Martin Luther King, Jr, Day
xxxday, January 18, 202x
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued the following words to mark the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
As our nation prepares to commemorate the life and witness of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., we are grateful for his courageous to stand in solidarity with all who suffer injustice and his witness of love and nonviolence in the struggle for social change. But we are also painfully aware that we are still far off from his dream for America, the ‘beloved community’ for which he gave his life. We have come a long way in our country, but we have not come nearly far enough. Too many injustices in our society are still rooted in racism and discrimination. Such bigotry is not worthy of a great nation. As Catholics and as Americans, we must reject every form of racism. Racism is a sin that denies the truth about God and his creation. Let us honor the memory of Rev. King by returning to what he called ‘the best in the American dream and the most sacred values in our Judeo-Christian heritage.’ Let us commit ourselves once more to building his ‘beloved community,’ an America where all men and women are treated as children of God, made in his image and endowed with dignity, equality, and rights that can never be denied, no matter the color of their skin, the language they speak, or the place they were born.
xxxday, January 18, 202x
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued the following words to mark the observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
As our nation prepares to commemorate the life and witness of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., we are grateful for his courageous to stand in solidarity with all who suffer injustice and his witness of love and nonviolence in the struggle for social change. But we are also painfully aware that we are still far off from his dream for America, the ‘beloved community’ for which he gave his life. We have come a long way in our country, but we have not come nearly far enough. Too many injustices in our society are still rooted in racism and discrimination. Such bigotry is not worthy of a great nation. As Catholics and as Americans, we must reject every form of racism. Racism is a sin that denies the truth about God and his creation. Let us honor the memory of Rev. King by returning to what he called ‘the best in the American dream and the most sacred values in our Judeo-Christian heritage.’ Let us commit ourselves once more to building his ‘beloved community,’ an America where all men and women are treated as children of God, made in his image and endowed with dignity, equality, and rights that can never be denied, no matter the color of their skin, the language they speak, or the place they were born.
