A seventh grade student stepped up to the microphone, “Over one-half of hospital beds in the world are occupied by someone with a water- or hygeine-related illness. So that means they are sick because they didn’t have water to drink or wash with, or because the water they did drink or wash with wasn’t clean and gave them a disease. What do you think about that?” “Wait – what about people who have cancer?” “Water causes more people to go to the hospital than cancer.” “What about violence – when people get shot or injured?” “Water causes more people to More...
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Giving Drink to the Thirsty
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2012
A Year of Mercy
“Teacher, what is the greatest commandment of the law?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.This is the greatest and the first commandment.The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.” -Matthew 22:36-40 To love the Lord with all your heart, soul, and mind – that is the message we as Catholics not only strive to live, but strive to instill in our children. As we know, children learn best by example. More...
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