But it is not of such burdens alone or chiefly that St. Paul is here speaking—rather he is thinking of the burden of moral responsibility which each individual must assume, That which the Catechism defines as our duty toward God and our duty toward our neighbour. The context makes quite clear that this is the primary interpretation of the burden bearing to which our first text refers. To use the familiar figure of the parable of the talents—each one of us may be able to bear it" We alone are responsible to God and in that sense every one must bear their own burden. Then do not try to shift the responsibility to lay it upon someone else, Face it—bear it, "Every man must bear his own burden,"
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.