Thread: Notes from Obama's Easter Service

1:17 PM, Mar 31, 2013 • By DANIEL HALPER
The Weekly Standard

President Obama and his family this morning went to Easter Sunday services at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. Here are notes on the Easter service from the pool reporter, which included this part, "It drives me crazy when the captains of the religious right are always calling us back ... for blacks to be back in the back of the bus ... for women to be back in the kitchen ... for immigrants to be back on their side of the border":

Notes on today's Easter service at St John's (from the program):

The hymn "Jesus Christ is Risen" was followed by the "Song of Praise."

This was followed by "The Collect of the Day" (Celebrant: "The Lord be with you"; Congregation: "And also with you.")

The first reading, by Rev. Fred Walker, was from Exodus 14:10-14, 21-25, 15:20-21.

The anthem, sung by St John's Choir was "Victimae Paschali Laudes."

The second reading was Romans 15:4-13.

The entire congregation sang the hymn, "Come, Ye Faithful."

The Holy Gospel reading was from John 20:1-18.

Highlights from the Rev. Dr. Luis Leon's sermon:

Opened with a welcome and a joke about people who came to church just so they could tell their parents or people they're having lunch with later that they did.

What God wants of every one of us is to believe as much as we can at a given moment ... it's all right to have doubts.

We often want things to go back to the way things used to be, before "work got difficult and faith got confused, and life got more confusing," but when we dwell on the "if only" of life we forget that "God addresses us in the now."

As Jesus told Mary not to hold on to the past, "You cannot go back."

"It drives me crazy when the captains of the religious right are always calling us back ... for blacks to be back in the back of the bus ... for women to be back in the kitchen ... for immigrants to be back on their side of the border."

"The message of Easter is about the power of love over loveless power."

"Easter vision" will allow you to see the whole world in a different way. "There is no injustice so insidious that there can be no truth ... no war so deep that there can be no peace ... no enemy so bitter that they can't become a friend."

"Easter vision" means recognizing reality in a new and wonderful way.

"May God bless you with Easter vision now and forever."

The sermon was followed by the prayers of the faithful, led by Rev. Patrick Williams, which included prayers for "Barack, our president," and for "leaders in Afghanistan, Haiti, and the Middle East.

Next on the program was "The Peace"(during which members of the congregation shake hands and greet each other with "The peace of the Lord be with you," etc.)

This was followed by the Holy Communion (along with its accompanying collection, hymns, and recitation of The Lord's Prayer).

Pool was able to catch a glimpse of POTUS and the First Lady taking communion.

The post-communion prayer was "Hallelujah Chorus."

Pool was ushered out at 12:39, before the dismissal. Now outside the church waiting for the president's exit.

A correction: It was an error to assume that the Obamas were seated in the first pew. National Journal's George Condon has pointed out that, according to the church website, it is tradition for the president to sit in pew 54.

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jean
that a good one did obama bless him self I don't think so . I saw what he did he never put his hand over
his heart to say the Pledge of Alegiance . he has no love for out Country at all when they all meet In the wh
I never see any one ever stand to say the Pledge Of Alegiance at all .
Happy Easter to all

by Joel B. Pollak 31 Mar 2013, 11:28 AM PDT
breitbart.com


File photo: Rev. Luis Leon at right (credit: urbanchristiannews.com)

At the Easter service attended Sunday by President Barack Obama and his family, the pastor railed against "captains of the religious right," according to the White House pool report cited by the Washington Post. The service, led by Rev. Luis Leon, was held at Saint John’s Church at Lafayette Square, which is where the First Family worships most often, though they have not formally joined any particular church in Washington, D.C.

The Post article notes that the Easter sermon targeted conservatives as racists, sexists and xenophobes:

According to a press pool report of Leon’s sermon, the minister criticized what he called ”the captains of the religious right.”

People often want things to go back to the way things used to be, before “work got difficult and faith got confused, and life got more confusing,” Leon said, according to the pool report.

“You cannot go back,” Leon said, citing the words of Jesus. “It drives me crazy when the captains of the religious right are always calling us back ... for blacks to be back in the back of the bus ... for women to be back in the kitchen ... for immigrants to be back on their side of the border.”

President Obama left his own church in 2008 amidst controversy over his pastor's incendiary remarks.

Obama's Easter Service: Pastor Attacks 'Captains of the Religious Right'

Interesting assessment.

The Obama's Current Preacher Du Jour Thinks You're A Racist, Sexist Xenophobe. Just FYI.

Written by Daisy
04/01/2013


Is it just me, or does the whole liberal-preacher-spewing-hate-from-the-pulpit thing give y'all a case of deja' vu, too? I mean, I figured that even the nastiest of the hypocrites would give it a rest on Sunday morning, especially on the day that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ (or the birth of Chavez, if you’re Google, that is).

Nope. Not so lucky.

You see, yesterday, for the Obamas and all their liberal ilk, it was liberal-worship-as-usual, where Reverend Luis Leon at Saint John’s Church at Lafayette Square,”which is where the First Family worships most often, though they have not formally joined any particular church in Washington, D.C.”, preached about the “captains of the religious right.”

Because – HELLO – it was EASTER SUNDAY, everyone. And what better subject to talk about on Easter Sunday than to discuss what a bunch of “racists, sexists, and xenophobes” Republicans are, huh?

PRAISE THE LORD! Pass the POLITICAL BASH-FEST!

People often want things to go back to the way things used to be, before “work got difficult and faith got confused, and life got more confusing,” Leon said, according to the pool report.

“You cannot go back,” Leon said, citing the words of Jesus. “It drives me crazy when the captains of the religious right are always calling us back ... for blacks to be back in the back of the bus ... for women to be back in the kitchen ... for immigrants to be back on their side of the border.”

Ah yes. I’m sure Jesus is just thrilled to have remarks such as this be spewed in his Home.

And I’m also pretty sure that Reverend Leon went to the Jeremiah Wright Upstairs School of Theology, but I suppose that’s neither here nor there.

The Obamas went to church on Easter Sunday, everyone. And pictures were taken to prove it! So the lapdog media has that, at least.

Amen.

http://chicksontheright.com/posts/item/24020-the-obama-s-current-preacher-du-jour-thinks-you-re-a-racist-sexist-xenophobe-just-fyi