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Language has survived many onslaughts, many sieges. Poetry is also self-defense. Sometimes one sins to save oneself. So I Ran for Congress. For a better United States. And we remain, as ever, Stronger Together. Bjorn stepped forward at the registration deadline, as no legitimate Democratic Party candidate had emerged to run. Bernie the Democratic-Socialist versus Hillary the Glass Ceiling Smasher—with an Orange Fascist-in-Waiting stomping about in Goliath-like fashion on the other end of the political spectrum.

Bjorn, a single father, worked full-time as a public librarian while campaigning. He was only the second candidate ever endorsed by the South Carolina Democratic Party before its state primary. FEC deadlines, policy position research and debate prep are tedious and brain-wrenching, but occasionally you catch a glimpse of a Founding Father and Mother smiling at you from the Constitutional beyond.

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Waiting for Civilization. Meditations and Adventures in Reverence for Life. Civilization exists, right? After all, humans have walked on the Moon and sent robotic rovers to Mars. But Arik Bjorn argues that humanity has only just begun taking baby steps toward Civilization. Otherwise, there would be far more advances in global food programs and virtually no public sacrifices of zoo giraffes and Parisian cartoonists. The R-Rated Theologian. Available in paperback on Amazon and CreateSpace. Available as an ebook on Amazon , Goodreads and Smashwords.

The biblical text clearly shows the breadth and depth of the lordship which God bestows on man. As one called to till and look after the garden of the world cf. Gen , man has a specific responsibility towards the environment in which he lives , towards the creation which God has put at the service of his personal dignity, of his life, not only for the present but also for future generations. In affirming that the spouses, as parents, cooperate with God the Creator in conceiving and giving birth to a new human being, we are not speaking merely with reference to the laws of biology.

Male and female he created them, and he blessed them and called them man when they were created. But over and above the specific mission of parents, the task of accepting and serving life involves everyone; and this task must be fulfilled above all towards life when it is at its weakest.

It is Christ himself who reminds us of this when he asks to be loved and served in his brothers and sisters who are suffering in any way: the hungry, the thirsty, the foreigner, the naked, the sick, the imprisoned … Whatever is done to each of them is done to Christ himself cf. Ps But more than anything else, at work here is the certainty that the life which parents transmit has its origins in God.

Remember that you have made me of clay; and will you turn me to dust again? Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. How can anyone think that even a single moment of this marvellous process of the unfolding of life could be separated from the wise and loving work of the Creator, and left prey to human caprice?


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It was not I who gave you life and breath, nor I who set in order the elements within each of you. Old age is characterized by dignity and surrounded with reverence cf. In old age, how should one face the inevitable decline of life? How should one act in the face of death? Man is not the master of life, nor is he the master of death. Certainly the life of the body in its earthly state is not an absolute good for the believer, especially as he may be asked to give up his life for a greater good. The New Testament gives many different examples of this.

Jesus does not hesitate to sacrifice himself and he freely makes of his life an offering to the Father cf.

Jn and to those who belong to him cf. Mk Acts , thus becoming the first of a countless host of martyrs whom the Church has venerated since the very beginning. The word of the Lord shows concretely the course which life must follow if it is to respect its own truth and to preserve its own dignity. What is at stake is not only the land of Canaan and the existence of the people of Israel, but also the world of today and of the future, and the existence of all humanity. The good to be done is not added to life as a burden which weighs on it, since the very purpose of life is that good and only by doing it can life be built up.

It is thus the Law as a whole which fully protects human life.

Acts with which this commandment is bound up are not observed. Detached from this wider framework, the commandment is destined to become nothing more than an obligation imposed from without, and very soon we begin to look for its limits and try to find mitigating factors and exceptions.

It is by listening to the word of the Lord that we are able to live in dignity and justice. But while the Prophets condemn offences against life, they are concerned above all to awaken hope for a new principle of life , capable of bringing about a renewed relationship with God and with others, and of opening up new and extraordinary possibilities for understanding and carrying out all the demands inherent in the Gospel of life.

Jer It is in the coming of Jesus of Nazareth that the Law is fulfilled and that a new heart is given through his Spirit. Jesus does not deny the Law but brings it to fulfilment cf. Mt : the Law and the Prophets are summed up in the golden rule of mutual love cf. This is the law of freedom, joy and blessedness. This is the symbol of a great cosmic disturbance and a massive conflict between the forces of good and the forces of evil, between life and death. But the glory of the Cross is not overcome by this darkness; rather, it shines forth ever more radiantly and brightly, and is revealed as the centre, meaning and goal of all history and of every human life.

Jesus is nailed to the Cross and is lifted up from the earth. It is thus, at the moment of his greatest weakness, that the Son of God is revealed for who he is: on the Cross his glory is made manifest. By his death, Jesus sheds light on the meaning of the life and death of every human being. Before he dies, Jesus prays to the Father, asking forgiveness for his persecutors cf.

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The salvation wrought by Jesus is the bestowal of life and resurrection. Throughout his earthly life, Jesus had indeed bestowed salvation by healing and doing good to all cf. Acts But his miracles, healings and even his raising of the dead were signs of another salvation, a salvation which consists in the forgiveness of sins, that is, in setting man free from his greatest sickness and in raising him to the very life of God. On the Cross, the miracle of the serpent lifted up by Moses in the desert Jn ; cf.

Num is renewed and brought to full and definitive perfection. Today too, by looking upon the one who was pierced, every person whose life is threatened encounters the sure hope of finding freedom and redemption. Everything has now reached its complete fulfilment. It is the very life of God which is now shared with man.

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The contemplation of the Cross thus brings us to the very heart of all that has taken place. And he died for us while we were yet sinners cf. In this way Jesus proclaims that life finds its centre, its meaning and its fulfilment when it is given up. At this point our meditation becomes praise and thanksgiving, and at the same time urges us to imitate Christ and follow in his footsteps cf. We too are called to give our lives for our brothers and sisters, and thus to realize in the fullness of truth the meaning and destiny of our existence.

We shall be able to do this because you, O Lord, have given us the example and have bestowed on us the power of your Spirit. We shall be able to do this if every day, with you and like you, we are obedient to the Father and do his will. Grant, therefore, that we may listen with open and generous hearts to every word which proceeds from the mouth of God. Thus we shall learn not only to obey the commandment not to kill human life, but also to revere life, to love it and to foster it.