The Self Consumed Rich Man, The Very Poor Lazarus and Us
This week we hear the story
of “The Indifferent-Man-Who-Could-Have-Listened-to-Moses-and-the-Prophets-and-Followed-God's-Way-of-Life-and-Been-Welcomed-Into-Paradise-by-Father-Abraham-But-Chose-Not-To
and Lazarus”[1]
The rich man is not necessarily bad, just astoundingly self-consumed. His love
for self prevents him from care for others. He does not see Lazarus until it is
too late.
Please note, this is not a story about what happens after
we die. This is a story, in a line of other stories in Luke, about the
importance of living the commandments and the law in the way Jesus teaches and
lives them now. We are the brothers and sisters in this story, and we still have
time to see the poor at our gate.
· What are the “gates” that separate
us from those in more need around us?
· Who is at our gate, and how
are we seeing and responding to them?
[1] https://www.holytextures.com/2010/09/luke-16-19-31-year-c-pentecost-september-25-october-1-proper-21-ordinary-time-26-sermon.html
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