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| Sunday, 1 February 2004 |
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Peace and Blessings to all Message of The Rt. Revd. Duleep de Chickera Bishop of Colombo on the occasion of National Day February 04. Claiming to be independent we are still very much a captive and enslaved people. We are enslaved to poverty and the dominant and selfish economic policies of the richer countries and their local agents. We are enslaved to divisive and destructive party politics that has interfered in and pervaded almost every area of national life and crippled good governance. We are enslaved to extreme communalism that has made us suspicious of and antagonistic toward all other communities but our own. We are enslaved to crime which is fast becoming a way of life for many. And we are enslaved to a chronic sense of fault finding and blaming of the other that could soon make us a nation of self righteous people. There is still much that we need to do to become a mature fulfilled and independent people. According to the teaching of Christ such situations call for self evaluation, repentance, community discernment and radical change for the common good. Consequently my prayer for all our people for 2004 is that we may: Discern that poverty is a created injustice and hear and respond to the grievance of the poor. Discern that power is an opportunity to serve and facilitate change for a more just and equal society. Discern that the difference in the "other" is a resource for mutual learning and enrichment for the common good, and to shift from theories of suspicion and superiority Discern that visible crime in some, is a manifestation of a deeper social ailment in all; and for which all are responsible. Discern that we qualify to criticise others only to the extent that we engage in self criticism. |
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