5/1/25 – Paganism is not cool. It’s callous and cruel. It’s might makes right. Instead of obsessing on a certain person, a pagan pretending to be a follower of Jesus Christ, we suggest that you find your passions and your heart. You have to give to receive. Donate to organizations that do the Lord’s work. Donate your time, talent and treasure for other people’s well-being. You have enough. It’s not just MAGA that has lost its way. It’s Americans and the west more broadly. We’re paying for our sinfulness.
IJM
5/1/25 – Today is International Workers Day. It is also the Feast Day for St. Joseph the Worker, Jesus’s earthly father, a carpenter who taught Jesus the craft. We celebrate St. Joseph twice, as both beloved spouse and father (on March 19) and as humble worker (on May 1).
Strong families depend on parent(s) being able to provide for them and on having dignity for their labor. Caste or any other form of (institutionalized) slavery and is a violation of God’s order, one that asks us to be productive and to not exploit each other. St. Joseph, international workers, indentured servants and all of us are human beings first. We are beloved by our maker and are endowed with inalienable rights granted to us by our creator. We belong to him and him alone.
On this day, let us pray that we use our gifts to serve God. Let’s also pray for all of the workers who are deprived of their basic human rights, who are treated as property and as disposable. Let us pray for all of the workers whose dignity is not respected. May they be liberated from bondage and be able to live and work in freedom and with respect for their humanity.
ECSPE Break the Chains
CSI-USA Slavery