[Grem] Hamvazó szerda - gondolat + a szentmise igéi

[Emoke Greschik]

*Friends, today’s Gospel prescribes the disciplines of prayer, fasting, and
almsgiving. I want to speak about the Biblical principle behind almsgiving.
I know I’ve quoted to you before some of the breathtaking remarks of saints
and popes. For example, Pope Leo XIII said, "Once the demands of necessity
and propriety have been met, the rest of your money belongs to the poor."
St. John Chrysostom said—and St. Ambrose echoed him—"For the man who has
two shirts in his closet, one belongs to him; the other belongs to the man
who has no shirt." These ideas are, of course, rooted in the biblical
prophets, who continually rail against those who are indifferent to the
poor.Compassion is key to Christian ethics, learning to suffer with and
feel with the other. We’re not dealing with an abstract Aristotelian moral
philosophy, but rather with something more visceral. This is precisely why
the two great commandments are so tightly linked: "Love the Lord your God
with all your heart…and love your neighbor as yourself." In loving God, you
feel the feelings of God, and God is compassionate to the poor and
oppressed. That’s all the argument that a biblical person needs. *


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