Hello
A few months ago I made friends with a homeless man named John. He became homeless after he suffered a nervous breakdown due to the death of his infant daughter and the breakdown of his relationship with her mother.
John has been homeless for 18 months and has applied for emergency housing. He exchanges odd jobs for accommodation and sells the Big Issue. He has an old greyhound (Jimmy) and looks after him by doing odd jobs at the veterinary clinic. Still he struggles and when he has to sleep on the streets he is at constant risk of violence from drug addicts.
I struck up the friendship and help him as much as I can each week. In the time that I’ve known him he has never asked me for anything. He’s only told me that he’s grateful that I stop and talk with him because he’s lonely and people passing look at him like he’s “junk”.
It’s getting very cold now. I’ve just seen him and he was shaking.
Please dear friends may I ask you to remember John in your prayers. Please pray that he finds a way out. He tries to work hard and achieve what he can. Please pray that God protects him from violence and that people open their hearts to him and treat him with kindness and dignity.
Thank you and God bless you,
Clare
Hail Mary, full of grace.
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners,
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
Lord, You said that the poor and sick we will have with us always. Look upon favor to John, and all who struggle with love and compassion. Lead them to the banquet table, and provide them with shelter form the storm. May others see You when looking upon the homeless and downtrodden, and offer a kind hand in assistance to them to improve their situations they find themselves in. Amen
PRAYER TO
MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA
Oh Holy Mother Teresa of Calcutta,
whose great love of Christ led you to serve the poorest of the poor,
and whose missionary zeal inspired you to embrace the peoples of the world,
I come to you in humble supplication.
Obtain for me the grace to see Christ in all human beings,
embracing them in the spirit of generosity
and ministering to them in the name of Jesus.
Obtain for me also, the favor of
aide to the homeless and poor.
Oh Heavenly Father,
I beseech thee to obtain for Mother Teresa
the official declaration of sainthood through canonization.
I ask this in the name of Christ Jesus.
Amen.