Member Submission: Tampa and Easter Week

April 11, 2020, 12:20 pm

Recently the city of Tampa, in partnership with Catholic Charities, has built a camp for homeless people. The concern is that the homeless people may not have access to a facility where they can wash their hands frequently and have access to hand sanitizer.

The camp will hold 100 homeless people, providing mobile showers, mobile laundromat, and portable toilets. They will get fed three meals a day and any needed medical treatment.

Sex offenders need not apply.

“The Catholic Charities’ mission is to serve those most vulnerable with dignity and compassion during their most vulnerable time,” said Margaret Rogers, Catholic Charities’ Executive Director. “While everyone is ordered to stay at home and be safe, we realize that there’s a population that doesn’t have a home to go to.”

“For I was hungry and you gave me food… you gave me drink… you welcomed me… you clothed me…and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.”

I’m saddened that Catholic charities can exclude any group of people.  What moral or church teaching allows you to exclude even the least of these people?

“Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.”

I pray that this week, the holiest week for Christians, is a week that Christians will do as Jesus would do.  FORGIVE.  After all, isn’t forgiveness the reason Jesus died on the cross?

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