Whose court is the ball in?

It is the day after the midterm elections and voters have decided (apparently) to turn the House of Representatives over to the Republican Party. Frustration with government, pretty much at all levels, is deep and wide. Understandable. I am finding it hard to be optimistic about what lies in our immediate future. More gridlock? Can Mr. Obama and Mr. Boehner really find some common ground from which the federal government can address the common good?

I think that voters are sick of deep partisanship and if it continues for the next two years then we’ll have more head-spinning results in the 2012 presidential.

As a dyed-in-the-wool Massachusetts liberal and an SSJ the task of uniting neighbor with neighbor seems incredibly daunting in the harsh political climate of the country and of the Church for that matter.

The times, it seems, are calling for a courageous articulation of the teachings of Jesus; learning from and walking with people who are vulnerable and voiceless; and “joining with others in prayer and in action to effect change in those ecclesial and civic systems that hinder the journey toward the day when all will be one.” (2005 Chapter Commitments) May God bless us all.