Her er en engelsk oversettelse av pave Benedikts tale ved Angelusb\u00f8nnen s\u00f8ndag:<\/p>\n
Today, the Gospel of Luke presents the parable of the rich man and poor Lazarus (16:19-31). The rich man embodies the unjust spending of wealth by those who use it for unbridled and egotistical luxury, thinking only of satisfying themselves, without taking care of the beggar at their door.<\/p>\n The poor man, on the other hand, represents the person that only God cares for, and unlike the rich man, he has a name, Lazarus, an abbrev iation of Eleazar, which means \u201cGod helps him.» He who is forgotten by all is not forgotten by God; he who is worth nothing in the eyes of men, is precious in the eyes of the Lord.<\/p>\n The story shows how earthly injustice is overturned by divine justice: After death, Lazarus is welcomed \u201cinto Abraham\u2019s bosom,» that is to say, into eternal beatitude, while the rich man ends up \u201cin hell among torments.» It is a new, definitive, unappealing state. Therefore it is during this life that one must repent; doing so afterward is useless.<\/p>\n This parable also lends itself to a social interpretation. <\/font><\/i>Paul VI\u2019s encyclical \u201cPopulorum Progressio,» written 40 years ago, remains memorable. In speaking about the fight against hunger, he writes: \u201cIt involves building a human community where men can live truly human lives \u2026 where the needy Lazarus can sit down with the rich man at the same banquet table\u201d (No. 47).<\/p>\n The cause of the numerous situations of misery are — according to the encyclical — on the one hand, «servitude to other men\u201d and on the other, \u201cnatural forces which they cannot yet control satisfactorily\u201d (ibid).<\/p>\n Unfortunately, certain peoples suffer from both of these forces. How can we not think, especially in this moment, of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa, stricken with serious flooding over these last few days?<\/p>\n But we cannot forget many other situations of humanitarian emergency in various regions of the planet, in which battles for political power lead to the worsening of environmental problems already weighing on the people. The appeal Paul VI gave voice to back then: \u201cThe hungry nations of the world cry out to the peoples blessed with abundance\u201d (\u201cPopulorum Progressio,» No. 3), has the same urgency today.<\/p>\n We cannot say that we do not know the road to take: We have the l aw and the prophets, Christ tells us in the Gospel. Whoever chooses not to listen would not change even if someone came back from the dead to warn him.<\/p>\n May the Virgin Mary help us to take advantage of the present time to listen and to put into practice this word of God. May she make us attentive to our brothers in need, to share with them the abundance or the little that we have, and to contribute, beginning with ourselves, to the spreading of the logic and style of authentic solidarity.<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Her er en engelsk oversettelse av pave Benedikts tale ved Angelusb\u00f8nnen s\u00f8ndag: Today, the Gospel of Luke presents the parable of the rich man and poor Lazarus (16:19-31). 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