Saturday, November 26, 2016

The Kindness of Running an Errand

"We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone."
~ Ronald Reagan

On Thanksgiving, a widower sitting next to me at Mass shared this story:  As he was leaving Mass on a recent Sunday, there was a table outside with volunteers asking for help with a project to buy Christmas gifts for the children of prisoners.  They asked him if he wanted to participate and he wondered aloud how -- given that his wife had died less than a year before.  Another parishioner overhead him.  A widow herself, she told him that she would buy the gift for him.  A few days later, she called to say that the gift was ready.  He added that it was beautifully wrapped.    

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