Jan. s$S
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Jan. s$S
:!{AEr-.ffi&&tse lrarcrD.lsia'*i.1r:t+ffi F' ib-{ ffi T'OR ffiffiffiffi A CHRIJTIAN ( OOi;I,ON1.;U[I,TH ? Jan. s$S TH$ OIFT A few waeks a;:o .sn one of rn.rr $L...'r: i* i:,r",iiind 0own, I discovered a cast flrii; ;ri.',* ;tii:i:rvf!. One leg u,aSS off an.i the ftr* l:r i.ri6 llnnlrig was ml$slng;, trrrt aL1 ln a.i-l" ,i,.,,r^,i,i:ido NBetng needful and loahhe tr,. sex ,.r s*yv'tceatlle clece of eeuipment so to *.ire dwnp, I weirt tiack later and pfcken :, i. ,lp and a coup.Ie of daSrs laiier solC J"t, r,: * I'ri,end .for twenty-f lve dol"I"i r"s.: ,,r inay I'j.nd trrlg a ::ad ccruu,.gnt oit rily ,,., ;.',,;yio iespectai.ly !..fl you are e l/upj.r-rt nii ...rir,".";h casa you probabJ.i" wouJ.dtrtt tre {',:,ri;i.,-.i.l"ng t"hlg anyi.;ay}, I nve been rdriu*e,J I ( r:.:iB.rr+ggtn6 for a Ilvin;;., Povert,y ;:,;r,,i ;lesperation dog my f.:rct,steiprn Bu{:" .fri"j.rj f,.s no[, SO,, I Lry tCI take llteraLly Jesus serm{,\ri i:li: r":he iilsunt; tn which ile tau;ht ua not t,'., +,':,rry abcirt toutofrow, to stor,e not up i.x si].:l*re.$ t:i: eartir but in the spir*t,ua.)" ;'iid,!.ix: diBsn$ teactttng,s taken Ilteral"ly 'i,,,,i l.h*re is rrri real-Justt6tca.tton J'qi. :,,rx-iii;. Lligu otirervuisei amount Lo a total. ;',,.r.:it,..:i i on,.:.J' t;iie etatus eEBo When we :"":',scL wnr.triiy '**t}.t"h HB show our Father L;r.j.'. ,,{*} LfusL Or fiava falth and when hrqr iJi:r .r;iiJ.$,, Lhere lg rrr:thlrig we c&,n waHi: .i'.ii'. ,-1i* i :j&w that clci ;iood sUoye n(,f, -a frs ;{ pl-ec6 *r.fl juuk br-lb as a glfi fr*m my 5'athon, *'orldJ-y wlsdom 1.1 ntiJ"fness, Lru't, hsw siIl.y nnust thls ldee seem to tha worLdly* Is pronoted tliat pov* eriy ls rtlfflcr.il.t anci i,,eal-th ls sii.$e yet tliose ,,r'ho strive for -rrorldly ",*es"i.il'r Ln*rrit;h)"3'' uillrt up with he*rt riiLacxi, .,.)-cer:* $ il*rvor.ls" exlaustl"on "lric [1,,:ished ;)*i,6hes, Ts th.l* ease? : t,nlnk tt j"s ri *[r's.ni;e ktnd of easeo i)*vel'ty is dl,r'.f,1cr.rl,t, only ivhen it ls Je{rn a$ a siraniefr-l}. tnirii. riather t,i}arl ,tri a bles*inE r,,rhen it f,t al"Lorued to nurture Jealousy of ltealth. when I.t ( ( o i s st;rived a.-lalrrst" -i,,i.certect a*r a LrJ-r*ssin;, acce1:tect as fihe ]-lfsstyle uur Lorcl-choee for hlrsalf tt t; " n:i}t, & hard*hI^p brat, a b,*autj"ftrl Llr'e I and tnankl'uLns*9' I ofteri i'j n-l ;:*yse1f preyLnl, tn tire e.>lrlt iiilo ;l&1r_ 1,6, alw.;y3 be gO., t-ay f ::.),.;;tye be thanrful f,ore,he gifte 6i:r ;tr:race S'anher glvee ffiea r.jven ,ct 0va3 0 old wood ,.eenny s1'hs pswer of, &he rnurclenlng antl fllie,*vlni1 svrord formerly as-wel] as now of Iaf,e yedlr$ hauh- set up a gov- ( t i : eirnmen$ and mai.ntalns that govern* ii nent; for rr-hat sr.e ilrlson$ arrti put0ln.,:i to death, but tl"ie power i:.f tn*'-l t;o enforci+ people tb tnae ;:ov* i ernment wliich ivas'..;;oi by conquos[ i and cannut .