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Each day, without being aware of it, we make this fundamental
choice: life or death. It might not play itself out in a dramatic
fashion, but we nonetheless feel the effects. When we harmonize
our minds and hearts with God in our dealings with others and in
the ways we meet daily challenges, we thrive. God is able to help
us. We tap into our divine source. When, on the other hand, we
choose selfishness, negativity, injustice, or spiritual laziness
as our response, the divine source remains closed to us. We
wither. We are unhappy. God gives us this choice - and choice it
is, for He does not force - and hopes that we choose life. God
yearns to walk with us and bless us on every step of our journey.
Let us invite Him. And what better way of doing this than laying
down our lives for others and for the world? By becoming
disciples of the Master we choose life not only for eternity, but
for our life here on earth. When we are faced with a challenge, such as a difficult situation or person, let us choose life by choosing that moment to walk in the footsteps of the Lord. As we end our day in prayer, we can marvel at the many little but profound choices we have made throughout the day. Lord, help me to choose life in every situation. |
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That, with the committed help of all believers, the
scourge of poverty may come to an end, eliminating the
intolerable social and economic inequality in the world
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One might also say that poverty is the negation of economic and
social rights and that the poor who suffer from absolute poverty
are denied the most fundamental right which is the right to life.
The international community too is becoming progressively more
aware of the gravity of the problem and has declared solemnly to
fight and reduce extreme poverty by 2015. Besides, how can we not
realise the situation growing worse in spite of the increase in
available resources. The problem of unequal distribution of resources in its correct setting is an ethical one, since it is a problem of justice: the poor are in the first place victims of injustice. In the era of globalisation we can no longer tolerate a world in which the very rich live side by side with the poor, the property less who lack even the essentials with people who shamelessly waste what others desterately need. One of the more evident worrying consequences of this phenomenon is in fact the progressive increase instead of the decrease of inequalities, in both poor countries and rich countries, and between the North and South. Let us pray that the scourge of poverty may come to an end | |
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