Homeless in America: November 2017

Thursday, November 30, 2017

Santa Claus and Elves Need Helpers all of December

Santa Claus and the elves need helpers on Friday (December 1st) in order to get ready for 2pm Sunday - "Youth and Family 10th Annual Decorate the Christmas Tree". Here is a live shot of the tree. Vern helped pick it out today. We need helpers on Friday at 12 noon all day. Helpers to bake, set the tables and write Christmas cards. Who can help out? Volunteers are also needed to serve the homeless all of December. See you soon - Merry Christmas!

Sunday, November 26, 2017

Gee It's Good to be Back Home Again - Homeless in Los Angeles!

"Take Me Home Country Road" aka Good to See Our Los Angeles Homeless Family Again! Enjoy the movie-short . . . https://youtu.be/HHh-WC87kl0

May God bless Steven Storbakken and his son James as well as Cipriano Padilla, Michelle Noordhof, Vern Seto, Ricky Gibbs and our entire Servants of the Father of Mercy team for taking time out of their Thanksgiving holiday weekend to serve our 80,000 + homeless family throughout Coachella Desert Valley, Los Angeles and Ventura county.

We'll do it all over again at Christmastime. Please gift "Mercy Books" for Christmas now and make a donation to the 1,000s of homeless served in Southern California!

"St. Joseph's Table Cookbook - 100s of Old-world Family Recipes" - Bro. Joseph with Debbie Moss, Editor. https://www.amazon.com/St-Josephs-Table-Cookbook-Old-World/dp/098338164X/ref=sr_1_1_twi_har_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1511755916&sr=8-1&keywords=st+josephs+table

"Proof of the Afterlife 2" - By Bro. Joseph - Filled with God-encounters, angels and visits from the other side. https://www.amazon.com/Proof-Afterlife-2-Conversation-Continues/dp/0983381631/ref=sr_1_1_twi_har_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1511755962&sr=1-1&keywords=proof+of+the+afterlife+2

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

THE POOR ARE OUR PASSPORT TO HEAVEN

On the first World Day for the Poor, Pope Francis said caring for the needy has a saving power, because in them we see the face of Christ, and urged Christians to overcome indifference and seek ways to actively love the poor that they meet.

“In the poor, we find the presence of Jesus, who, though rich, became poor,” the Pope said Nov. 19. Because of this, “in their weakness, a saving power is present. And if in the eyes of the world they have little value, they are the ones who open to us the way to heaven.”

“They are our passport to paradise,” he said, explaining that it is an “evangelical duty” for Christians to care for the poor as our true wealth.

Monday, November 20, 2017

THANKSGIVING DAY "EAT FRESH"!

http://servantsofthefather.org/donate_2_homeless

Dear Servants of the Father of Mercy, team members, family, friends and supporters,

We're begging (please, please, please) asking everyone that reads this to:

1. Give some love today by contributing $10 or more to a homeless person's "Eat Fresh" Subway Sandwich Gift Card. Your $10 card gets delivered to homeless persons (about 50 - 100) this Thanksgiving morning by the Servants of the Father of Mercy.

2. Gift $10 or more today online at Servants of the Father of Mercy, Inc - http://servantsofthefather.org/donate_2_homeless

3. Send a donation US Mail today to Servants of the Father of Mercy, Inc., 1544 Morse Avenue, Ventura, CA 93003

4. Forward this email to friends and family and ask for their homeless "Eat Fresh" donation.

5. Join us this Thursday at 10am at the Father of Mercy Chapel for a Thanksgiving Eucharistic celebration, liturgy and deliver "Eat Fresh" gift cards, warm blankets, cozy jackets, love, hugs and more to the homeless of all ages living remotely under bridges, behind dumpsters and riverbed bottoms in Ventura County.

Thank you in advance for your Thanksgiving compassion for our 80,000 + homeless family in Southern California.

Wishing you on Thanksgiving Day the peace and joy of His poverty!

Bro. Gary Joseph +

Friday, November 10, 2017

100s of Years of Family Cooking Cookbook - A Fundraiser for the Homeless!

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"St. Joseph's Table Cookbook"

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Now available beginning today, Digital - Amazon Kindle.

Also, recently published, available at Amazon - Hardcover, three-ring professional bound.

A fundraiser for the 80,000 + homeless served in Southern California and beyond by the Servants of the Father of Mercy.

Unique and creative gift for a Thanksgiving Host or Hostess or buy now as Christmas or Birthday presents and help the homeless too!

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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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Thursday, November 30, 2017

Santa Claus and Elves Need Helpers all of December

Sunday, November 26, 2017

Gee It's Good to be Back Home Again - Homeless in Los Angeles!

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

THE POOR ARE OUR PASSPORT TO HEAVEN

Monday, November 20, 2017

THANKSGIVING DAY "EAT FRESH"!

Friday, November 10, 2017

100s of Years of Family Cooking Cookbook - A Fundraiser for the Homeless!

Donate Alms of Compassion and Mercy to Help 80,000 + Homeless

Pope Francis: The Eucharist and Caring for the Poor Top Priority of the Church and Priests

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