*tand but by- tho saraE riu.r.- I ciertng Powsf,o'ro*,rrard ,.;t"here ;*wond ,.rnuLanley 'a. a coDss trAU UANOS tAH HAIiDLING TIIE CONTTICT The l"dea. clf r i Ue alL know that very of,ten thsre ls a confllct bctlueen the l"aws of man and the law.r of God, l,iost of uv would a6rse that the laws of, Gcld take pr€cedence over manrs Laws" Jeeur knew thet t'hls ',vouXd be so, an: that ln many cascs adherfng to the laws o-f God would cast Lts Ln the rolei of crfu,iLnals S.n rep:ard to mants or tirE stateta lalvs" ;rd are not U.oo fLrst Usneratton of crlrnlnals of conscLonco6 Throuitrout historv the church (tn ttie ,len66tuof ordlnaiy Chrlstlano rather than thu oarthJ-y church bureaucracy) has been corr* demnsd for rsfusal to fol].ow otatm dr.gtatos" JeguE glves us a few rules of conduct to gutde us ln uhs confLlct. If you have been arrested for tres.:arsLng at a mllttary Lnstallatlon'or soilethlng of thal naturo and, wlnd up Ln court .Iesus says nDcn?t srakb vowgt, Jay tY6s I will or Ho, any I ironttr. Yolrr :,rond -,rs enough, To strEngthen ycur pronnlse ',vlth a vow shous that eomething {o 'cr!{Ior i,hth" 5, 31, - 37" The tuakere suJ'fered f or ceirturles over thls" Ilontt ,swear in courto JesuE also say$ ttlou nust stand trial before Covernors and kln;e fgr my sake, nhen you are arested, dontt roomy abou& w+g! !o s?y ar your rrla}, for you w1"11 bo glven tFre rtght w[rrds at, tire rlght tlmeo For tt wonrt be you I {l';i.5it *h"e uaI"k*.ng * .i"r rciLJ. be tf';'her,c a'",re anar'";htgts vtiiQ newgr :*er;3.e s *pee*l:. antL ngvrtr *arrle*l a ,i":1.;1'.1'd, vri:oia r*e know as our ilrotherla q.ha -;t r{t *.r" yr'^"rr h.eav'*n}y FathCIr t;il-i.;., 3.,i:,1.; &hr*'i;lgJr 'yfru;i!? I,ie,bho L0, l"? *.?{.1" Iir*ugir perhape tiroy klow not, us" lyo 1 u:"i-1. irame fuho l;L-ve for *vsr, Sl:el}ey, 'i;iie f"lr'sn nf poe$e, were lt noc that ,y'.:',,,, :l"s Gne yct :;ieater thqn h*tu the r,;irtr"il*r Jesus citieg nu$ eay ,,"..,.1.d irlr:l"t:;, Ie6ai- ,;ounct.,I, :-i' i,.it n*ces;i*r'$.: CouJ.<I we nhouid iitr says rict ws hirve ,,r hett,e.r,oE.fance uiran. 1et,ti,n61 Giiti ,,;ir*&Ii. Chnoug-h u*? Iut)$ And l.f *l1s t,.,'rtrt't, lhouLd fi,lrd agalns'r, i:g ;',tc,i.i.1'..1 lj.iie'b moun Shat Sod had fai.ied? *f ;j:;r:ire !'JS[s FIo lia* HLS pJ.an, and ,f i,r::it flidnqb 'rJant tc} wini u;.t ln ceuc'u .":,:,:.i; ;x\ ,:T of the ;'.Iobe. And rrho oi' c,l.tr tyciuld bell.eve thal[ flhe stlnf u,j l:r{:-ar ln our hearts, $ome cf ue, } rll,'i" n;:eal'. at least f'cr cne, J.e the ,.1a;;.;f iaspi,re<i, the moaf, eplrttrraS cha* ': i.