What Would Jesus Do?

Imagine you are the daughter of a freshman United States Senator. You are graduating from high school. Your classmates want to hear your mother speak at your graduation. They ask her to give an address. Your mother is extremely proud of you and is delighted to give the speech. You are very proud of your mother and all that she has accomplished.

Now imagine the "president" of your school calls and tells you that your mother can't speak at your graduation. The school has its standards and your mother, a United States Senator who has served honorably, isn't good enough to talk to you and your class. It seems that while she personally opposes abortion, she favors a woman's right to choose and because she favors finding cures for the living over throwing away discarded stem cells. Of course, nearly all of your classmates' mothers agree with your mother, but they are quiet about their believes.

Imagine dinner conversation tonight. Imagine the calls from your friends. Imagine you are 18 and graduating from high school, and your mother isn't good enough to talk to your classmates. You wouldn't have to imagine if you were Claire McCaskill's daughter.

You might write Sister Michaela Zahner at St. Joseph’s Academy in the St. Louis suburb of Frontenac and ask her what Jesus would think of her judgment of Claire McCaskill. You might want to ask Sister Michaela and her boss Archbishop Raymond Burke to read Matthew 7.1-7.5. It has probably been a long time since either has read that passage.

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Footnote: Archbishop Raymond Burke is well known for his public positions on abortion and stem cell research. Last month he quit the board of Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center Foundation in St. Louis, because singer Sheryl Crow entertained at a fundraiser. The Archbishop, however, is nothing if not calculating. In the case of McCaskill his spokeswoman denied he was involved with the decision, which she says was made by unnamed people in the Archdiocesan office. Apparently, he doesn't mind grabbing a few cheap headlines, but wants a plausible denial of involvment in the event he needs McCaskill's support in the future. Smart man. That's why he is Archbishop and bucking for Cardinal.