{"id":14186,"date":"2012-06-11T12:01:11","date_gmt":"2012-06-11T18:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=14186"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:08:11","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:08:11","slug":"benedict-on-loving-your-neighbor-at-the-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2012\/06\/benedict-on-loving-your-neighbor-at-the-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Benedict on loving your neighbor at the airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14187\" title=\"980524010_papez01_550x367_\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2012\/06\/980524010_papez01_550x367_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn airports, you have daily contact with a great many men and women who work in an environment marked by continuous mobility and constant technological development, both of which tend to obscure the centrality of the human person. Often more attention is paid to efficiency and productivity than to the love of neighbour and the solidarity that should always characterise human relations. Here too, your presence is of great value and importance: it is a living witness to a God Who is close to human beings, and it serves as a reminder never to show indifference to those one meets, but to treat them generously and lovingly. I encourage you to be radiant signs of this charity of Christ which brings serenity and peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2014 Pope Benedict, to aviation chaplains today<br>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.va\/en\/news\/churchs-mission-of-evangelisation-also-involves-ai%20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Read more. <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIn airports, you have daily contact with a great many men and women who work in an environment marked by continuous mobility and constant technological development, both of which tend to obscure the centrality of the human person. 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