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Jeremiah had many enemies, as has anyone who goes contrary to
popular opinion. In so doing, one becomes a challenge to those
who do evil and inevitably they want to remove such a person from
their presence. Being faithful to the demands of God's law has
never been achieved without sacrifice; but we can depend on the
Lord's help in all our difficulties, from whatever source they
come. Most of all we must sacrifice our self-centred way of
living, our desire to be somebody of account in the world, to
have others doing our will. Jesus, the Lord of all, humbled Himself totally in the service of humankind. By His complete giving of Himself He has taught us the truth about greatness, a truth that is foolishness in the eyes of the worldly wise. Greatness is measured in likeness to God, who gave everything humanly possible in Jesus and continues to offer a share in His divine life to those who will accept it. You are my God, my life is in Your hands. |
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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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