracising judgment against fellow humans as abhorrent as I. Today in communion, please just pass me the wine–all of it.
Amen!
This is the height of hypocrisy! Bill Barr, a Catholic, is in favor of the death penalty, which is against Catholic teachings. Yet no one talks about withholding Mass from him. It appears that Ambrose Bierce, a short story writer and poet, was correct in his definition of hypocrisy as “prejudice with a halo.”
the hypocrisy & rigid doctrine are so antithetical to Jesus’ life and words & actions… he taught us to love, to turn the other cheek, and that we are made in God’s image. I agree…Turn over those tables and make good trouble… and as Jimmeny Crickett said “let your conscience be your guide”. I prefer to read & interpret the Bible for myself – not by priests. I listen, then take it from there – letting truth, science and faith guide me. Communion for Joe makes sense. He is an honest & honorable person & leader…. Thank God!🙏🏼❤️
Yes! Kicking ass and telling it like it is! Yay! Thank you so much. Biden-Bashers Beware! I love the guy and get soooo sick of the nit-pickers who try to find something, anything to put him down. After four years of he-who-shall-be-nameless, who can stomach it? Not I.
Thank you. Being pro-life could be seen logically as being anti-abortion, but I don’t see it that way. I’m personally and morally against terminating life just as I am against the death penalty, and as I get older, against killing anyone or anything. The one thing we genius humans can’t aspire to is to create life, so what right do we have to destroy what only God can create? But in the case of abortion, while I will always advise against it except for medical reasons, for me it is an ultimate personal choice – not for government to dictate, nor for any church nor for whatever we call society.
I know Joe Biden to be a very devout man, whose faith has been tested many times. The Catholic Church is on dangerous ground here that could threaten their relevance to today’s world.
I am a Catholic and I truly enjoyed reading your post. Well done.
Many need to read this, and think, and repent!
Amen Amen Amen to all of you! Thank you Randy, for posting this, such a refreshing and deeply satisfying read, and all the comments below were spot on imho! Feel blessed to be in such a community of spiritual thinkers, who dream, as I often do, of a world where love was the currency.
Yes. And Jan Hus is toast.