Pope francis  Love, Compassion, mercy I love Pope Francis and since day one of his pontificate he sings my songs.  His love of the suffering and deep commitment to their  well-being  unfortunately falls on the deaf ears of all Catholic nations.  It is so easy to come up with excuses why the bob wires and virtual casting out of humanity that are in grave danger.  It is shameful and I for one cannot understand the teachings of Christ being portrayed in this way without the same He has given us.  It is upsetting to me to read the hatred spewed and vengeance.  Why is this for many of us have not experience this kind of suffering with rejection in its highest form.  These refugees did not want to leave their homes, possessions, family life and take a perilous journey to find hope and a new life.   The Holy Father speaks of this situation in many of his homilies however, the majority have turned their backs on this crisis nor want to get involved.  I write these blogs in hop

THE INNOCENT You must know that God is offering His salvation to all the world (Acts 28:28). The vision of so many souls in trouble or on the verge of being lost is horrifying for it is based on merciless hearts and fear.  How is it we as a society of Christians cannot rap our hearts around the plight of the refugees?  Let us for a minute exclude the adults but CHILDREN?  How is this justified?  Is there no one who sees or believes the hand of Our Lord is present?  He sent the refugees to CHRISTIAN countries to His children to those given the grace and blessings of the fullness of faith for conversion.  Has our fears and lack of trust of Our Lord caused us to abandon Him and His teachings.  Are we not able to pick up our crosses and follow Him who died on the cross for us?  Are we so wrapped up in ourselves in unbelief and non-trust to believe all we received from the cross secures us and He will not abandon us or leave us helpless?  If we fear ISIS or any terrorist