Falcon
02-07-2008, 07:38 PM
I find this article immediately shocking.
A Roman Catholic priest yesterday lashed out at employers who abused workers to get rich during an Ash Wednesday sermon.
He described their attitude of being pious during Lent and then returning to their bad old ways after 40 days as hypocritical.
"If you are an employer who is ripping off people and beating your workers, and you choose to fast and abstain during this season and then go back to doing the same things again, then it does not make sense," said Fr Allan Ventour, as he called on his parishioners to keep the goal of the Lenten season in mind during their 40-day fast.
He was delivering the sermon at the Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church, Harris Promenade, San Fernando, to mark the start of the Lenten season.
Ventour said fasting during Lent was a process by which people separated themselves from sin.
"You cannot tell yourself that once you fast and abstain during the Lenten season you have gone through that process and now you are closer to God. That is not how it works. You must be able to notice a change in yourself after the fasting is over," he said.
He added that employers who abuse workers for financial gains should be able to recognise that they have been doing something wrong. from http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161274765
You see the thing is, his audience just had a season of the flesh, Carne-vale, and I find he just chooses a target with no name and no face. What of his parishoners who have fertilised and implanted and will soon be ready for abortions? What about those who just couldnt make it to church yesterday because they had a hard week so far? What of the people who will 'give up chicken' for 40 days but drink rum and beat wife? I think he chose the easy way out, and successfully pulled the sound bite. Forgive the cynic in me.
A Roman Catholic priest yesterday lashed out at employers who abused workers to get rich during an Ash Wednesday sermon.
He described their attitude of being pious during Lent and then returning to their bad old ways after 40 days as hypocritical.
"If you are an employer who is ripping off people and beating your workers, and you choose to fast and abstain during this season and then go back to doing the same things again, then it does not make sense," said Fr Allan Ventour, as he called on his parishioners to keep the goal of the Lenten season in mind during their 40-day fast.
He was delivering the sermon at the Lady of Perpetual Help Roman Catholic Church, Harris Promenade, San Fernando, to mark the start of the Lenten season.
Ventour said fasting during Lent was a process by which people separated themselves from sin.
"You cannot tell yourself that once you fast and abstain during the Lenten season you have gone through that process and now you are closer to God. That is not how it works. You must be able to notice a change in yourself after the fasting is over," he said.
He added that employers who abuse workers for financial gains should be able to recognise that they have been doing something wrong. from http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161274765
You see the thing is, his audience just had a season of the flesh, Carne-vale, and I find he just chooses a target with no name and no face. What of his parishoners who have fertilised and implanted and will soon be ready for abortions? What about those who just couldnt make it to church yesterday because they had a hard week so far? What of the people who will 'give up chicken' for 40 days but drink rum and beat wife? I think he chose the easy way out, and successfully pulled the sound bite. Forgive the cynic in me.