Slade is a two year old little boy...human. His sitter is sick this week and my DH volunteered me to fill in. RME
I know I told you my soninlaw is going to be entering the church. He has been having one on one sessions with the priest that are largely informal and driven by his own personal questions. He asked him about giving to the poor, bc our church is right near in DC by the homeless shelter, there are often a few homeless at daily mass etc. SIL and I have talked about feeling conflicted about giving, I no longer do, bc I think they are largely scamming or going to use it on drugs or alcohol. But with Frank’s obsession with giving to the poor it has made feel guilt. Fr Etsio says not to feel guilt, that giving food is fine, but that rather than giving to the panhandlers, put aside $ each week and give to a charitable organization who helps the poor. He said he himself only gives to the ones he sees in church and even then he has no way to know what they do with the $. SIL says Fr Etsio loves pope Frank etc. so he is going to ask him some questions about the pope and some of the leftwingish stuff he’s doing.