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Easter Greetings from Susan Crane
Posted on April 9, 2012 by susandnp

Dear Friends,

Thanks for your prayers, letters, books and encouragement. Your support means so much to me. And thanks for your work that brings us all closer to the Beloved Community.

I was walking back to the housing unit from dinner the other day, talking to a friend. She was reflecting on how contagious yawns are. Yes, I said, and violence is just as contagious as yawns! Here, in prison, it’s a matter of honor and respect; if someone hits you, you hit them back. And in our national dealings, the same is true. The exchange of violence is expected, accepted, and considered virtuous and reasonable. At least I can introduce the idea that there are people who think there are better solutions to problems than the use of violence and revenge.

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I’m becoming more and more allergic to fundamentalist Christians, including fundamentalist Catholics. I’m finding it harder and harder to go to religious services here. The intolerance of others is overwhelming and in some perverse way brings out my increasing intolerance of Empire-based Christianity. “We have no king but Caesar,” the people and the religious authorities cry.

Dennis and Tensie, Rozella and Tommy, from the Guadalupe Catholic Worker house in Santa Maria, CA, were visiting yesterday. Dennis is back from his trip to Jeju Island, where Korean people are resisting the building of a naval base on their island. Dennis said that over 3000 Catholic priests came to say Mass on the building site and say NO to the military base. I was thinking what it would be like to have 3000 Catholic priests go over and through the fence to say Mass on the Naval Base at Bangor where the nuclear armed Trident submarines are home ported, and where there is a huge stockpile of nuclear weapons.

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Peace and Easter Blessings,

Susan