cast adrift, washed up and forgotten: discarded lives and hurting people

Politicians are talking about deep cuts in public services. The credit-crunch and recession have seen so many lose their jobs and increasing numbers of young people despairing of  ever getting one. Those who are vulnerable, needy and poor face a grim future. And yet bankers still get their bonuses. The image serves as a warning to Christians that we simply cannot stand by and let a repeat of the divisive social destruction of the 1980’s happen now.  Our gospel is good news for the poor and oppressed: for all those cast adrift, washed up and forgotten by politicians in their thrall to the love of money, we have to engender hope and value. Discarded lives and hurting people are a call to action.