Being forgotten, overlooked

"It [is] hard to be forgotten."

I am in the middle of a book ("The Woman They Could Not Silence") about a woman that was committed to an insane asylum in 1860 because her husband needed to silence her growing activism. She felt abandoned because correspondence to her had been confiscated, leaving her feeling forgotten.

Even today, a broader application of her statement remains true. 

The reality is that those who live in poverty, the suffering innocent, victims of war and abuse, are often overlooked, forgotten, unseen. Invisible.

The gospel mandate to care for the marginalized is clear. Our morality test rests on how we respond to those in need and like a doctor's oath, we must be careful to "Do no harm."

Jesus, the great physician, calls us to put others first. To see those in need and take care of them.

If we do nothing else, we need to at least start there.

Pray for peace and an end to war.

Janet Cassidy
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