OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY Home is often our place of comfort and safety — something we take care of, where we sleep, eat, and spend time with our family. (CRS Lenten Rice Bowl 2020) Food, water and safe shelter are the basic necessities of any home. Lent provides a time to reflect on the essentials […]
Talk story: War, migrants and prayers for a new year
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Peace is a profound aspiration for everyone, for each individual and all peoples, and especially for those who most keenly suffer its absence. In order to find that peace, they are willing to risk their lives on a journey that is often long and perilous, to endure hardships and suffering, and […]
Talk story: Encountering Christ through a myriad of ministries
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God’s grace.” (1 Peter 4:10) 2020 is not only a brand new year, but also the start of a new decade that will need, more than ever, the clarity of “20/20” vision. This January, […]
Talk story: Encountering God in persons with disabilities
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “How many disabled and suffering persons open their hearts to life again as soon as they realize they are loved! How much love can well up in a heart simply with a smile.… Each of us, sooner or later, is called to face — at times painfully — frailty and illness, […]
Talk story: An enlightening visit to the U.S./Mexico border
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Pope Francis has often talked about going to the peripheries and encountering the lives of the people that we meet there. Never in my wildest dreams did I believe that I would be able to do it in such a tangible way here in our country this weekend, to literally go […]
Talk story: Show mercy to the children
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Childhood, given its fragile nature, has unique and inalienable needs. Above all else, there is the right to a healthy and secure family environment, where a child can grow under the guidance and example of a father and a mother. (From Pope Francis’ message for 2017 World Day of Migrants and […]
Talk story: Setting hearts on fire
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The Holy Spirit is the divine force that changes the world … The Spirit does not only change hearts; he changes situations. Like the wind that blows everywhere, he penetrates to the most unimaginable situations.” (From Pope Francis’ homily for Pentecost 2018) Just as the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles […]
Talk story: Blessed are the pure in heart
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.’ Certainly there can be no love without works of love, but this Beatitude reminds us that the Lord expects a commitment to our brothers and sisters that comes from the heart.” (From Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, “Rejoice and Be Glad: […]
Talk story: Images of God in your midst
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The compassion shown by the Good Samaritan is an image of the infinite mercy of God, who always sees our needs and draws near to us in love.” (Pope Francis, as quoted in the 2018 CRS Rice Bowl Calendar) Along with the Good Samaritan, what are some other images of God’s […]
Talk story: Connecting with the Good Samaritan
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The story of the Good Samaritan is the story of today’s humanity. People’s paths are riddled with suffering, as everything is centered around money and things, instead of people.” (Pope Francis, from his TED2017 (Technology, Entertainment and Design) talk, delivered April 25 at the Vatican.) The Story of the Good Samaritan, […]
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