Associated Press, December 24, 2018
“More than 14,000 migrant toddlers, children and teens
will spend Christmas in U.S. government detention
and processing centers across the country.”
‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do
for one of the least of these,
you did not do for me.’
Posts filed under: Christianity
Pope Francis, December 25, 2018
“My wish for a happy Christmas is a wish for fraternity.
Fraternity among individuals of every nation and culture.
Fraternity among people with different ideas,
yet capable of respecting and listening to one another.”
“There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither slave nor free,
there is no male and female,
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Survey,
December 16, 2018“Six in 10 Americans say President Donald Trump
has been untruthful about the investigation into
Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.”
“The Lord detests lying lips”
Michael Cohen, December 14, 2018
“The man doesn’t tell the truth.
And it is sad that I should take responsibility for his dirty deeds.”
“Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness,
but instead expose them.”
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres,
December 8, 2018“All human beings must have their human rights respected
and their dignity upheld. To deny this and to vilify any group of people
is the road to dehumanization and horror.
We must not succumb to fear or false narratives.”
“There is neither Jew nor Gentile,
neither slave nor free,
nor is there male and female,
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York,
December 7, 2018““[Michael] Cohen’s criminal violations of the federal election laws
were also stirred, like his other crimes,
by his own ambition and greed.”
“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world
and forfeit his soul?”
President George H. W. Bush,
Inaugural Address, January 20, 1989
“For we are given power not to advance our own purposes,
nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name.
There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people.”
“The greatest among you should be like the youngest,
and the one who rules like the one who serves.”
Donald Trump,
October 24, 2016
“I have nothing to do with Russia, folks!”
“ ‘You shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.’ ”
U.S. Fourth National Climate Assessment,
November 23, 2018“Observations collected around the world provide significant,
clear, and compelling evidence that global average temperature
is much higher, and is rising more rapidly,
than anything modern civilization has experienced”
“Then God said, ‘Let us make man…
to be the master of all life upon the earth
and in the skies and in the seas.’ “
President Donald Trump,
November 27, 2018“I have a gut, and my gut tells me more sometimes
than anybody else’s brain can ever tell me.”
“Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought,
but rather think of yourself with sober judgment“