Gospel Reflection Output: Rich Man and Lazarus Gospel
ROBEE JOY B. SUNGA
This gospel directly speaks to our present situation where we live in this life based on the socio-economic pyramid that displays the life of the rich getting richer while the less fortunate are getting poorer and getting dragged deeper in the pyramid scale. We see the evidence of poverty left and right and we tend to just settle and be merry with out lives while our brothers and sisters in Christ starve to death in the midst of our merriment. This gospel about Lazarus and the rich man is one scripture we can draw lots of lessons from. It reaches out to our social problems and situations today and would be the perfect foundation on how we should view things and in accordance to our behavior towards others.
The rich man wanted Lazarus to serve him even after they were dead because he still thinks Lazarus was still under him and he thought that Lazarus would be the first person that would have pity on him while he was suffering the tongues of fire in Hades. In my opinion, I think that the rich man somehow was sorry for the way he treated Lazarus back in life on earth after he saw him living life happily and comfortably in heaven while he consequently suffered his price in hell. As for the brothers, they probably did not listen to the prophet’s writings because if they wanted to be saved and if they wanted to go to heaven, the rich man (their brother) could’ve helped him in the way of being a good model and being generous. The brothers of the rich man would’ve suffered the same thing he did due to lack of compassion towards others.
This gospel urges me, not only as a young adult but also as a Lasallian student, to reach out to the less fortunate ones, make them feel how God sees us as equal yet special. I will love like Jesus, not looking at the financial statues but bearing gifts of generosity. If I was in Lazarus’s situation I would always think about the eight beatitudes that tell me that, for every sadness and trials we are going through right now in this world, as long as we live by the truths of the bible, seek righteousness and think like how Jesus would react and when he would do; we will surely get our reward in heaven and live a better life there that we have here on earth. But then if I was in the rich man’s situation, I would open up my heart to the needy and be generous. I wouldn’t let material things blind me from doing God’s plans for my life.
There are a lot of morals to this gospel and I highly encourage the youth to be the ones to learn from this and to act on it. I learned that we should love our neighbors, be generous and compassionate to them. I also learned that whatever material things we have here on earth, we cannot bring them to heaven. If we become materialistic and blinded by our riches, we do not see God’s path for us. And lastly, love like Jesus did.
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