Food for Thought

The story has been told many times. A Brazilian cardinal whispered to then Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, “Don’t forget the poor,” as he began his papacy as Pope Francis. He chose the name after the saint devoted to the poor.

Aug 21, 2015

The story has been told many times. A Brazilian cardinal whispered to then Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, “Don’t forget the poor,” as he began his papacy as Pope Francis. He chose the name after the saint devoted to the poor.

He has often said that there is much to learn from the homeless, from the poor, and anyone that society treats as downtrodden or disenfranchised. He often repeats some form of the poem that says “for it is in giving that we receive.”

“The persons we help, the poor, the sick, orphans, have much to give us,” Pope Francis said to a group of young people on his visit to the Philippines in January 2015. “You who live by always giving, and think that you need nothing, do you realize that you are poor yourself? Do you realize that you are very poor, and that you need what they can give you? Do you let yourself be evangelized by the poor, by the sick, by those you assist?”

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