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Munsang College (Hong Kong Island)

Newsletter

Issue 03
Fall 2018

Message from the Supervisor

Dr Alice Yuk

A few days ago some young university mentees visited Despite the high-sounding resolutions made at this world
my office. When they saw the couplet hanging on the wall, forum, wealth and power gap continues to widen; absolute
they laughed and said, “That’s such a cliché! This should poverty persists; the virtue of mutual help is twisted as an
be thrown away! The content on the couplet is outdated!” opportunity of marginalizing your peer competitors; suspicion,
These young people picked up a pen and wrote swiftly on despair, and hatred grow. Are we, as teachers, parents, young
the used paper, “And now these three remain: suspicion, people, blind and deaf to the cries for change?
despair and hatred. But the greatest of these is hatred.”
How often are we rejected? How often do we reject others?
Reading this, I gasped and felt a shiver down my spine. The street sleepers’ predicament could have a different
“How could they have formed this kind of attitude?” I asked experience if Jesus was attending the World Economic
myself. Forum. Jesus was God, noble and almighty, and yet he was
so humble that he lived an impoverished life with poor folks,
Looking around, I noted that not a few people today, feeding them with love, respect and dignity. He brought
including business corporations, policy makers, and even redemption and reconciliation for the whole world. Jesus
ourselves, are egocentric. Without empathy, we think indeed brought love and hope to this broken world.
and act according to the popular value of maximising our
own benefits, guarding against any potential risk of losing Christmas is round the corner. It reminds us of the Love of
them to others. Unsympathetic and self-centred, we often God. We should live out this Love, be ready to be with others
ignore others and refuse to listen. Such attitude must have – to feel their pain, to walk with them, to sympathise with
polarised our society and deepened its fragmentation. their sorrows and to share their sufferings. Rejoice in their
fulfillment and hence our world will become totally different.
Earlier this year, the World Economic Forum was held in Let others see God in us.
Geneva, focusing on the issues of poverty eradication,
inequality of income, uneven distribution of wealth and the It is our firm belief that “And now these
achievement of equality in social class. Hundreds of street three remain: faith, hope and love.
sleepers petitioned near the venue. In their anguish, they And the greatest of these is love.”
voiced out how ironic and hypocritical it was on the whole Teachers, parents and students, are
matter! Those delegates who sat together to discuss how we ready and determined to live a
to eradicate poverty and eliminate the inequality of income life of faith, hope and love, and be a
actually stayed in expensive five-star luxurious hotels in blessing to others?
such extravagance. In their desperation, the street sleepers
invited those social and political elites to visit their slums
and to feel their pain, for without such empathy, it was
impossible for those elites to hammer out practical action
plan to address these issues! Unfortunately, their appeal
was ignored.

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