tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post3383082981602322979..comments2024-02-18T06:21:45.375-06:00Comments on ~<i>The Three Prayers</i>: Homeless?Janet Cupohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037555111680888247noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-77606425126875514762013-08-14T09:47:18.312-05:002013-08-14T09:47:18.312-05:00Thank you.
AMDGThank you.<br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-57716279023089818952013-08-14T09:45:45.102-05:002013-08-14T09:45:45.102-05:00Hooray for this!Hooray for this!Matthew Lickonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01073464100061129072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-34988382611561507572013-08-13T17:33:41.615-05:002013-08-13T17:33:41.615-05:00It annoys me when middle class people who are look...It annoys me when middle class people who are looking for a house or something refer to themselves as 'homeless'.<br /><br />I booked myself in for Friday at the Worker hse here. GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-43116133084815195542013-08-13T12:23:03.270-05:002013-08-13T12:23:03.270-05:00I agree - good idea.
LouiseI agree - good idea.<br /><br />LouiseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-18584551858899844052013-08-13T12:07:32.627-05:002013-08-13T12:07:32.627-05:00My experience of helping at a drop-in centre for t...My experience of helping at a drop-in centre for the homeless ended after I was attacked by a tipsy Scotsman. He was surprisingly easy to fight off (with next to no muscle, and so light I could pick him up and bundle him off the premises with very little difficulty), but it precipitated a mini-riot and I thought it was probably better not to show my face there again, just in case the sight of me riled any of his friends.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-30852289420097523002013-08-13T07:29:46.912-05:002013-08-13T07:29:46.912-05:00Yes. And it lets them know that you see them as a ...Yes. And it lets them know that <i>you</i> see them as a person with some worth.<br /><br />AMDGJanet Cupohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037555111680888247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-42957805152882339092013-08-12T17:13:25.346-05:002013-08-12T17:13:25.346-05:00yes, its a good idea because it generates reciproc...yes, its a good idea because it generates reciprocity, and makes the homeless person feel like a human person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-55514993636691142562013-08-12T09:49:57.981-05:002013-08-12T09:49:57.981-05:00Now that's a good idea.
AMDGNow that's a good idea.<br /><br />AMDGJanethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069018443486415173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-1728406582285962582013-08-12T09:44:28.466-05:002013-08-12T09:44:28.466-05:00Excellent piece. I'm generally of the same min...Excellent piece. I'm generally of the same mind as your friend who said it's not her business what they do with it, just to give it. I always ask them to say a prayer for me. Maclinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14431327970201767428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-46865433305930155882013-08-12T04:28:22.503-05:002013-08-12T04:28:22.503-05:00I never thought of offering it up. It's a goo...I never thought of offering it up. It's a good idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-57474460355808706622013-08-11T18:38:24.547-05:002013-08-11T18:38:24.547-05:00"But I did have one friend whom I really admi..."But I did have one friend whom I really admired and who said she just didn't worry about what they did with the money, it was just her business to give it."<br /><br />I was pretty confronted by the people begging on the freeway exits etc, but I really like to have notes ready to hand to give when I get to stop at a light. Personally I really enjoy it. It makes me feel happy to know that if they wanted to they *could* get at least a meal. I don't worry any more about the "should I, shouldn't I" thing. And they are so grateful it makes me tear up when I think about it. I normally say "God bless you" and they do to. The dears.<br /><br />We have homeless people in Australia, they just tend not to be so visible.<br /><br />LouiseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-29277733410811564712013-08-11T17:25:01.031-05:002013-08-11T17:25:01.031-05:00Thanks. It's always great to get a comment fro...Thanks. It's always great to get a comment from you. <br /><br />That's really tough, Grumpy. I'll pray for you. Maybe if you do ever go back, you can offer it up for your mother.<br /><br />I'm reading a book for my book club called To the Field of Stars. It's by a priest named Kevin Codd (very unfortunate name) about his pilgrimage. It's not the best-written book I've ever read, but it has some good bits.<br /><br />AMDGJanet Cupohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01037555111680888247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6774681833222176907.post-28418391543228643082013-08-11T17:19:27.502-05:002013-08-11T17:19:27.502-05:00It's always great to read a post from you Jane...It's always great to read a post from you Janet. We have a Catholic worker house in my town. They trained me, last May (2012). Unfortunately, I was fighting back tears all through, because my mother was dying. The next day she died. So I haven't been back. It's become where I spent the morning the day before my mother died. But before that, I had been eager to work there. When I got my car, and got enough confidence to drive into town, it was the first place I went. So I'd like to go back. If it could stop being the place I went the day before.. (Grumpy)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com