as ye have done it unto the least of these


 

 And the King shall answer

and say unto them, Verily I say unto you,

Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the

least of these my brethren, ye have

done it unto me.

 

Then shall he say also

unto them on the left hand,

Depart from me, ye cursed, into

everlasting fire, prepared for

the devil and his angels:

 

For I was an hungred,

and ye gave me no meat:

I was thirsty, and ye

gave me no drink:

 

I was a stranger,

and ye took me not in:

naked, and ye clothed me not:

sick, and in prison, and

ye visited me not.

 

Matthew 25:40-43

 

People

who treat other people

as less than human must not be

surprised when the bread they have

cast on the waters comes

floating back to them,

poisoned.

 

James Baldwin

 

…In spite of spectacular strides

in science and technology, and still unlimited ones

to come, something basic is missing. There is a sort of poverty of

the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and technological

abundance. The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have

become morally and spiritually. We have learned to fly the air like

birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned

the simple art of living together

as brothers.

 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.