“It’s Almost Like Praying”

​Everyone who understands the compassion Jesus expressed for the suffering and struggle of people under the rule of the Roman Empire, can experience the horror and devastation of those people of faith suffering in Puerto Rico following the tragedy of hurricane Maria.  It was the marginalized people Jesus of Nazareth spoke to with empathy and hope.  As Christians and people of faith, we are called to do Christ’s work to seek justice show compassion for those throughout Puerto Rico ravaged by hurricane Maria.  Lin-Manuel Miranda, in a recent article by Spencer Dew of Religion Dispatches, expresses his concern in his recent song, “Almost Like Praying,” and offers a “prophetic cry against the injustice” directed toward the people of Puerto Rico. Read!  Listen!  Feel in your heart that which Jesus felt as he watched his own people suffer at the hands of the Roman Empire.