Some of the common misconceptions about life as Christian
believers are brought to our attention through the texts of the Roman CatholicLectionary today. Some Christian commentators have suggested that politics is
not a proper involvement for people on the journey to holiness. Friar JudeWinkler comments that the passage today is the involvement of Isaiah in the
politics of alliances and vassal states. What are some areas, modelled by Isaiah
(and Amos), where politics may be the strategy to support the will of God for
people? The economic oppression of poverty which can result from political
action and policy to favour the rich and powerful at the expense of the poor is
a political situation wherein God calls us to use politics to bring mercy and
justice to the marginalized. The decision of political leaders to accept status
as vassals of life destroying spiritual influence, through the recognition of
alternate-gods, (productivity, commercialism, consumerism, economic success)
calls Christians to use their baptismal gift as prophet, who can see with the
eyes of God, to act politically to influence change. The Gospel from Matthew
presents the concept that those who are specially gifted with knowledge and
experience of transformation and transcendence through the gift of a Spirit resonant
in an intimate way with the Spirit of God, have a great requirement to use that
gift to live as models of those aware and thankful for that relationship.
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