And this is a very, very interesting interview with Sean Cardinal OMalley. The Order of Malta has the tradition of seeing the poor and sick as “our liege lords.” Mother Teresa said the poor are Christ in a “distressing disguise.” We need to see the value of people who might be invisible to the culture, and that includes the unborn child, the Alzheimer’s patient, the drug addict. Some of these people have very challenging situations, and they aren’t the beautiful or productive people, the glitterati. We are called to see their value in God’s eyes. Socrates said, “People believe me because I am poor.” The witness of a simple lifestyle is important in the Church. It doesn’t mean that people shouldn’t live according to the demands of their station of life — not everybody has a vow of poverty. When we read about the first Christians and see how they shared with each other, there was a sense of responsibility for the poor, the orphan and the strangers in their midst. We need to do more. I have often thought, it is nice to have partnerships with government, but it would be wonderful if the Catholic community could [serve the needy] on their own. ncregister/daily-news/cardinal-omalley-on-vatican-reform-and-major-issues-facing-the-u.s.-church/#ixzz2kk0nUAST
Posted on: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 00:22:50 +0000
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