The important point of this passage is that how we treat other people is how we treat Jesus. Today I yield to C. S. Lewis. Here are three marvelous quotes that sharpen the point better than all of my poor efforts.
"There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations - these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub and exploit - immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. This does not mean that we are to be perpetually solemn. We must play. But our merriment must be of that kind (and it is, in fact, the merriest kind) which exists between people who have, from the outset, taken each other seriously - no flippancy, no superiority, no presumption."
"It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible Gods and Goddesses. To remember that the dullest, and most uninteresting person you can talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship."
"Next to the Blessed Sacrament itself, your neighbor is the holiest object presented to your senses."
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This post spoke to me very deeply. Oftentimes I am tempted to view and therefore treat people through an earthly lens and/or the way I am treated by them. I forget a couple of things...1. That we are in a spiritual battle and that we wrestle not against flesh and blood and, 2. that all people are at least creations of God (and therefore loved and sought after by Him) irrespective of their current relationship to God ( or my perception of said relationship). Thanks for the reminder!
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