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Mararac, Princess Jerica Alondra T. 2JMT March 28, 2017
Asst. Prof. Verderflor
HOMEWORK
The (Pondo ng Pinoy) PnP intends to feed a quarter of a million hungry and
undernourished children. In order to do so, the PnP is asking the public to fast during the
entire Lenten season and the proceeds to be saved will be donated to feed the children.
The PnP program provides food subsidy of P5 to P10 per day or Php600/1200 for
six months per child. The program feeds children six-months old to 12-years old once a
day, to be implemented five days a week for six months. While the children would be
given nutritious food, their parents would be provided basic skills to improve their capacity
The parents would undergo livelihood skills training to increase their chances of
gaining employment and make them provide better for their families. Hapag-Asa has
reportedly fed more than 1 million hungry and malnourished children since 2005.
In his pastoral letter for the archdiocese, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal
Tagle said that participating in fast to feed is a good opportunity to intensify the act of
giving thanks for whatever little we have, to treat it as something and not dismiss it
as nothing, to dare to break and share it, if we want to experience the banquet of Gods
kingdom where everyone will be satisfied and still have a lot of left-overs. Only then will
he say, Gather the fragments left over, so that nothing will be wasted. (John 6:12)
The crumbs that we speak of here are worlds apart from the crumbs that fall from
the rich mans table in the Lazarus story. They are the crumbs that we intend to collect
scraps, fragments of left-over from bread that is broken, from food that is given and meant
to be consumed, from meager resources that are generously shared. We call them the
crumbs of the kingdom of God, the crumbs that we intend to collect for pondo ng
pinoy. While the scraps from the rich mans table couldnt fill even the dogs that licked the
sores of Lazarus, the scraps from the five loaves and two fish can fill up twelve
baskets. They symbolize the new Israel whose vocation it is to feed a hungry world and
It is these fragments of left-over that Jesus commands us to gather. They are the
humble barya (small change) that jingle in our pockets after we have broken our hard-
school, to buy medicine for a sick parent, to pay rent for a house that shelters a poor
spare, left-overs to be gathered for yet another miracle. And as regards those whose
bread remains unbroken, and who gloat over the gap that makes them feel secure in their
secluded and exclusive paradise, I have nothing but a word of advice: Do yourselves a
favor. Break your bread. Share your crumbs and bridge the gap while you still can. You
may not know that by allowing Lazarus to cross over the great divide, you are also making
What is the biblical basis of the Theology of the Crumbs in the Pondo ng Pinoy?
The story of The Rich Man and Lazarus (Lk 16:19-31) provides the biblical basis
for The Theology of the Crumbs. There was a rich man who feasted on good food and
lived in great luxury everyday, while Lazarus, a poor beggar whose wounds were licked
by dogs, lay by the door waiting for crumbs. When Lazarus died, he went to heaven and
was received at the bosom of Abraham. When the rich man died, he went to hell. The rich
man asked Abraham in vain to send Lazarus to warn his brothers so that they would not
come to the same place of pain: If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they
The story is derived from the Gospel of St. Luke. With St. Luke being a beloved
doctor, his gospel accounts tend to show the face of Jesus as a doctor. In The Rich Man
and Lazarus, Jesus has pinpointed a sickness that affects all other spheres of our life, be