Servants of the Suffering Poor

A quote from Catherine McAuley;

It is a special favor of God to be made the servants of His suffering poor, and teachers destined to train up little ones in His knowledge and love.

One of the most enjoyable and rewarding ministries I have done is to teach kindergarten. I love how the faces of these little ones are open to all you can give them. They soak in knowledge and love of God and they reflect it back in so many ways. Even their little misdeeds are sweet in their innocence because you know they are trying to use their own minds and seeing how they relate to the world. Though teaching kindergarten is a great deal of work physically, the rewards are so great. Now that I have been in other ministries, I know that those years will be memorable ones for me. I can use the reflections of those years in so many ways in what I do now.

We are called to minster to the suffering poor. Those poor might be the neighbor next door who struggles, the kid down the street with no friends, the person sitting next to you who just needs a smile to get through the day. The suffering poor are all around us; we need not look far. Today I will try to see the suffering in those around me and lend a hand, either literally or figuratively. How about you?

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