Did you see the Connecticut Post on Wednesday? It carried a front page article on what the Vatican has been up to lately - laying down some rules of the road!
One of the most radical and outspoken of the Vatican officials, Cardinal Renato Martino (head of the office for migrants and itinerant people), issued a very unusual document: "10 Commandments" for today's drivers.
Here are the "new" commandments:
1. You shall not kill.
2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.
5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
7. Support the families of accident victims.
8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
10. Feel responsible toward others.
When I read these, I thought to myself - "Wow. This Catholic guy really expects Christians to act on their faith."
When Jesus walked the earth, he expected the same thing from his followers. He still does.
Blessings,
Janet+
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- Janet Waggoner
- Rector of a dynamic Episcopal congregation in the Lower Naugatuck Valley; wife of Ed Waggoner, a professor of religion and theology; mother of two children