<!--
/* What it does: Remove spaces around the email design added by some
email clients. */
/* Beware: It can remove the padding / margin and add a background
color to the compose a reply window. */
html,
body {
Margin: 0 !important;
padding: 0 !important;
height: 100% !important;
width: 100% !important;
text-align: center;
}
/* What it does: Stops email clients resizing small text. */
* {
-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
}
/* What is does: Centers email on Android 4.4 */
div[style*="margin: 16px 0"] {
margin:0 !important;
}
/* What it does: Stops Outlook from adding extra spacing to tables.
*/
table,
td {
mso-table-lspace: 0pt !important;
mso-table-rspace: 0pt !important;
}
/* What it does: Fixes webkit padding issue. Fix for Yahoo mail table
alignment bug. Applies table-layout to the first 2 tables then removes
for anything nested deeper. */
table {
border-spacing: 0 !important;
border-collapse: collapse !important;
table-layout: fixed !important;
Margin: 0 auto !important;
}
table table table {
table-layout: auto;
}
/* What it does: Uses a better rendering method when resizing images
in IE. */
img {
-ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic;
}
/* What it does: Overrides styles added when Yahoo's auto-senses a
link. */
.yshortcuts a {
border-bottom: none !important;
}
/* What it does: A work-around for iOS meddling in triggered links.
*/
.mobile-link footer a,
a[x-apple-data-detectors] {
color:inherit !important;
text-decoration: underline !important;
}
-->
<!--
/* What it does: Hover styles for buttons */
.button-td,
.button-a {
transition: all 100ms ease-in;
}
.button-td:hover,
.button-a:hover {
background: #555555 !important;
border-color: #555555 !important;
}
/* Media Queries */
@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {
.email-container {
width: 100% !important;
}
/* What it does: Forces elements to resize to the full width of their
container. Useful for resizing images beyond their max-width. */
.fluid,
.fluid-centered {
max-width: 100% !important;
height: auto !important;
Margin-left: auto !important;
Margin-right: auto !important;
}
/* And center justify these ones. */
.fluid-centered {
Margin-left: auto !important;
Margin-right: auto !important;
}
/* What it does: Forces table cells into full-width rows. */
.stack-column,
.stack-column-center {
display: block !important;
width: 100% !important;
max-width: 100% !important;
direction: ltr !important;
}
/* And center justify these ones. */
.stack-column-center {
text-align: center !important;
}
/* What it does: Generic utility class for centering. Useful for
images, buttons, and nested tables. */
.center-on-narrow {
text-align: center !important;
display: block !important;
Margin-left: auto !important;
Margin-right: auto !important;
float: none !important;
}
table.center-on-narrow {
display: inline-block !important;
}
}
body {
background-color: #fff;
width: 100%;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}
p{
line-height:20px;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5{
color:#7A9534;
}
.signup a {font-family: Roboto Condensed, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;
color: #4F4293; padding-bottom:0px; padding-top: 15px;
font-weight:600; margin-bottom: 0px; text-decoration: none}
-->
Catholic Charities USA
Friday after Ash Wednesday
Today's Lectionary Readings
[link removed]
This, rather, is the fasting that I wish . . . sharing your bread with
the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless; clothing the
naked when you see them, and not turning your back on your own. Is
58:1-9a
[link removed]
American history is replete with examples of bigotry against Catholic
immigrants. Whether it was the Know Nothing Party in the 1800s or the
Ku Klux Klan in the 1900s, millions of Americans have seen Catholics
as a threat to the American way of life.
There were many reasons for this animosity. Many of our ancestors were
poor and illiterate. Often, they did not speak English. Their fealty
to the Pope was seen as a threat to democracy.
Fortunately, that hatred lessened over the years as we became part of
the fabric of America. Now, however, it is returning, but with a
terrible twist. Today, much of that rancor against Catholic immigrants
is shared by American Catholics themselves.
The worst example for me occurred one Sunday when I used the Gospel
reading about the two great commandments (loving God and loving
neighbor) to discuss immigration in my sermon.
After Mass, several people came up to berate me for my ignorance. They
claimed, falsely, that the people at our southern border - the
vast majority of which are Catholic -- are not desperate to escape
poverty or persecution. No, they assured me, those people are all
criminals. They said the people are the border are bringing drugs into
our country, that they are trafficking children for illicit purposes,
that they are, as in the past, threats to our nation.
Unfortunately, their views are shared by too many Catholics who care
less about what the Church says and more about what politicians and
certain commentators claim. These Catholics are being misled by people
who care more about scoring political points or improving their
ratings than with helping the needy.
As a result, our challenge is not just to share our bread with the
hungry and shelter the oppressed. If we are not to turn our back on
our own, we must also speak up against the misinformation and outright
lies being spread by others who seek only their own advancement,
regardless of the harm they cause. May we never shirk from that duty.
Deacon Walter Ayres is Director of Catholic Charities Commission on
Peace and Justice in the Diocese of Albany, New York.
This and other Catholic Charities USA reflections may be viewed here.
[link removed]
[link removed]
Sign up to receive the Daily Lent Reflection emails and other CCUSA
messages here.
[link removed]
View in your browser |
Forward to a friend |
Unsubscribe
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]
2050 Ballenger Ave., Suite 400, Alexandria, VA 22314 | (703) 549-1390
Catholic Charities USA ©
2023 All
rights reserved.
