The 2011 move “Season of the Witch” co-stars Nicholas Cage and Ron Pearlman as 13th century Crusaders battling the enemies of God (as determined by the Pope). Opening scenes shift the action from one battle to another, with the priest-in-charge exhorting Holy-sanctioned hordes to “strike the infidels. They are enemies of God. Let none survive!” At one point, Pearlman’s character sarcastically ask, “Do you get the feeling God has too many enemies?” To which Cage’s character responds, “Being [God’s] friends is not so easy, either!” — anonymous
Daily Manna
The theme of good news for the poor, the anawim, the little people, is crucial to Christianity. . . . So the test of spirituality is a practical test, and particularly the test of attitude to the poor… — Kenneth Leech