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Kerry Weber is a Mercy Associate and Managing Editor of America magazine. She is an alumna of the Mercy Volunteer Corps and of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She lives in New York City.
The Corporal Works of Mercy are 7 acts. Six come from Matthew 25:34-40 and the final one comes from the Book of Tobit.
1. To feed the hungry.
2. To give drink to the thirsty.
3. To clothe the naked.
4. To harbour the harbourless.
5. To visit the sick.
6. To visit the imprisoned.
7. To bury the dead.
Kerry had an apiphany when she realized she never did any of these things. Then, she set out to change that.
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Mercy In The City is Kerry’s real life tale of loving God by serving the homeless, meeting with those in prison, giving away clothing, and more. Oh yeah, and the entire time she also gave up sugar and alcohol!! It’s fun, honest, and most of all heartfelt.
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Great stuff. I found the part about visiting prisoners particularly challenging and enlightening.
It’s good to hear Dorothy Day’s Catholic Worker thing is still going strong. For Austin folks, we have something that functions much like the clothing giveaway there that Kerry describes. It’s simply called The Free Store: http://www.freestoreaustin.org/
kwfoster Yeah I loved that part too.
Thanks for the resource.