The Courage To Get Our Hands Dirty (Sept 29, 2013)

"True charity requires courage:  let us overcome the fear of getting our hands dirty so as to help those in need."  - Pope Francis' Tweet

The rich man didn't truly see Lazarus - not with the eyes of compassion.  Do we stay at a distance from those in our lives who are in need in some way?  Or are we willing to overcome our fear and "go out to the margins"?

In the end, the Gospels seem to tell us, the lowly, the rejected, and the poor will have their voice on the Day of Judgement. 

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C

Am 6:1a, 4-7

1 Tm 6:11-16

Lk 16:19-31