Patricia Maura L. Mercado Reflection#1
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The gospel highlights the very obvious divide between the rich and the poor. Lazarus is the poor man that clearly needed help and yet the rich man refused to open his eyes to the reality happening outside his gates. The rich man took everything for himself and did not give even a bronze coin to Lazarus who continued to suffer and hope that one day he would, at the very least, be given a scrap of food from the rich man’s table.
In a world like ours, we have grown far too used to the notion that ‘someone’ will take a step forward and make a change. But as illustrated in the gospel, if we don’t make that first move to love and help our neighbours, no one will. We must not depend on others and simply ‘hope’ that one day a glorious ‘superhero’ would appear and solve all the problems in the world. As brothers and sisters in God’s kingdom we must learn to take the initiative and help others not only because it is our duty but also because we love each other.
Our duty as a Christians is not to help by giving out what we have in excess but to help by giving our all. We may not be able to help every single person in the world, but we must start from small actions that will eventually lead to great things.
As a Christian I’ve decided to dedicate myself to helping others and praying for them. I’ve realized how material things could deviate a person from the right path- the path to God. And with that in mind, I’ve decided to help in simplicity and give my all in helping by brothers and sisters in the kingdom of God.
One day, I hope to see a world in which the rich man and Lazarus will eat at the same table.
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