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In pondering how to help the poor it seems to me that I am helpless. I (and my parish) really do not have the resources to engage in a charity project that could possible meet even a little bit of the enormous need in our community. Oh, yes, we do what we can, but it is so small compared to the great need. So what shall I do?<\/p>\n

Then on the drive home from hospital it hit me. I was called out after Mass today to anoint a man who had just had a stroke. I went and anointed him and then later in the afternoon the family asked me to return. He had taken a turn for the worse. \u201cWould I come to say the prayers of commendation at death?\u201d<\/p>\n

So I went and it was very emotional and beautiful. A committed Catholic family gathered around the deathbed doing the right thing. Anointing their loved one and handing him over the \u00a0heavenly Father. I was able to be there being a priest\u2013doing only what a priest can do.<\/p>\n

It was on the way home that the phrase, \u201cSilver and gold I have none\u201d kept echoing through my brain and I realized that the Holy Spirit was speaking to me about the poor. I don\u2019t have the resources to help them as I would wish. However, what do I have? I have the same apostolic faith<\/a> of Peter and James. I can best serve them as a priest.<\/p>\n

Most of them aren\u2019t even Catholic, but I can still best serve them as a priest\u2013not as a social worker or a soup kitchen organizer or a career advisor or a housing supervisor. I can work with all the other people who do such a great job helping the poor with material needs, but that is not my job. I can co-operate with those who provide help, and promote their work and motivate my lay people to continue that work. But I can\u2019t do that.<\/p>\n

Instead I will serve them as a priest. It\u2019s all I can do. It\u2019s all Peter and John could do.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"