When
I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no
food, they call me a communist.
~Dom Helder Camara, former Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Brazil.
~Dom Helder Camara, former Archbishop of Olinda and Recife, Brazil.
Christ
is always with us, always asking for room in our hearts. But now it is with the
voice of our contemporaries that he speaks, with the eyes of store clerks,
factory workers, and children that he gazes; with the hands of office workers,
slum dwellers, and suburban housewives that he gives. It is with the feet of
soldiers and tramps that he walks, and with the heart of anyone in need that he
longs for shelter. And giving shelter or food to anyone who asks for it, or
needs it, is giving it to Christ.
~Dorothy
Day
Authentic
abundance does not lie in secured stockpiles of food or cash or influence or
affection but in belonging to a community where we can give those goods to
others who need them—and receive them from others when we are in need.
~Parker Palmer
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