Obama Attends Church, Gets Priest's Political Blessing

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Obama Attends Church, Gets Priest's Political Blessing

whitehousedossier President Obama and his family went to church this Sunday – it happens sometimes – and got a nice plug from the preacher. Maybe he’ll start to go more often. It sounds like the good reverend is comparing Obama to John the Baptist. I don’t know, it’s a little convoluted. See if you can figure it out. From the pool report. At 11:28 a.m.the Rev. Dr. Luis Leon starts his sermon in this church adorned with magnificent stained glass windows everywhere you look. The sermon is about John the Baptist heralding Jesus as the real God. Priest likens it to a Saturday Night Live show he once attended in New York where Eddie Murphy warmed up the audience before the show. John the Baptist is performing that role. Priest goes on to talk about how we all become quickly disillusioned when things don’t work out as we expect. But that can be a good thing, he said, if we learn to accept reality. John the Baptist was trying to point toward the reality of Jesus as God. At one point, the priest talks about the expectations placed on Obama when he came into office. Many unfairly expected a messiah that could cure the U.S. of all its problems, and now we see it’s not that easy. “This is not a political diatribe by the way. It’s simply stating the obvious,” he said, sparking laughter among the congregation. I hope none of this was disconcerting to Mr. and Mrs. Obama. I mean, they’re probably still used to hearing the priest bash the USA. Read more at www.hapblog.com

 

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