Dedications

Who crucified Jesus? Roman Empire? The Jews? Or was it his own followers? All his disciples went underground when he was arrested by the Roman authorities. Even Peter his closest aide betrayed and refused knowing him. How many disciples were there when he was carrying the cross to Calvary? Even when load of his cross couldn't be borne by him, it was a stranger, Simon of Cyrene who was forced to carry the cross. 

Even after 2000 years we are still betraying Christ. Churches are being burnt in Manipur, Christians persecuted and tortured, Church properties being targeted to be confiscated, Christian educational institutions forced to remove all religious objects, Clergy like Fr. Stan Swamy murdered by the legal system. What did the clergy do for Fr. Stan Swamy? Forget Vatican that will do nothing for Christians in India? What is our own Clergy and Church leadership doing? Just preaching? Christ was not only preaching, he was also reaching to those in need. Even Christ did not spare the traders outside the temple, where he whipped them out and told them, "Do not make my Father's house a den of thieves."

We the laity who are comfortable and not effected till date, are not realising that what is happening in Manipur or UP, can happen in Bombay? It is already late and maybe the last chance where we can avoid the crucification of the Church in India? This includes all minorities and secular citizens who are effected. The irony is even the majority did not vote for the BJP in Ayodhya. Despite a grand temple made honoring Lord Ram. That is besides the point a temple that leaked in the first monsoons.

So it's time every Christian believed that we as an individual is the Church. We are the rock on which the future of the Church and our generations to follow will survive in India. Church is not a physical grand monumental structure. It is we who make it. It is we Christians who will destroy it if we don't come out and vote during this assembly election. We don't need the physical strength of Samson to bring down this corrupt government. We just need a finger to cast our vote.

Or you can be Judas otherwise, to betray the Church for 30 winks of extra sleep, chill and take a break being a holiday. Even more worse, vote for Barabus and crucify the hand of Congress that will protect the Christians?