Friday, January 27, 2017
Today is the International Halocaust Remembrance Day.
Today is a good day to remember Sir Nicholas Winston, Gino Bartali, Irena Sendlerowa, Chiune Sugihara, Oskar Schindler, and the all the others whose names may be forgotten, but their acts of bravery and compassion will never be.
Yesterday, while I was scrolling through Facebook, I felt very discouraged by all the divisiveness and vitriol contained in the posts and memes from both sides of the political divide. I myself am a bleeding-heart liberal and proud of that. As a Catholic and a believer in Christ’s message of love, I believed we are all called to love one another and not judge. I know that any of my friends or family that read this will snicker – they often tell me that I’m one of the most militant people they know and that I can be very condescending, but that’s one of my many flaws.
Perhaps, we should stop to consider the opposing view without immediately dismissing it.