Compassion for the Poor

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> Matthew 25:34-40 lays out for us the mind and heart of Jesus the Christ regarding the poor and troubled in this world. How we do it is open ended and subject to debate but our responsibility to care and compassion is indisputable. I remember the time mother baked a cake and had me take it to the elderly couple living in a vacant store next door to the grocery store where I worked. It was a small act but carried the power of the "widows mite" Jesus pointed out to his disciples. It does not matter what our politics may be, a civilized and moral society has responsibility to the "hungry and homeless" among us. Jesus pointed out that we will always have poor among us. Therefore with a sense of compassion, wisdom and good sense we engage in doing what we can individually and collectively. We do not "pass the buck" personally or politicly. So much for what I thinks.
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