*;91,-;6 €yer f,).un5; to yeur obtuse, flat., r;,i..e,i:";),, stertorcLl,$ IJngJ"a.nd,, Ilngl"anctl ut.r.t iJurore , .il,--r,, :,tlt i,.n;-ila.rli. "-l'rii r,,v,;f;idJ-' ,,lhei"o 1s mano Biid^A.merJ.ca neur ,i "arr.. [hers ls Our countny* But Uho .n,eiu i'ia.n is tluried ln the c3.d; anq* '.,iit$r?.ier h$ strrr.6J.ee fn hi.s tornb, '*li*rever lro knocks w€ are tht+rs to heln t,+ rJq;-.i.i.ir*r hirno -,r?ten the gu*rrl* sleep" :liri ri:.* eilsnee cf th6 darnrl rlses the" r];-L.i;.i,fl.tl",l Chl.i"xt* And {;ho an.ge} that ;1r,i..511 at: the ;ravs Ls the angel of, \ trr:h:)'. ', ii,he i';rce ,:,.::;:v*+ut,r,r,l.'$ ,"iir i.n Ja$.ir or in frcrit' ef a fJ,rJ"na; ::,:ji.rfrds Xo\r vrould not ba f ollowlng i.:,,riitr;q )"av* ;irtryur:;y* yotr nrould bg iayrtgU; irt;l.j firf]d imL]gw*n;I oflJ.''l inanf 5 law.o .:';ir*^li.y tf,rr. nourf Yr:i'rr.ra.y ih.lnk thriL lir.',.i ox!)*6Bs to rouch r:f youo But, iiod i,jri;"r m6itie prov{.sJ.ons f or you ilefore ;+',;"ir wJ.nu up f,n i:Onfr(")nt;itLr.ltlo .Iesu$ ;giry$ Iri'rhtln :flou iifr] pertsectJted Ln ri:rt* . r::t.ty, flee to u he nex.*.n I w'IlI l;'ei;r:ril bet"ore you ha-T{r rea*hsd thom *ll"Iit il'.attl" I$, 23, Ood ltrlll not ,rilli you t,o tirrsw ycur l"Lfe eway uoLii tl.r;rt"l iE no other serlrs;a flpen, and $r;ii, i-*ivdi you i"nt,al}oct," Maryy tLr:.e,S .l"t:r r*,iln;' klayJ nlesUs ra.yg dcnit 'r;e frqiii a Hode:tr& $ympo**u;n L'y' Go lolyes $t. clc*.noon $r:upl"{i. tr wI}i. try In furthsr lssu$r+ bi'j' ,*iartfy many otilor aspect,$ of qirrrlr$ . -: r I w,\ heaehln6s' i.rr l'efiat',.lr.ln 'l;o our -t..'I..tt*S e & cr; r*n II Y'eurflfi };;*['.ffi":]f /. \^ {Ul*1ffi \.- )riF' iY',/i.; lienny ii,Ssk$ fti"sl;f tlare nq morc? .for' *its *p3.n*,on gf or,hsrs, or *'or Lhuse vol.ees$ "U* the h.an,Sasg ti"rlnp; en aar"tlr ii*l ;'{--1i -' ;,.:L* .iilii.a$ Blake" ',r'e ars bhotl;;ht r*.s men of [i].ofrll ','je ars houtl.ded over il16 I l I -xru'!:h' -* , ti'\ rJ\ \, t q;L \ i ir-. \ l,r1\- . \ -'il '\ -\.\:l t II " ri \I I 't *i r\l i.li xliiciri Kll.t${c u$ sLoHI,r ItnWtthout l:eln5 radlca1 or overl,y l-,oid, 1: w11.1 teil you that the tirird **or'lrl war hag alre;lriy st'art*d u [r ;liettt $ii.ent ware but noL llor th.at reit$on zr,v J.ess ..1i.nl.rter. This w&F,rls tean* ( ,i: domr Llr'aai.I, Lsetf"n Amerlca, and At laast 6r.9z8 accldents lnvolving toxlc chemlcals-have occured tn the UoSo ln tho laet ftve years, kllllng more than 135 people, tnJurlng nearly 1500, and causlne 217./+50 to be evacuated. accordlng to thEr draft of a study comraissr.oned by the dnvi.oronnental ProtectLon Agency early thts yearo Thl,! compLla$1on 1g only a partlal ll.st* bucausg data were cirawn only f,rorn ge}ected aroas and lnformatLon banks. IIad thE entlra country beon surveyed, the number of accLdonts l*ouLd be two and a half to three times h16i'rer, BCC- ordlng to tlre conoultants whet prepared the study. But even thls adrnlttedly1nconrplete ltetLng reportE that ftve acctdonts a day nelcaasd toxtc cheillcal,s from small and J.arge f actlltles, most of thsm Lnvolved ln chenical prod* uctlon or storage totalllne some t)20 mil}l.cns .rouncis of, chEmisals. ONAPS BOYCOTT !