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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Dymphna's Road: Man of Sorrows

Dymphna's Road: Man of Sorrows
Rejected, despised, a Man of Sorrow and acquainted with grief.....
My response: So many times I meet Jesus where He is least expected. He is everywhere if we have hearts that see. Today He visited His Temple and was unwelcome. At first light they had been turned out of the shelter. The tired and beaten man retreated to the grassy knoll for the cold concrete of the shelter the night before made it impossible to sleep. Too, he had not eaten in days. Someone kind took him to get something to eat. While there two college boys harrassed him mockingly while he tried to force his stomach to accept food after so long. I am grateful to have met both the one who took him to get food and the homeless young man, who BTW was 33. What troubled me was that two young men had beaten him the night before because he did not have a match. His face [Face] was bruised and swollen.
And Jesus asked: "When did we see Thee hungry, homeless, sick, lonely...?" How many of those 'Faces' will we meet then?

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