The Sign of the Poor

This photo is of some people scavenging through trash at the Lapu Lapu dumpsite.

To ignore the poor is to show contempt for both God and Humanity.

The Poor — a Sign we are not yet Saved

A Poem by Mike Garner followed by the essay The Sign of the Poor

Jesus belongs to the poor

Jesus came to liberate the poor,

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Phillip Michael Garner

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I am a poet, an author, and a philosophical theologian who lives on Mactan Island and travels Asia. My present corpus of work is published by Wipf and Stock.

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