If you preach about the poor, you don’t have a prayer in Washington
“Over the five months since Ryan’s warning, Conroy dared to continue to preach the teachings of Jesus on the House floor: He prayed to God that lawmakers would help ‘the least among us.’ He prayed for them to follow the example of St. Nicholas, ‘who fed the hungry, brought hope to the imprisoned, gave comfort to the lost.’ He admonished lawmakers ‘to serve other people in their need,’ and ‘to pray for the unemployed and those who work but still struggle to make ends meet.’ After an immigration deal collapsed, he urged ‘those who possess power here in Washington be mindful of those whom they represent who possess little or no power.’”