Potentially, these are hours of getting proximate to people we would not otherwise have met. This is not a guarantee of being changed by an encounter (the rich man passed by, or maybe stepped over, the beggar Lazarus, hardening his own heart lest it be moved with pity and painful love and a nascent demand that justice be satisfied from his own means, very dangerous, like opening the door to what might have been Gandalf stopping by for tea) but it is a possibility, a scratch-off ticket in which the prize is metanoia.
This is a critical lesson. We see heartless cruelty today as Federal policy, which more than half of US Catholics apparently support. Nothing will change inside or outside the Church without conversion of hearts.
Beautiful! I'm grateful to share the mission of changing hearts with you.
Amen. We are too Sara.
> 100 million hours of service
Potentially, these are hours of getting proximate to people we would not otherwise have met. This is not a guarantee of being changed by an encounter (the rich man passed by, or maybe stepped over, the beggar Lazarus, hardening his own heart lest it be moved with pity and painful love and a nascent demand that justice be satisfied from his own means, very dangerous, like opening the door to what might have been Gandalf stopping by for tea) but it is a possibility, a scratch-off ticket in which the prize is metanoia.
Yes, I completely agree!
Thank you so much for everything you are doing.
Thanks so much Chimene.
Bless you all and your vital work!
Thank you Nora!
Beautiful reflection! May God continue to strengthen you all in your important work
Thanks so much Elise.
God bless you sisters for all your openness to God’s will!
This is a critical lesson. We see heartless cruelty today as Federal policy, which more than half of US Catholics apparently support. Nothing will change inside or outside the Church without conversion of hearts.