At the Fourth Station, where Jesus is helped by Simon the Cyrene to carry the cross, Pope Benedict and his followers will pray: “Lord Jesus, our affluence is making us less human, our entertainment has become a drug, a source of alienation, and our society’s incessant, tedious message is an invitation to die of selfishness.
Yes, Pope Benedict, you are smack on point. You are, you are, you are. And yet, I'll hunt the web for the whole sermon, because this is only the problem, and it is not a new problem. Does our poverty make us better? Does our lack of electronic media make us better? Look where poverty reigns. Is there less murder, theft, genoicide, rape, corruption? I'm afraid not. In both the worlds of affluence and poverty there is this: a heartbreaking lack of respect for our sibling humans. What is shameful is that we of affluence are endowed with the material comfort that should open us to others. Materially safe, we should be able to extend our sense of humanity to others, but no. And the money, or the comfort isn't the problem. It's we have not yet Listened. And I fear, you too, have a tin ear.
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