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Do you follow Jesus or the ruler of a nation?
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As I have watched the things happening in our country, especially the illegal and unconstitutional disappearing of American Citizens, I cannot help but see the parallels to the stories we read this week. Jesus was arrested for speaking up for the poor, homeless, widows, orphans, and those seen as less than the religious and civil leaders of his day.
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His message was simple, all people deserve to be loved and are loved by God. This message so threatened the religious establishment of his day that they plotted to have him arrested and killed. And they succeeded. They were willing to lie and to twist the truth to make it happen. And the civil government at the time gave them the “legal” cover to do just that.
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Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tuffs University student, was arrested by ICE agents who hid their faces so as to not be identified for the crime of writing an opinion piece for her school newspaper calling for an end to the genocide in Palestine. That was her only crime: Empathy.
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The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is another example of the current regime using lies and false testimony to go after peaceful citizens of our nation. He is a father of a child and a husband who has no gang ties, yet the government used false information to claim that he was. Judges have rules that he was not a gang member and was not to be sent to El Salvador. However, this regime refused to obey the courts, failed to abide by the law and sent him to die in a prison in El Salvador.
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Many Christians this week will stand in church and listen hypocritically to the readings about Jesus’ passion. They will fake tears over the betrayal, false testimony, and abuse Jesus suffered. All the while, they support that very same treatment against people they see as less than themselves. They will cheer on the Ruler of our nation when he calls for American citizens to be sent to those same prisons in El Salvador. And many of them will rail about how I should be sent there too for speaking the truth of the Gospel.
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This week should be a wakeup call to many Christians in the former United States of America. They should see the hypocrisy of weeping for Jesus’ false imprisonment, fake trial, and ultimate murder by civil and religious leaders for the crime of calling for love and empathy toward their fellow human being.
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I am calling on you today to search your heart and soul. Are you living the message of Jesus or are you giving away your birthright to a ruler of a nation? Are you standing up against war, genocide, and abuse or are you cheering it on?
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Now is the time to open your hearts rather than harden them. It is time to live the Gospel, not just give it lip service.
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Join us every Sunday at 3:00 PM at 557 Greene Street in Augusta Georgia in the sanctuary of the MCC of Our Redeemer.
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Holy Week schedule is below.
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April 20, 2025: Easter Sunday - NO MASS
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April 27, 2025: Divine Mercy Sunday
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Mass Intention: For all those illegally detained by the US government.
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For the St. George family; Fr. Bryan Wolf; Mary Nehls; for Kelesh’s daughter; James (Cancer); Linda (Cancer); Jacob (Cancer); James Long (Cancer); Mickey; Jacob Williams; Valarie and Boyfriend; Julie and Bill Cowitt; Kelesh and family; Lindsay; Sherlock Bones; Tatum Johnson (Job); Bishop James Long; David; John; Bishop Ben and Darlene Williams; Ryn Ingells; growth for our parish family; all those in the path of the wildfires and severe weather, end of hostilities in Ukraine and the Middle East; for an end to gun violence.
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Our Parish Outreaches
Human First Outreach
This ministry focuses on providing food and toiletry supplies to the homeless in the Augusta, Georgia area. We provide feminine hygiene products to those that need them and food for the pets of our homeless friends and family.
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We are working to bring a human touch to this ministry as we encourage volunteers to engage with the individuals we are helping in a compassionate and loving way. We expect all volunteers to refrain from proselytizing and preaching to those we serve. Instead, take a hint from Hamilton “talk less, listen more”.
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If you would like to donate to this important ministry, you can visit our Amazon wishlist and purchase items to be sent directly to us.
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Reclaiming the Cross Outreach
Check out our newest outreach in which we work to set the record straight on what the Bible says about many of the issues facing our society today!
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Reclaiming the Cross is an outreach of our parish headed up by Subdeacon Luna Godsey.
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Podcast Outreach
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Our Parish goes social...
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