There has been a lot going on around the situation in Ferguson. The left and the right all have their opinions. I also have mine, which is somewhere in between.
So as a Priest, I am appealing to the better natures of Children of God. Know, that as I love you, God loves you more. Know, that as you seek justice, God wants it more. Know, that individually, God knows the numbers of your hairs, and loves you deeply.
I pray that my friends from Ferguson and surrounding communities don't act rashly. That my beloved Brothers and Sisters from that area are not carried away by agendas that only empower elements that care nothing of them, only their own agendas.
Yeah, I'm a middle aged white guy, but you only need look at my feed here to see that color doesn't matter to me, because we all have the same kind of souls, issued directly by God our Father, and those souls hold no skin pigment.
There are many wonderful people in Ferguson, the North County and beyond. I used to work amongst you, I continue to pray and help amongst you. I ask you not to ruin your lives. I ask you to exercise discretion.
Go ahead and demonstrate, if you feel you have to. Our country was founded on the principles of free speech and freedom of assembly. One of my forefathers actually signed the Declaration of Independence and I believe in those principle.
All I ask, Brothers and Sisters of Faith, is that you demonstrate peacefully. Show those who doubt you that they are wrong about you. Show them that this too, shall pass.
If you need prayer, or anything else I can do, message me.
God's Grace Be with You,
Fr. Charles Butler
Fr. Charles Butler
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