"Do Unto Others"
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Do not judge, and you will not be judged" (Matthew:7:1).
(Diego)
"If you are lucky enough to find a way of life which you love you have to find the courage to live it"(John Irving).
I have been asked a number of times, "When are you going to retire? Why do you do this work?"
I am following my call which God through Jesus, offered me some thirty years ago;? a call to live a life of questions, of love.
Much of the time I question the existence of God, and wonder if we are just animals who fight and tear each other a part; and as our quote says in my desire to run "I find the courage to live it!" and never once have I regretted my choice.? I am so grateful to God in Christ who walks with me every day in the midst of all my questions. God is always faithful and gracious!
One of the reasons it is knowing young men like Diego, above. One cold rainy night my door bell rang and there was this soggy, fifteen year old, H young man asking for food and clothes. A young Mexican young man, beaten down by the cold rain and no place to sleep.
Over the next three years I hung with Diego as he shared he was an undocumented immigrant,who was here to "hustle" and make money for his parents.
He was beaten up, raped, and yet he continued, because his family needed the money. The last time I saw Diego was as he was being made ready to be sent back to Mexico by the authorities
Diego and I had prayed together, cried together, and he was always grateful, even as he was being sent return home.
In Diego I saw the face of the broken body of Christ, and the call is reaffirmed.
And so this Thanksgiving join me in caring and loving the many, many, many "Diego's" on our streets through your prayers and giving to Temenos Catholic Worker!
Honor Diego by paying attention to homeless people on our streets==don't walk by, instead give a big smile and in? doing so you will find the broken body of Christ before you!
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P.O. Box 642656
San Francisco, CA 94164
415-305-2124
Let Love Ache
Father, give me the courage to keep on loving.
when others keep on hurting.
help me to live an achy love, a gritty,
persistent and emptying love;
a love that’s not afraid to flow toward the other
who has little left to offer in return.
And may I tread faithfully with heaven
through the unfinished work that surrounds me.
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