Dear Parishioners and Friends,
Pope
Francis points out that there are many challenges in today’s world, especially
in addressing the needs of so many in the world who are poor. He provocatively
asks the question, “How can it be that it is not a news item when an elderly
homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses
two points?” (Joy of the Gospel, 53)
To
become more generous we have to turn away from idols. The Holy Father says that
one of the causes of a global indifference to the poor is that in our
relationship with money “we have created new idols” (55). The combination of
the idolatry of money and those who would defend an absolutely autonomous
marketplace without a moral compass result in the deification of the market and
the increase of grave inequalities between rich and poor.
On
the the fundamental aspects of Lent is giving alms. In sharing what we have
with those less fortunate, we are obeying the Lord’s command to feed the hungry
and cloth the naked. In paying attention to the poor we have an opportuity to
see and love Christ in the least of His brethren.
In Christ,
Msgr. Baker
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