Pagkukulang is doing nothing with the talents entrusted by the king who went on a journey. It is the charge Jesus lays against those who, unlike the Samaritan, avoided the man fallen among robbers. It is solidarity withheld from the poor man at the gates of our lavish celebrations and lifestyles. None of us can ever claim full acquittal from its accusation at the end for Jesus will take personally every failing in love for our neighbor, his brother.
Put differently, if Jesus is Everyman who is in need, then He is the neighbor who is our savior or our judge. In ways never anticipated, our salvation or condemnation is in our neighbor's hands.
Diony Miranda, SVD
THE WORD
in other words
Bible Diary 2008
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