tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post6036179613558908572..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Practical LoveFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-89225625397360422902008-01-06T18:51:00.000+00:002008-01-06T18:51:00.000+00:00Whilst we all know of the truly extraordinary work...Whilst we all know of the truly extraordinary work of the famous Missionaries of Charity, it is good to read that the papal almoner's office still performs its work.<BR/><BR/>I could wish more Catholic parishes were like St. Mary Magdalen's, Brighton, in following in Christ's footsteps in feeding the hungry and clothing the naked.<BR/><BR/>This form of charity seems to me a continuance in the modern world of the medieval work of charity performed by the monasteries before the Dissolution.<BR/><BR/>There are, of course, many examples of the continuity of the Church's tradition, but I can't think of a nobler one.<BR/><BR/>You will inevitably encounter scroungers and hangers-on, but that makes the plight of the needy no less real.<BR/><BR/>Some, perhaps most, people despise the helpless, the hopeless and the inadequate, but Christ did not.<BR/> <BR/>God bless you, St. Mary Magdalen's, Brighton for helping those who without you, would be without help.Dr. Peter H. Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955402188119575105noreply@blogger.com