You know politicians love to make big heroes of themselves by making these sweeping statements and yet I, who was it who said ‘the poor you have with you always? … you know everyone in the Catholic tradition is trying to build a better world but we know this one is never going to be perfect and that doesn’t stop us, doesn’t excuse us from trying to do better, but it should caution us against thinking that we are going to achieve heaven on earth. It just can’t be done.
—Pretty sure that Tony is phoning in his Christian commitment to helping his brothers these days (cf Luke 13:15-16, Matthew 12:10-12, Acts 2:44-45 and Nehemiah 2:7-9)
