Editor:

A parishioner brought a copy of Greg Harper's letter to my attention. She was quite upset by Mr. Harper's accusation that a Catholic Church in Farmington would be "couching the principles of Marxism in prayer."

I didn't get upset by Mr. Harper's comments. I simply chuckled and said to myself, "Well, I've been called all sorts of things in my 20 years of priesthood. Now I can finally say I was accused of being a Marxist. Wow!"

Please know, Mr. Harper, that we as a Church pray that our nation and all nations — and all individuals, for that matter — be mindful of the poor and that we take care of the least among us.

That is nothing radical. That is the Christian vocation.

For those who misunderstand a simple Christian concept so completely, for those who turn a simple Christian plea for the poor into name calling, let us pray to the Lord.

Amen.

THE REV. TIM

FARRELL

Pastor

Sacred Heart

Catholic Church

Farmington

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