{"id":3567,"date":"2017-08-11T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/augustinianheartblog.wordpress.com\/?p=1319"},"modified":"2017-08-11T10:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T08:00:29","slug":"day-18-solidarity-identification-through-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/augustinian-heart-blog\/34-days\/day-18-solidarity-identification-through-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 18 &#8211; Solidarity: Identification through Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1322\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agostinjani.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/018-solidarity.png?resize=3673%2C2268&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"018 - solidarity.png\" width=\"3673\" height=\"2268\" \/>Day 18<\/strong><strong> &#8211; Solidarity: Identification through Love<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">Incarnation is that process whereby God identifies Himself with man through Love. Augustine was moved especially by two biblical texts that illustrate this identification between God and Man. Matthew 25: 41.45 \u201cWhatever you did to the least of my brothers, you did to me&#8230; Whatever you refused to do for one these least ones, you refused to do to me.\u201d and Acts 9: 4-5 \u201cSaul, Saul, why do you persecute me?\u201d The latter is the Risen Lord\u2019s question regarding Saul\u2019s (later Paul) motive for persecuting the Christians of Damascus. What struck Augustine here is the identification of Christ with his persecuted community. In the former, the Son of Man (v. 31) (= King, v. 34; Lord, v. 37. 44) identifies Himself with the hungry, the thirsty, the prisoner, the sick, the naked, in such a way that one\u2019s actions towards these are acts towards Him. Augustine does not use the term \u201csolidarity\u201d &#8211; a word that comes from Roman Law and has come to mean, in terms of social justice not a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of so many people, both near and far. On the contrary, it is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good; that is to say, to the good of all and of each individual, because we are all really responsible for all. But Augustine does render the idea &#8211; especially in its connotation in Latin American circles &#8211; in his insistence on recognizing Christ in the poor. \u201cTurn your attention to Christ who lies in the street,\u201d Augustine once said, \u201cLook at Christ who is hungry and suffering from the cold, Christ who is a stranger and in need!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 18 &#8211; Solidarity: Identification through Love Incarnation is that process whereby God identifies Himself with man through Love. Augustine was moved especially by two biblical texts that illustrate this identification between God and Man. Matthew 25: 41.45 \u201cWhatever you did to the least of my brothers, you did to me&#8230; Whatever you refused to do for one these least ones, you refused to do to me.\u201d and Acts 9: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-34-days"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"gform-image-choice-sm":false,"gform-image-choice-md":false,"gform-image-choice-lg":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Provin\u010bja Agostinjana","author_link":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/author\/agostinjani\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Day 18 &#8211; Solidarity: Identification through Love Incarnation is that process whereby God identifies Himself with man through Love. 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