*re Unl.ted Farm'rrorksrs of Amerlea (UfI() aro once agai.n asklng us -to boycott Callfornla grapeoo Tfre j% of rhe grspe wor[eril who belong to the -$O'OO0 UF'd ars under the attack of, the c0al{fornla admLnl.stratton of Gov. DukmeJtan who have reneged on agrlremnts, aid constEtently refuse to tnvest!.gat6 eomplalnto by tlre r.ulcn agalnsE gr&ps"growors, Workers are sttll befnl'sbavt ed '.*tth cheral.cals tn the f,lelds ;nd" trlvlng ln thetn care and truckso Ig?$ a srLnet Jupport the boycotto iil1l's,n"frii?? ( i *'rractlcally ;rL] of the Chird lr,,or].du In,;feacl of soldiers riyltii;, th*r'e are c:irieiron; Lnstead of rnlli-J"one af r+oumd* *d, thelre are nltll,ons of ui'rer*p)"oyed; fr.rtead of rJ.estrucLlon of krrict,les, Liicre ts the taarlrr.6; dou,in of facborlea,, schocls, I,roepttals, and entlre cofiuilun* i-t,ieg"ooolt ts a war by th* Untted Statee agalnst: tire l"atill Amr:r1..can con* ,'t,inent aili;i the thircl workl, Ii; *s a -,;a,i" ily€.r th& I'orcll,i;tt debt,, and one 'xi:ii"cl: has ag lt.r rnaln t{eapon a tlsal}* or) rTiore dcadly tiran the alorn bornb noi'e shatterlng than 6 laser beara"r' (i'f6m a sfis.telnent; bY Lut* I6nrrclo .itlva tLlula), tsra zllian l"abur Ioadei l ,, ( s ffi We have rscleved word from the foronto Catlro}lc '.rorkero 'fhey rAngelus opened have i"louse*, a. house of, hr:spttallty ln l;he Ch tradltl"on. Th have also opened {or are openlng} a sl.ore front r*hl,ch rvill,. hou$o a fr.ee c.Iothes roon., sorlc and coffee. coiiru* arionshlp and oI'.fics' spaeeo [aIi t+b9*i+8'17,, or' vi.sic aL l1B2 'luean *aigL, .'{e send theti our Lov'e anrJ ^;t,, prayerg ( " ITiE s{CII.E? OF tTT$ trA drrrnlien mari who fal.L ou0 *Il a cartD thou;h he rtay suffer*, dc,es not ,ite, Hts bones ar€ th.e s&rne a$ *ther pecr>).es*1 but, ii6" iaeots hl,r accicien$ in a dlffer.ont w*y* H$.s s':irif ls in a conciltlrpir of securll;'i..1 )'li: is noL ccn.gcloue of ri,dln5 Xn tiri ls ire concclous of i Qaf!; neitl:er fallin;" {)ur; of tL; IAdai-oit-It"fs if ;l i*.[o be ;or frori Ooa,--i; is tn Orrd thaE Lhe sage seeks hle ref,u.ge and so is free from harmo,r @ Chuang tre If you_rorrld like So Hrtte to g#-lfrgg g6nifie anyone uoilId tlo rlfl Ll[e'-Eoitfr " - - It'$al,$J$-o$"fi tr99" so that "r I SZO"fJO can fo f:o to Torolrts ?cronr,o and vigLt ths Cauhollc f,iorker h,cusu "f I?d appreclate It" ,.rlte Dl;;ero - P"O"Box 21&fa Peserb;rro, Or:t, Cad,*