Homeless in America: January 2015

Saturday, January 31, 2015

Soap for Hope

Would anyone choose to be homeless?

Without access to basic sanitation necessities, humans are more susceptible to infections and illnesses. According to statistics from the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, homeless people typically live 28 fewer years than those who live in homes.

¿A alguien elige ser sin hogar?

Sin acceso a las necesidades básicas de saneamiento, los seres humanos son más susceptibles a las infecciones y enfermedades. Según las estadísticas de la Nacional de Salud para el Consejo sin hogar, las personas sin hogar suelen vivir 28 años menos que los que viven en los hogares.

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Homeless Angel Award

This past Sunday, Servants of the Father of Mercy, Maggie Cervantes of Santa Paula, received the "Homeless Angel Award" for 7 years of making 100s and 100s of small kits containing fresh socks and hotel soaps for the homeless. Maggie just turned 70 as we celebrate her BIG heart! Enjoy the pictures . . .
El pasado domingo, Siervos del Padre de Misericordia, Maggie Cervantes de Santa Paula, recibió el "Premio Homeless Angel" durante 7 años de hacer 100s y 100s de pequeños kits que contienen los calcetines frescos y jabones de hotel para las personas sin hogar. Maggie acaba de cumplir 70 mientras celebramos su corazón GRANDE! Disfruta de las fotos.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Giving Homes to the Homeless

Utah has been giving homes to homeless since 2005! How did they accomplish this? Simple. Utah solved homelessness by giving people mini affordable homes. In 2005 the state figured out that the annual cost of E.R. visits and jail stays for homeless people was about $16,670 per person, compared to $11,000 to provide each homeless person with an apartment and a social worker. So, the state began giving away apartments, with no strings attached. Each participant in Utah’s Housing First program also gets a caseworker to help them become self-sufficient, but they keep the apartment even if they fail. The program has been so successful that other states are hoping to achieve similar results with programs modeled on Utah’s.
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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Now the Work of Christmas Begins!

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Out of the Dark

"In order to trust God in the unknown darkness that comes at the moment of death, we must first trust Him in the darkness of daily challenges and the unknowns of life." + bro. joseph "Trust in him at all times; you people, pour out your heart before him: God is for us a refuge." Psalm 62:8

"Con el fin de confiar en Dios en la oscuridad desconocida que llega en el momento de nuestra muerte, primero tenemos que confiar en él en la oscuridad de los desafíos diarios y las incógnitas de la vida." + bro. joseph "Esperad en él en todo momento, que la gente, derrama tu corazón delante de él: Dios es para nosotros refugio". Salmo 62: 8

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Saturday, January 3, 2015

He Will Rescue The Poor When He Cries Out

Traditional Epiphany Psalm

R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.

"For he shall rescue the poor when he cries out, and the afflicted when he has no one to help him. He shall have pity for the lowly and the poor; the lives of the poor he shall save." Psalm 72:12-13

R. Lord, every nation on earth will adore you.

Tradicional Salmo Epifanía

R. Señor, todas las naciones de la tierra se postrarán ante ti.

"Porque él librará al pobre que clamare, y al afligido cuando no tiene a nadie que le ayudara Él tendrá compasión de los humildes y los pobres; las vidas de los pobres, porque El salvará." Salmo 72: 12-13

R. Señor, todas las naciones de la tierra se postrarán ante ti.
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The Wealthy & Middle Class Sin of Self-righteousness may not be easily Seen or Confessed

"One of the temptations of upper-middle class life is to create sharp edges of our moral sensitivities and it allows a comfortable confusion about sin and virtue. The difference between rich and poor is not that the rich sin is more than the poor’s sin, but that the rich find it easier to call sin a virtue. When the poor sin, they [the poor] call it sin; when they see holiness, they identify it as such. The intuitive clarity is often absent from the wealthy, and that absence easily leads to the atrophy of the moral sense." Fr. Henri Nouwen

Mary, A Celestial Apparition or Model of Mercy

From Fatima and Lourdes to Mexico City, millions of pilgrims flock to Mary, our Blessed Mother. What does she require of her spiritual children? Does she need a spectacle of mystical and celestial adoration? Would it be more pleasing to her that we also follow her in lowliness and humbly participate in God’s mercy for the poor? Mary proclaims in Luke chapter one, “For he has looked with favor on his lowly servant… He has cast down the mighty from their thrones and lifted up the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty… He has remembered his promise of mercy.”

Discovering God in our own Poverty

When we are not afraid to confess our own poverty, we will be able to be with other people in theirs. The Christ who lives in our own poverty recognizes the Christ who lives in other people’s. Just as we are inclined to ignore our own poverty, we are inclined to ignore other’s. We prefer not to see people who are destitute, we do not like to look at people who are deformed or disabled, we avoid talking about people’s pains and sorrows, we stay away from brokenness, helplessness and neediness. By this avoidance we lose touch with the people through whom God is manifested to us. But when we have discovered God in our own poverty, we will lose our fear of the poor and go to them and meet God.
Henri Nouwen

Grace Flows from Gratitude

Did "God shed His grace on thee?" The homeless in America have many things to teach us who think we are rich. When the last meal was not as good as usual, I am thankful for what I was given - grace flows from gratitude. When the house requires more work than usual, I am thankful for the shelter - grace flows from gratitude. When going to work becomes a complaint, I am thankful for the income - grace flows from graitude. When the mattress becomes less comfortable today than it was the night before, I am thankful for my bed - grace flows from gratitude. When my companions in life seem to bring more work than they bring joy, I am thankful for friends - grace flows from gratiude. The homeless in America have many things to teach us who think we are rich.

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