Here and Now with Francis 8/2/16 (work, dignity, hardship, poor, unemployment, sympathy)

By Anonymous

To greet, to listen and to support the faith of those simple people

From a letter
To greet, to listen and to support the faith of those simple people … and, so often, facing the anguish of men and women that want and seek work and do not find it. I was only able to shake their hands, caress them, look into their tearful pain-ridden eyes, and weep within. Yes, weep, because it is hard in one’s life to come across a father of a family who wants to work and has no possibility to do so.... But work is so difficult to obtain, especially as we continue to live moments in which the rates of unemployment are significantly high. Bread solves a part of the problem, but only half of it, because that bread is not the one earned with one’s work. It is one thing to have bread to eat at home and another to bring it home as the fruit of one’s work. That is what confers dignity.... The wisdom of our people uses a saying to label one who, though able to work, does not do so: “He lives from above.” And our people scorn those that “live from above,” because, artfully, they perceive in them a certain lack of dignity. [full text]

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