Hey Y'all, Stacy called from Tanzania and wanted me to tell everyone that she is well, and asks for prayers for the people there. she is surprised by the reality of people living in mud huts. poverty unmatched, and spiritual tranquility unmatched too. I wonder if they are related. hmmm...
anyways. she seemed to be very much enjoying her time, being humbled and being able to share some catechetical insights.
So, Hi From Tanzania!
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Yes... Matthew says "Blessed are the poor in spirit," while Luke simply says "Blessed are the poor," period. So they are connected. But how? Perhaps physical poverty can be easily romanticized. It can be as degrading as excess.
I mean, sometimes poverty can be liberating (if it frees us from our attachment to "things"), and sometimes it can be a kind of bondage (does one by gas to go to work or feed the kids?). That is the reality of the working poor in our world. Tanzania may have both kinds of poverty as well - the liberating and the oppressive kind.
I have been thinking/ praying about/for her everyday. If she calls again, tell her so.
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