Yesterday, I visited the cemetery to see my daughter who passed away as a baby. As I was leaving, I noticed a man, He was talking to himself, carrying a sleeping bag, and it was evident that he was unwell and had nowhere else to go. The day was hot, and I watched him take a drink from the cemetery tap in the rear view mirror
Driving home, I couldn’t get him out of my mind. Halfway there, I turned the car around and went to a food shop to get him some fish and chips along with two drinks. When I returned to the cemetery, he was still there. I gave him the food, and he asked me if I was his Aunt Stella. I tried to ask how he was doing, but he was often off-topic, clearly struggling with his health. Yet, he was polite and gentle
Not gonna lie, I did cry
How did we get here? How did we return to a time reminiscent of the Victorian era, where vulnerable people are left like this, In all the political posturing and noise, where is the care and support for the most vulnerable?
As I left him, I realized I never asked his name. I wondered how long it had been since someone called him by his name, a basic form of recognition, acknowledging his humanity
📹the sleeping bag on a bench in the rear view mirror
Let us gaze upon the heart of God, because we need a Church and a society that neither exclude nor treat anyone as "impure." May we accept and love each person, with their particular past, without labels or prejudices. #Angelus
@dish_answers@dish Good afternoon,
It rained this morning and once again our internet service has been out since then and will not come back on. I have tried 'troubleshooting' the various methods suggested but nothing seems to work.
@dish I am without internet once again today. For most of the month of July our internet service has been in and out. It seems to happen whenever it rains and doesn't come back on
The little ones are those who, like children, feel their need and are not self-sufficient. They are open to God and allow themselves to be amazed at his works. They know how to read the signs, to marvel at the miracles of his love! #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 11:25)
Don't let these paid stooges of the NRA escape scrutiny and wash the blood of innocents from their hands. SHAME THEM.
No more empty thoughts and prayers.
RT TO SPREAD THEIR SHAME.
This is freedom??
To be shot at a mall? Shot at school? Shot at church? Shot at the movies?
We have become a nation that is more focused on the right to kill than the right to live.
This is not what the American people want. Do your damn job, Congress.