It is also, coincidentally, the English abbreviation for the movement/ideology known as "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" (DEI), an affront to both God and the equality before the law that is the basis of modern Western Law. It is a complete corruption of all that is good and noble in both Christianity and the Law, and it should be abhorred by all good Catholics. And, of course, it is simply pronounced D, E, I -- not "day-ee" (as Dei is, in Latin).
Anyway, this mere coincidence of letters was enough to prompt what must be one of the most astonishing texts ever published on the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), by one Bishop Roy Campbell, Auxiliary of the Nation's capital, Washington.
Main excerpt below:
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This administration wants to erase Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion from the American conscience. However, just think about the letters, D.E.I.
D.E.I., Dei means God in Latin, and:
God is Diversity: “Then God said to him: I am God Almighty; be fruitful and multiply. A nation, indeed an assembly of nations, will stem from you, and kings will issue from your loins.” [Genesis 35:11]
Diversity reaches out to all people, regardless of where one is from or their station in life.
God is Equity: “Great are the works of the LORD, studied by all who delight in them. The works of his hands are true and just, reliable all his decrees, Established forever and ever, to be observed with truth and equity. He sent release to his people, decreed his covenant forever; holy and fearsome is his name. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; prudent are all who practice it. His praise endures forever.” [Psalm 111:2, 7-10]
Equity is the truth of the justice of God applied to everyone, regardless of where people are from, with love.
God is Inclusion: And all Israel, resident alien and native alike, with their elders, officers and judges, stood on either side of the ark facing the levitical priests who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD. Half of them were facing Mount Gerizim and half Mount Ebal, just as Moses, the servant of the LORD, had first commanded for the blessing of the people of Israel. Then were read aloud all the words of the law, the blessings and the curses, exactly as written in the book of the law. Every single word that Moses had commanded, Joshua read aloud to the entire assembly, including the women and children, and the resident aliens among them.” [Joshua 8:33-35]
Inclusion is living the law of the Lord as one. That law is to love God by the way we love one another.
D.E.I. to me means that God is always working among us and through us for the eternal life of each of us. ...
[source- emphases in the original]
Campbell had a long secular life before being ordained a priest at almost sixty (in Washington -- he entered the seminary under none other than "Uncle Ted" McCarrick, and was ordained a priest one year after McCarrick retired as Archbishop by his successor Card. Wuerl). And, surprisingly (or not), was made a bishop just after ten years as a priest, named by none other than Francis (of course).
Okay, then. You really can't make this up. Is it Fremdschämen that the Germans call it? Yes, we are filled with Fremdschämen...
