To the editor:

On Jan. 25, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the U.S., The Most Rev. Sean Rowe, sent a letter concerning immigration to the approximately 1.5 million members of over 6,000 Episcopal parishes in this country.

Citing the deadly divisions on display in Minneapolis over the current treatment of immigrants, he wrote in part, “In the United States, we no longer live in a time when we can expect to practice our faith without risk. Peaceful protests, a right long enshrined in the Constitution, are now made deadly. Carrying out the simple commands of Jesus — feeding the hungry, caring for the sick, visiting prisoners, making peace — now involves risks for the church. As Christians, we must acknowledge that this chaos and division are not of God, and we must commit ourselves to paying whatever price our witness requires of us.

In the coming years, our church will be tested in every conceivable way as we insist that death and despair do not have the last word, and as we stand with immigrants and the most vulnerable among us who reside at the heart of God. We will be required to hold fast to God’s promise to make all things new, because our call to follow God’s law surpasses any earthly power or principality that might seek to silence our witness.”

To read the entire letter, go to https://tinyurl.com/ywutrhu2.

Rosalie Fontana

Bloomingdale