Today's gospel reading: the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, separated after death by a chasm that mirrors the chasm that existed in life--a chasm erected by the rich man's indifference. Only now their status is reversed.
@RobertEllsberg @RobertEllsberg
21 Mar 2019
The parable of the rich man and Lazarus is an illustration of what Pope Francis calls the “culture of indifference” that makes it impossible for us to recognize our poor neighbors as brothers and sisters.
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For those living in the affluent world, indifferent to the misery of the majority who struggle to survive, the message could not be more challenging. "Who weeps for these?" Pope Francis says, referring to families who drown in the sea while seeking to escape from lives of misery.
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What if one of them could come back from death to warn us of the fate that awaits us? Yet we already have "Moses and the Prophets." For that matter, we have Jesus, who died and returned from the dead. What more do we need?

Mar 4, 2021 · 3:05 PM UTC
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