The call commands us bear the burden of our neighbor and it elects us to shoulder our responsibilities for another, through the minute details of living everyday in the world.
—Ira F. Stone, A Responsible Life: The Spiritual Path of Mussar, 144
I recently showed the film Even the Rain to my students at Maryville University. In the first hour, they are not very impressed by the money-driven Costa, the Spanish producer of the idealistic Sebastian’s film.
Will Costa bear Teresa’s burden about the fate of her daughter Belén?
