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The Sisters of the Third
Order of St. Francis
Our Vocation: to follow Christ, our
heavenly Bridegroom, after the example
of St. Francis, with the Blessed Virgin
Mary as our mother and model.
Human dignity
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back into the kitchen and spoke to
the chef. He thanked me for inter-
rupting his cooking so that he could
speak to the woman. “sometimes
they just need an opportunity to
speak their truth,” he said. “After all,
she doesn’t have control over much
in her life. Listening to her opinion
on the quality of our porridge is the
least i can do for her.”
He clearly recognized
that she was not merely
a homeless woman but
a person with inherent
dignity. in choosing to
listen to her so atten-
tively, he exercised his
option for the poor and vulnerable. =
Ultimately the call to preferential
love for people who are poor and
vulnerable stems
from the reality that
each of us, no matter
our economic status,
is created in the image and likeness of
God. We have inherent human dignity
and the right to life. That means we
also have a right to those things that
are necessary to live a dignified life,
including food, shelter, education,
employment, health care, and housing.
That became very clear to me
as a novice when i ministered at the
Passage day Centre. in addition to
my toast duties, i sometimes helped
out on the hot breakfast line. one
day i served an elderly woman a
large helping of porridge, or as we
Americans like to call it, oatmeal.
A few moments later she returned,
her bowl barely touched. “i’d like to
speak to the chef,” she declared in a
very dignified voice.
i went back into the kitchen and
relayed the message. The gentleman who had been cooking that
day’s breakfast put down his spatula,
smoothed out his apron, and walked
out to the front counter. They engaged in a lengthy and civilized discussion on the preferred qualities of
porridge. Apparently in her opinion
that day’s batch of porridge had been
far too runny.
A few hours later after we closed
down our breakfast operation i went
Each of us, no
matter our economic
status, is created
in the image
and likeness of God.
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