Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
Reply to @RichardRohrOFM

@RichardRohrOFM 1/2 Yes, and our prophets universally assert that ultimately, freedom for the world’s poor involves substantially more than a morale boost. @RevDrBarber: “The poor are all those who have to endure acts of violence and acts of injustice without being able to defend themselves.”

Image attached to this archived post

Quoted or linked post

Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 21 Apr 2021

@smichael_x @stewartdantec Abraham Joshua Heschel, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s closest non-Black ally, asked, “Who shall prevent the epidemic of injustice that no Court of Justice is capable of stopping?”

View this post’s context →

Context in the archive

Quoted by“The greatest radiance anyone can have on earth is truth in works of justice performed in imitation of the Son.” - Hadewijch of Antwerp. “For this purpose, the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the evil spirit.” 1 John 3:8