Recently I went to the annual meeting of parish office staff and volunteer group leaders since I'm the president of the St. Vincent de Paul conference at our parish. As I was at the mike, giving a brief summary of what we do, I said, "We don't go on a Home Visit to tell them about Jesus." I thought for a second and then said, "But of course we do go to tell them about Jesus, we just don't always say it."
Awkward, right? But accurate.
Listening the next morning to Father Mike Schmitz talk about what he learned from his parents, he put it the exact right way. "So often love means just showing up."
That's what everyone one of us in the society does. We show up — on the hotline, in the pantry, and at their homes. I see time and again how that makes a difference in our neighbors' lives.
I'm honored to be part of that expression of love as we "just show up."
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