For her part, Marianne Williamson calls us to re-vision the God of resurrection who makes fundamental change possible. Like no other presidential candidate, she puts her finger exactly on the spiritual transformation required to change everything. We need another God, she says in effect. Not the imperial one foisted upon us since Constantine in the 4th century. That's an idol. What we need is the God of Jesus: the champion of working people, widows, orphans, and immigrants. We need the God reflected in the teachings of the one who taught that whatever we do to the least of the brethren, we do to him.
Yes, that's the God of the Bible a divinity who remains foreign to most. It's as if we have all been imprisoned in Plato's Cave. Nothing that the world (and very little that the church) tells us is true, especially about God. Another God is possible, Williamson insists. That God's vision is 180 degrees opposite that described by our desperate politicians through their media minions. It's the direct opposite of most of the drivel we hear from the pulpit.
And it's here that Williams joins Ocasio-Cortez. Insisting that the resurrection we celebrate today is indeed real, Marianne calls us to support something like the Green New Deal. It promises new life for us here and now, including Medicare for all, gun control, higher minimum wages, the overhaul of public education, criminal justice reform, raising taxes on the rich, and repairing damage done by our history of racism.
Conclusion
"Impossible!!" the world shouts with one accord. "It's too costly. Making changes like the GND proposed by our prophetesses would take decades. Such alterations could never be accomplished by 2030."
And yet, when the world saw Notre Dame in flames, the money poured in. Already more than a billion dollars have been pledged. Artists and artisans from across the world have pledged their labor. And whereas initial estimates were that it would take 100 years to rebuild Notre Dame, France's President Macron now assures us that the cathedral will be back to normal, even more beautiful than before in only five years!
That's what happens when human beings commit themselves to achieving the impossible. As Marianne continually repeats, "There is no order of difficulty in miracles." And she's right. Miracles, fundamental changes in perception, are indeed possible. Our times demand them.
Yes, resurrection can happen. Easter calls us to make it happen to save our planet and our church.
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