Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent
Gospel – Luke 16:19-31
“But that is not all: between us and you a great gulf has been fixed, to stop anyone, if he wanted to, crossing from our side to yours, and to stop any crossing from your side to ours”. Who created this great gulf? This gulf is not a creation of God. But it’s the creation of that rich man. This rich man with his lifestyle and attitude towards Lazarus during his lifetime on earth created this gulf. He dressed in purple and fine linen and feast magnificently every day. So, every day he expanded this gulf by making a distinct life from the poor Lazarus, who was lying there covered with sores. And this poor man only longed to fill himself with the scarps that fell from the rich man’s table. The indifference of the rich man towards the poor man who is before his own eyes created this gulf. When we are indifferent to the poor and marginalized persons in the society we do the same thing. We create a gulf between God and us. Distance from the poor is distance from God. Let’s reflect: Lent is the time to get rid of our indifference towards the poor and the needy.
Thursday 29 February
