Verse of the Day

Martin Luther King and Haiti

“His message pointed toward the universal liberation of all people”

“Martin Luther King’s ministry was focused on liberating the people of these United States, but his message pointed toward the universal liberation of all people, all God’s children, here and around the globe,” Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said on January 17 at the observation for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at St. Andrew and Holy Communion Episcopal Church, South Orange, NJ (Diocese of Newark).

Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori also spoke of the devastation in Haiti.
“Martin the prophet would remind us that there are still slaves around us –
those who live in thralldom to grinding poverty, like the 80% of Haitians
who live on less than $2 a day…Martin the prophet would remind us that there
is no justice when some live in that kind of poverty.  And Martin the
prophet would remind us that the people of Haiti are our brothers and
sisters.”