All the lonely people

I want you to be concerned about your next-door neighbor. Do you know your next-door neighbor?
..................................... Mother Teresa Love your neighbour


One of the best songs in the world is Eleanor Rigby, by the Beatles. Here are the lyrics:

I look at all the lonely people
I look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near.
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there
What does he care?

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

The first time I ever heard this I cried. The words are very strong and show the kind of society that we live in today. With the material goods we have and the stress of daily life, who needs each other? We have time to think about ourselves. We do not have time or the urge to think about others.
It must be realistic that people like Eleanor Rigby will exist. Imagine the loneliness that they live in. It would be like being in a black hole or an island with no contact to others, where other people do not care.
Because we live in stress, we feel that we are not obligated to help people in need, or the weak people in society. That’s what the government does. They help people that need help. This is wrong. The government cannot reach out and give a hug. Only you can.
As a Christian, we cannot live as an island. We have to bring God’s friendship to others. In a nutshell, we cannot tolerate people living in loneliness. It is these people that Jesus would visit. It is these people that Jesus would console. It is these people Jesus would help.
Its these people that Jesus tells us to notice and help-