On the Feast of Stephen
It’s a wonderful tune, a wonderful story, yes. But “Good King Wenceslas” should also be considered an important lesson, one to be recalled not only on this day, the Feast of Stephen, but on all days, especially in a society where philanthropy obsesses not on poor men coming into sight but on Big Fixes to Big Problems usually Far Away and requiring Metric Analysis. Sometimes, small problems can be spied outside our very window, and call on us to choose to “bless the poor.” Or not. May we recommend on this, also the Second Day of Christmas, also Boxing Day, whose roots are in charity towards the poor, that—whatever day we may be confronted with an opportunity to immediate and present charity—the choice opted for will be the one which results in finding blessing?
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