But then again, who does?
"[M]en and women who work are dignified. Instead, those who do not work do not have this dignity."
Quoted here.
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You mean Jesus and The Twelve had no dignity?
Did the Son of Man, who had no place to lay his head, work? Did the disciples, who had left all and followed him, work? Did they leave their nets, their very jobs and their families, or not? Did Jesus ask them to do that, or not? Did Jesus tell the young ruler that what he lacked was to keep working to help the poor, or that he needed to sell everything, give it to the poor, and come follow him? Do men who work have to ask God for their daily bread? Are we to sow not, nor gather into barns, or like the fool build bigger ones to hold all our gain?
Can you say, "I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—walk!"?
This Pope could have written the First Thessalonian Epistle, but not the Synoptics.
