I really like this. I know at Mass we pray, “I confess to almighty God…that I have sinned through my own fault…in what I have done…AND IN WHAT I HAVE FAILED TO DO.” So often…far too often, we forget that there are so many in need that we fail to offer a hand to. Thank you for this post. And God bless you and your family…I have three boys and one girl, too. Our youngest is now 16 and today we have all of them home together. Enjoy (as much as possible) this busy time…they grow up so fast.
Being Nice?
Posted by Arwen Mosher in Just me on Friday, September 16, 2011 9:47 PM
While I’m not the biggest fan of the word “nice” - there’s so much more to real Christian charity than just niceness - I came across a website today that I thought was… well… nice.
Do One Nice Thing was started by a woman named Debbie Tenzer. According to her Wikipedia article, the movement is responsible for, among other things, donations of 75 TONS of school supplies to children in Iraq and Afghanistan through the US soldiers stationed there. Pretty neat.
The website has an impressive collection of ideas about how to help those around you, and you can browse the ideas by category.
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Here are two nice things you can do for our Lord and his precious little ones today:
Go to Reeces Rainbow website and pick just one child, and
1) Donate just a few dollars (price of the proverbial Starbucks, or equivalent everyday luxury) to his/her adoption grant fund,
2) Pray for that child’s health and comfort, and that a family will see them and come for them.
If we all did this every Friday, as an act of devotion to the Divine Mercy, there would be far fewer orphans wasting away in countries too poor or immersed in the culture of death to care humanely for their most vulnerable members.
I can really relate to Therese talking about her four kids and the youngest being 16. I have four also, and our youngest is also 16. She is so right that having them all home together at that point is rare and cherished. They DO grow up too fast! Indeed, enjoy the busy time when your family is all home.
I watched the little 2 minute video on her “book” link and thought it was great that she, herself, picked Mondays to do her one nice thing per week, because Mondays are HER hardest day. I’m willing to bet she does nice things all the time. I think if you can be nice when you really don’t feel like it, you can be nice more often than not. Great ideals for all of us.
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