“As the Father sent Me, so I am sending you” (John 20:21).
The great French cleric, “Abbe Pierre,” known throughout the world for his tremendous life of service to others, one day was called upon to help a homeless family. He discovered that circumstances had forced them to live out in the open field in a crude shelter. Two of the children in the family already had died and a third was seriously ill. Abbe Pierre recalled the experience in these words:
When I became aware of the situation, I went out in the field to see that family. And when
I looked into the mother’s eyes, I suddenly realized the terrible truth that the Christian
thing to do…
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