The duty of making oneself a neighbor to others and actively serving them becomes even more urgent when it involves the disadvantaged, in whatever area this may be. “As you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.”
Vaticana, Libreria Editrice. Catechism of the Catholic Church . United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Kindle Edition. Paragraph 1932
You can’t legislate morality. Laws don’t change people’s hearts.
But a society can legislate compassionately. Doing so is even more urgent when it involves the disadvantaged.
If we legislate for the already-advantaged across the board except for one case (the unborn), where does that leave us?
If Catholics, Protestants, and Evangelicals support national policies that further disadvantage the already-disadvantaged;
and we try to justify ourselves by saying we legislated against abortion, woke-ness, and any non-straight lifestyle:
what do we expect to hear in response from the Son of Man, who was “hungry…thirsty…a stranger…naked…sick…in prison”?
‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?’ 45 Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’
Matthew 25:44,45. Bibles, Harper . NRSV Bible with the Apocrypha (pp. 3021-3022). Zondervan. Kindle Edition.
Lord, give us eyes to see, ears to hear, compassionate hearts, and understanding minds as we live “in the world” while not being “of the world”.
Grace and peace to you
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