A wreath of flowers thrown by Pope Francis floats in the Mediterranean Sea off the Italian island of Lampedusa (July 8, 2013, file photo). The pope put the wreath into the waters to honor the memory of immigrants who have died trying to cross from Africa to reach a new life in Europe. Marking the first anniversary of his Lampedusa visit, the pope said the tragic deaths of thousands searching for a better future should trigger compassion and action, not indifference. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
by GSR Staff
“’For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’”
- Mt 25: 42-45