Burn of the Day
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
Lack of home excuses theft, does it?
What else does it excuse?
I wonder if Father understands that HE is the middle man? If he is going to be so irresponsible with the gifts entrusted to him, his parishioners should find someone else to give their charity to.
“Let your alms grow damp with sweat in your hand, until you know who it is you are giving them to.”
~ The Didache 1:6
Smart thief. He knows when you are celebrating Mass nothing will be done.
You get what you tolerate.
Wait till you have to tell the pregnant person w children you have no food for them.
The Reverend needs to educate himself about the explosion of retail theft rings. And a man who rips food from the mouths of the hungry doesn’t get a pass because he might be homeless.
The food pantry should be making better nutrition and financial decisions than the random homeless guy, it should be spreading the alms in a more effective way, and it should be carrying the message of a good God who cares about us physically and spiritually through the Church.
It’s only removing the middle man if the food pantry is a purveyor of liquor and street drugs.
“Food pantries should…” Pinky, food pantries don’t run themselves. They are run by volunteers, who are usually doing the best they can with the resources and time available to them.
If we take Fr. Casey’s suggestion to its logical conclusion, then that parish should abolish its food pantry and just set any boxes of donated items out on the curb. First come, first steal.
Isn’t that what Father suggests in his tweet?
Father’s tweet would be very different if the homeless man walked out with his wallet.
Be interesting to hear how he knew this guy was homeless. There are of course obvious tells, but none that you can say out loud in wokeland.
That is, assuming this event happened at all. Perhaps 1% of all such stories on Twitter of this type have any basis in truth.