Justice
A really good discussion about mercy and justice as it relates to those in poverty is going on over at Terry's blog, Monastic Mumblings. You'll want to read these two posts: here and here.

Here's an excerpt from Terry's last post:

I see a tension between Dan and Rick's (rhymes with kerouac) points about
the "deserving" poor. Clearly , by human standards, making things worse by
enabling someone is not a good situation, however just as clearly Jesus Himself
showed us the ultimate in sacrificial giving to those (me personally) who don't
deserve it. I am not sure how to resolve this thinking, and I need more
study but at this time, I personally feel that I can't know who is deserving,
who will change their life in the future, and who won't, so I have to side with
giving to even the undeserving, because I did not deserve the Gift of God.

posted by Jimmy at 5:49 AM | |