The Redeemer’s Closeness to the Suffering

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Jesus says:

“For me the grandee dwelling in the royal palace and the shepherd sleeping on the grass in the midst of his flock are no different. You are all my brothers and sisters and children, and I shed my Blood for the rich and the poor, the powerful and the wretched.

“I thus do not applaud certain distinctions that are being made now. I do not approve slaughters, wherever they may be carried out. I do not approve them because they are contrary to charity and are a serious motivation for the weak to despair. But neither do I approve there being some who, exploiting a privileged position, save themselves while leaving other places under diabolical torment.

“But know that I am wherever those belonging to Me suffer. I am thus wherever danger is most intense and disaster is imminent. Wherever people die, by the action of man, the Redeemer, who absolves and blesses, is present.”

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