All Faiths United

Thoughts on Faith as Protest Sr. Ann Hayden, MM – July 10, 2020 FAITH is a journey of learning how God’s active presence touches our everyday communal lives.   It is the energy that opens our hearts to listen for God’s sustaining love in the people among whom we live, their traditions, and in the events of life we encounter in solidarity. Living our faith is the daily effort to connect the mysteries and wonders of this life to God’s deep relationship of care with, for and among us all.     God sees there is MUCH NEED for us to cry out for and with the poor, the immigrant, the trafficked, the sick, and the marginalized of our world. There is much in our society that we need to protest against and transform. When we hear the call to participate more deeply in this God/Human/Spirit Relationship as a communal quest, then our faith becomes a labor of   love and wisdom expressing itself within our life experiences.   Protest, and the work for policy ch...

In his Daily Meditation of November 30, 2019, Episcopal priest Matthew Fox says, “To be a spiritual adult is to be both mystic (lover) and prophet (one who speaks out about injustice).” 1 Being both mystic and prophet is something I have been reflecting on in the past few months. To be both mystic and prophet can be a challenge.   I must admit that most of my life I have concentrated more on being a lover than speaking out.   But, in our current world situation, I feel that no matter what religion we profess, we must speak out against injustice. As people of various faith traditions, what can we speak out against?   Below are four areas where I believe we can make our voices heard. Gun Control:   Speak out against the senseless killing of human beings by guns.   Semi-automatic assault weapons are a class of firearms designed for war.   Could we at least ban this type of rifle? Human Trafficking:   Speak out against this slavery...