"Food for the Poor" estimated soon after the earthquake in Haiti that between 100K and 500K Haitians had been killed by the 12 January disaster. Other news outlets are now echoing these apocalyptic statistics.
While many donate and others rush materiel and personnel to the scene, holy Mass and other prayers in union with Jesus Christ crucified and risen, for the wounded and dead remain our most powerful spiritual assistance to those in need.
Requiescant in pace.
It happened on our watch – as seen on TV
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When I saw the commercial below, I was somehow struck by a twinge of guilt.
And the words of a poem by William Butler Yeats came to mind: Things fall
apart...
20 hours ago




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