{"id":5039,"date":"2010-10-10T18:43:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T18:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/10\/a-beautiful-lesson-in-charity-in-chile.html"},"modified":"2010-10-10T18:43:29","modified_gmt":"2010-10-10T18:43:29","slug":"a-beautiful-lesson-in-charity-in-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/10\/a-beautiful-lesson-in-charity-in-chile.html","title":{"rendered":"A beautiful lesson in charity in Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A makeshift altar near the mineshaft in Chile<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n

These opening paragraphs<\/a> from a report on the trapped miners in Chile are a homily waiting to be given: <\/p>\n

\nEngineers Sunday rushed to reinforce a shaft through which to hoist 33 men trapped over two months down a mine in Chile, as the men below argued over who should be let up first.<\/p>\n

“I would like to illustrate what they are going through today with a conversation we had yesterday,” Health Minister Jaime Manalich told a press conference near the San Jose mine.<\/p>\n

“I questioned them and mentioned we were working on an order in which they would be brought out. I said the order would be determined by technical factors.<\/p>\n

“And what was their reaction? ‘Mr. Minister, that’s fine but I want to go last please.’ And then another guy said, ‘No, my friend, I said that I was going to be the last one up.’ ‘No, no, really — I want to go last, please,’ another guy started saying.”<\/p>\n

By being able to put aside their needs and wanting their colleagues to have a chance at freedom and fresh air first, “they have had a really commendable spirit, of solidarity and commitment to their friends,” Manalich stressed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read on. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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