The Cry of the Poor
We make visible in Christ for what is lacking (to the tangibility of the senses). Col. 1:24
Christ is present in the needfulness of our poverty. We need the poor so that we can touch our poverty of life. The poor indeed create in us the power to be servants of compassion, 2 Cor. 1:5, a life of passionate thanksgiving for a sustaining God.
The poor empower us to become servants in the likeness of Christ, the Suffering Servant.
Their need fills what is wanton in us, giving dimension to our compassion.
