Ransom dedicated themselves to
those captured in warfare. The latter group did more than visit those
prisoners: They took a fourth vow to
redeem prisoners by offering themselves in exchange. In more recent
times, 20th-century laywoman Mary
Clarke Brenner started the Eudist
Servants of the Eleventh Hour for
mature women (between 45-65)
willing to dedicate themselves to
ministry in a maximum security
prison. Brenner herself, as Mother
Antonia, spent the last 30 years of
her life voluntarily incarcerated with
the men she served. Today, the Eudists continue their prison ministry,
as well as visiting the homebound
and those in nursing homes.
Mercy has a body and spirit
When it comes to deeds of mercy,
most of us lean into the corporal
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