"LET ME SAY"...
POPE LEO CAN FIND MY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TUITION BILLS...
PAID BY TRUMP 1982-1986
St. James, Maywood, Illinois
Immaculate Heart of Mary 1986
Let me say this loud so there is no confusion!!!
I don’t talk politics in church.
And I don’t mix religion with politics.
There must be a separation of Church and State… not just in law, but in truth, in energy, in intention.
Because what I’ve been witnessing lately?
It doesn’t sit right in my spirit.
I willfully sat back and watched.
I paid attention.
I processed.
An award show depicting the death of a Pope.
Conversations careless, bold, and almost calculated tying religious power to political favor.
Whispers of influence, control, positioning.
And something in me said… “Wait.”
Not fear.
Not confusion.
But discernment.
Let me make something perfectly clear
I have not lost my faith.
I have not walked away from God.
But I have stepped back.
Because when faith starts to feel like strategy…
When religion starts to sound like politics…
When sacred spaces start echoing with agendas instead of truth…
I refuse to participate blindly.
I made a decision one that wasn’t easy.
I will no longer read my Bible openly the way I once did.
Not because I’m ashamed.
Not because I’m afraid.
But because I am protecting what is sacred to me.
You see, my relationship with God is not a performance.
It is not a statement piece.
It is not something to be observed, analyzed, or attached to someone else’s agenda.
It’s mine.
And right now, there are too many unanswered questions.
Too many blurred lines.
Too many moments where faith is being pulled into spaces it does not belong.
And I’m not ignoring that.
Church should be a place where you go to be healed… not influenced.
Not recruited.
Not positioned.
Politics should be about leadership and accountability… not spiritual authority.
But somewhere along the way, those lines started to blur.
And when they blur, people like me feel it first.
So yes I stepped back.
Not out of weakness… but out of wisdom.
Because everything that looks holy isn’t always pure.
And everything that speaks power isn’t always truth.
I choose discernment over distraction.
I choose peace over pressure.
I choose God without interference.
And if that makes people uncomfortable?
So be it.
Because my faith is not up for negotiation.
It is not a trend.
It is not a tool.
It is sacred.
And I will guard it accordingly.
