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... It is my pleasure to come to you as a guest on this 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time so we can reflect on the words of Luke in his passage of Lazarus and the rich man.
At the outset, let us recall the words of the rich man as he suffered torment in the flames of Hell. He said, “I beg you, father, send him [Lazarus] to my father’s house, for I have five brothers, so that he may warn them, lest they too come to this place of torment. ... Our lives too, are open ended: we can take the path of the rich man or the path of the scriptures; we have the power to decide but we must remember that the consequences of each have been made known to us by the Lord.
In order to understand this parable, we must know the true reason why the rich man was sent to hell. ... Nor was the rich man being punished for being rich. ... Rather, the man was being punished for his moral myopia, his limited compassion, his misperception of the depths of the humanity of the man squatting and wounded at his gate. ... The rich man failed to see Lazarus as a brother in Christ or even as a human being and it was that indifference that he was punished for. ... In some ways we really are the rich, for we are very blessed to have this opportunity of attending Notre Dame, but with it comes an obligation to our human community. ...
So, in terms of today’s world, what can we, as brothers of the rich man, do so that we do not suffer the same fate?
Approximate Word count = 1303
Approximate Pages = 5.2
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