Witnesses of Grace!
Journal of An Alien Street Priest!
"Witnesses of Grace!"
"The Lost Boys and Girls of Haight and the Tenderloin!
Matthew 2:15-18 (Net Version) reads: "and remained there until Herod died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled: 'I called my Son out of Egypt.' When Herod realized that the Magi had outwitted him, he became furious and gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi. Then what was said through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: 'A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud wailing, Rachel weeping for her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because they were no more.'".
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????The Gospel of Matthew relates the story of Wise Men from the East who were led to Jerusalem following a star. There they unwisely inquired of King Herod where the new King of the Jews was to be born.
????Like all tyrants fearing a newborn child in an obscure village had been born Herod in his fear killed every child under the age of 2, a fruitless massacre. All about greed and power!
??? This story is a reminder of the violent world in which we live and the Child still lives, calling out to end the violence.
??? We continue to ignore the "Lost Boys and Girls of Haight Street and the Tenderloin"., I see them in the corners of the street, some simply sleeping without covering; I see them begging on the street, huddled together.
??? I am on the other side of the divide between the rich and the poor when people recoil when I say we should walk with each one where he or she is. No judgment, no expectations.
??? On Christmas Eve, we ignore the story of the Innocents, as we ignore the pain under our feet outside the doors of our churches.
??? I am going out in the Tenderloin and Polk late tonight to give out gifts, food, socks, and more importantly myself. I will listen, laugh, and cry with each one. I will give out every bit of my love for they are my brothers and sisters! I will embrace the broken body of Christ in our midst, for the older, more crippled I am getting the thin veil between life and heaven is ever more real to me, and I feel the Holy Spirit, calling me to give my all! Deo Gratias! Thanks be to God!
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Temenos Catholic Worker
P.O. Box 642656
San Francisco, CA 94164
Dr. River Damien Carlos Sims, D.Min, D.S.T.
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“People ask me why do you write about food,
and eating and drinking. Why don’t you write
about the struggle for power and security, and
about love, the way others do? The easiest answer
is to say that, like most other humans I am hungry (M.F. Fisher!”
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"Christians/Catholic Workers Gone Bad!"
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