Indifference

A big news in Rome these days is the death of a young lady burned by her ex-boyfriend. She asked at least two motorists for help but no one stopped, and this tragedy happened.
Indifference kills. In this instance, it killed a very young lady full of life and hopes for a future. It also killed what is human in each one of us, the natural instinct to reach out and be of help.
Certainly, there are many facets and aspects to the story. There are reasons for the choices of each of the persons involved in this event.
We pray that the young lady may enjoy eternal peace in heaven. We pray for us, that we may wake up and see that we, too, are accountable for a lot of things that are happening in the world, directly or indirectly.
Indifference kills.

A haunting image

May we really learn to weep in the face of others' suffering.
When we weep on behalf of people we don't even know, it is a sign that we have finally understood that we are all brothers and sisters, we are all one family.
We should be ashamed to flaunt our riches and so-called progress when we allow our brothers and sisters, especially the most helpless ones, to struggle to defend the most basic right that we have, the right to life.

The rich man and Lazarus

Whenever I read this text I am always perplexed at how this rich man could ignore the miserable poor man right there at his doorstep. It is impossible for the rich man not to see Lazarus. The dogs wanted to lick the poor man's wounds, so how can the rich man not know of the poor man's existence!
The rich man mirrors us: when we reason out that poor people are poor because they are lazy, incompetent, uncreative ... when we reason out that it is not wrong to be so rich because we have worked hard for it ... when we waste while others literally die of indigence ... when we wash our hands of the responsibility towards others because we reason out that it is the responsibility of the government, of the Church, in short, it's somebody else's business.