From ELO-
The bishops of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland have issued a pastoral letter addressing the need for comprehensive immigration reform.
The Sept. 2 letter, titled Welcoming the Stranger, is intended to be posted or read in Episcopal congregations in Maryland "to remind all of us of the biblical values and imperatives that should guide our treatment of newcomers and sojourners," the bishops say.
In a summary of the formal document, the bishops said, "In a world on the move, we need to learn to welcome the stranger, to embrace the 'other.' The moral principles of the Episcopal faith lead us to value every individual, to value family ties and seek to preserve families, and to cry out for justice for all people."
Maryland Bishop Eugene Sutton, in a Sept. 2 statement supporting the pastoral letter, said: "My brothers and sisters in the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, Jesus is in our midst today. Jesus is working in our fields, cleaning our houses, emptying our bedpans and mowing our lawns. He's also excelling in schools, attending colleges and universities, doing groundbreaking research in laboratories, transplanting our hearts and kidneys, and paying our taxes. And by the way, he's sitting in our pews, and partaking of the Holy Eucharist with the whole community of faith. What should we do with this immigrant Jesus ... this stranger? Welcome him ... welcome him ... welcome him."
More here-
http://www.episcopal-life.org/81803_124327_ENG_HTM.htm
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