“This rather is the fasting that I wish…Sharing your bread with
the hungry, sheltering the oppressed and the homeless…then your light shall break forth like the
dawn, and your wound shall be quickly healed.” Isaiah 58:6-8. St. Vincent said, “Extend your
mercy towards others, so that there can be no one in need whom you meet without helping. For
what hope is there for us if God should withdraw His mercy from us?” Let us pray, My God, I
always want my needs met, and yet I overlook the needs of the hungry and oppressed. Help me
today, to see the needs of others, to let them take root in my heart, and to act generously –
helping and giving as I can. Amen. “Let your light shine!!” Be blessed. Larry.
