Day 44
Find Joy in Giving Back - Season of Joy
That's the end of this day.
Today's Season of Joy reflection on Acts 20:28-38 is by Fr. Terry Charlton, SJ. Fr. Terry, a Jesuit from Indianapolis, has worked in Nairobi, Kenya, since 1990. He is the Director of Mwangaza Jesuit Spirituality Centre and the Co-Founder, Chaplain, and Director of Development at St. Aloysius Gonzaga Secondary School, a fees-free school serving bright students from Kibera slum who are AIDS-affected youth or other orphans and vulnerable children. For more, visit schoolofhopekenya.org.
And now I commend you to God
and to that gracious word of his that can build you up
and give you the inheritance among all who are consecrated.
I have never wanted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.
You know well that these very hands
have served my needs and my companions.
In every way I have shown you that by hard work of that sort
we must help the weak,
and keep in mind the words of the Lord Jesus who himself said,
‘It is more blessed to give than to receive...’”
To read the full scripture passage, please visit: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/060122.cfm