Matthew 25:36: “…in prison and you visited me.’” “Imprisoned” can mean many things. It may oftentimes mean the literal imprisonment of those who have committed crimes. “You do the crime, you do the time.” And so people regard with indifference or contempt those who are in jail. While by no means suggesting that those in …
Matthew 25:36 “…ill and you cared for me…” I feel that one of the tenderest and kindest things that you can do for another is to care for them when they are vulnerable, such as when they are suffering an illness. You’re putting your own health at risk from whatever they have, so in a …
Matthew 25:36 “…naked and you clothed me.” I volunteer in a thrift store. While I haven’t done all that much as there seems to be an abundance of volunteers that coincided with my beginning there, I have learned a few things. One nice thing is that they just don’t accept any kind of clothing for …
Matthew 25:35 “…a stranger and you welcomed me…” This is difficult to write, never having been homeless. Came close at least once or twice, but that is not the same. I cannot wrap my mind around the concept of being without a home. A warm bed, a roof over my head, a place to keep …
Matthew 25:35 “…I was thirsty and you gave me drink…” Going hand in hand with “Feed the Hungry,” we are called upon to satisfy those who thirst. There is the literal, physical thirst that needs quenching. But there is also the spiritual thirst very much like the spiritual hunger I described in the ***last post*** …
Matthew 25:35 “For I was hungry and you gave me food…” We have many ways to satiate hunger. Physical hunger is a harsh reality anywhere on this planet. Even in the so-called “rich” countries of North America and Europe people starve. There is also a hunger apart from the physical. There is a spiritual hunger, …
Catholic social teaching centers on the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy. They are derived from the Gospel of Jesus According to Matthew, Chapter 25 verses 31-46, “The Last Judgment;” and Matthew Chapter 5, verses 1-12, “The Beatitudes;” as well as other parts of Scripture. I have blogged about these before when I speak about …
Matthew 25:36: “I was in prison, and you came to me.” (Via Catholic Public Domain Version of the Sacred Bible.) A very good friend of mine is working with the following project. Please help if you can. Below is a copy-and-paste of a post from his blog: Prisoner to Prisoner® Daily Devotional « Bro Jer’s …
Today is the anniversary of the 1949 death of Peter Maurin. He was a Catholic social activist who founded the Catholic Worker Movement in 1933 with Dorothy Day. Maurin lived the Gospel in an uncompromising fashion. I have read his biography (written by Dorothy Day) and to me his approach to Christ and the Gospel …
St. Francis Mission Among the Lakota is having a fund-raising activity during the month of April and early May called Operation: Backpack. Operation: Backpack is a campaign to raise new items and funds for their “Body, Mind and Soul” camps and also their childhood education programs. According to the Mission’s website, the “Body, Mind, and …
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