Ash Wednesday: How would Jesus vote next week?

Don't say pro-life. He would not support an obvious Republican scam (although he and his father never fulfilled the law which mandated forcing abortion on adulterous women as a pretext for stoning them). Besides, the GOP is doing the nomination Russian style. No primaries because Trump is the only one they will let on the ballot.

He would vote as a Zionist, but one who believes in the rights of Samaritans (aka, Palestinian Arabs - including the Catholics who are descended from the original Jerusalem - his kin).

He would vote against the rich and for social democracy for the poor.

He would vote for the candidate who spoke out against the evils of the Church hierarchy (a Marxist).

He would cheat and keep Sanders alive and vital for two terms (it would be easier than moving the heart of just one Trump voter).

He would have Mary Magdalena-Nazaro (Mrs. Jesus), write Bernie a check. And Judas. Jesus would bundle.

Now, about Ash Wednesday itself.

He would tell everyone to take the bus. Remember, he never took a chariot, a wagon or rode a horse. He walked. Can you imagine the picture of Jesus and the Twelve riding a posse. It would be funny, but no.

Jesus encouraged self-mortification to build an attitude of dependence on God, not impose divine sadism. If you fast, comb your hair and don't get the ashes. Ashes are group dynamics, not self-mortification. You can not add anything to his sacrifice, which was not a blood offering to God but a statement to us that God, as the Son of Man, has experienced the abnegation that we feel as sinners and as simply mortals. Our worship is for our sakes, not His. Anything else is self-centeredness.