Hunger

The U.N. just reported that the number of people suffering from hunger in the world surpassed 1 billion this year. Most are in Africa or Asia, but no country is unaffected. That is absolutely shocking to me. That's 1 in 6 people throughout the entire world!

I just read that in the paper while i was eating my yogurt, shortly after having consumed three hot dogs. Not that i should be guilted in to feeling bad about how well i eat (well, with three hot dogs, maybe i should), but it just makes me think that, as the Church, what are we doing? If we are to carry out and continue Jesus' mission in the world, the mission that He stated in Luke 4, where He came to preach good news to the poor, to bring freedom to prisoners, and release the oppressed, then we should be doing the same! If Jesus called us to feed the hungry, as He did in Matthew 25, why do we not take that seriously? It's obvious in reading the Old and New Testaments that God has a heart for the poor and the oppressed. If we do not have the same kind of heart, what kind of followers are we?

What are we doing, Church?