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@RobertEllsberg
@RobertEllsberg
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.
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@RobertEllsberg
@RobertEllsberg
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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@RobertEllsberg
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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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