Strive always to "finish the work we are in," bind up wounds, care for widows and orphans, and "do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations".
Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA), an aspiring theocrat who epitomizes Christian right thinking, recently attacked President Obama on a Christian right radio show for citing the Bible's call to care for widows and orphans as the president criticized Republicans' refusal to welcome Muslim refugees.
As was the tradition in Arabia (and still is in some parts of the world today), marriage typically served a social and political function – a way of uniting tribes, resolving feuds, caring for widows and orphans, and generally strengthening bonds in a highly unstable and changing political environment.
As a parish priest in an immigrant community, McGivney saw what could happen to a family when the main income earner died, and wanted to provide insurance to care for the widows and orphans left behind.
Any doctor would be very proud to care for his widow.
But an extremism that elevates supply and demand to its solitary and highest priority rejects a more encompassing Biblical commitment to care for the widow and the orphan, to provide food and clothing for the poor, to educate and nurture all its children, to live harmoniously with creation.
With the existence of a Jewish state, we could, potentially, create a healthcare system that fully reflects our values, one that makes a statement to the world about our respect for the sick, our care for the widow and the orphan.
We are called to care for the widow and the orphan -- to lift up children and those Jesus called the least of these -- but Ryan's budget proposals would further dismantle the safety net and tear the social fabric of our nation apart.
The writer covers such topics as endurance under persecution, poverty and wealth, control of the tongue, care for orphans and widows, cursing, boasting, oaths, and prayer.
Spurred on by the council a team of 'bin angels' was born to care for the war widows of the city.
The Lowland spans the era from Indian independence to the present, telling the story of two brothers from Calcutta whose lives are shaped by political upheaval; one is murdered young, the other pursues a safe life in Rhode Island until he decides to care for his brother's widow and baby, bringing politics into his home in ways he doesn't foresee.
