Grandson showing a cow at
County Fair
After a week of taking a ‘time out’ I am tired but refreshed. After watching my grandchildren and other youth showing cows and rabbits, after playing in the Lake water with my granddaughter, attending soccer games I am tired. However, the change of pace was refreshing and threw some perspective on life. I realized how important it is to get the message of the essays The Catholic Church in North Central Milwaukee out yet if it is I alone the messenger and message can be ignored.
The Gospel parable in Matthew 25, the Judgment of Nations, about the works of mercy, is not about individuals but about nations, Archdioceses, churches, organizations and groups. In American we tend to individualize everything, even our faith and good works. When we question why an organization or group fails to act we are ignored or marginalized. This reminds me of a quote from Dom Helder Camara, a Brazilian archbishop of the past who said: “When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.”
We as a group must request the Archbishop of Milwaukee to return the 1.1 million dollars the Catholic Church took out of the most segregated and poorest neighborhoods in Milwaukee. (see The million dollar move.
I watched a lot of cows being shown at the Shawano County fair this last week. If people can get excited about cows and children maybe we can get them excited about poor and hungry children in need of nation, organization, Catholic Archdiocese to follow the works of mercy. This tired but refreshed person says maybe we can bring a cow to the North Central Area of Milwaukee to dramatize the need for dairy products for children.
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