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LENT 2023 IS HERE: NEW WINE ➔
LENT 2023 IS HERE: NEW WINE ➔

Where Is Your Heart in Their Struggle?

Where Is Your Heart in Their Struggle?

Every day I drive from the beaches of Orange County to the cement jungles of Los Angeles. And every day I drive past torn tents and boxed cities that house 58,000 of our homeless brothers and sisters in Christ.

For two years, I’ve driven past a homeless man in a particular encampment. But one day, his entire encampment was removed, and the street swept clean. The sight of the camp was replaced with a disturbing void.

I had one thought, “Jesus knew his name, but I didn't.”

I behold misery and sorrow every day on my commute and fail to respond to how unfortunate brethren depend on me (see Psalm 10:14).

I used to have a heart for serving the homeless. When I lived in Phoenix, some friends and I would hit the streets to sit, talk, and learn the names of our homeless brothers and sisters. I had a heart and eyes to see the external reality of their lives and their interior soul.

Now, I'm almost callous to their struggle.

I recently visited a pharmacy in the midst of a migraine and was stopped by a homeless gentleman who saw my pained face. He asked me for a favor and his favor was to see me smile.

He saw me. He wanted to make sure I was ok! Why did I only see his external circumstances? Even then, why was that not enough to act with compassion versus assumption and prejudice?

Am I alone in this awakening? I don't believe I am.

Brothers and sisters, we need to live today’s Psalm, “Do not forget the poor, O Lord!” Let us see the poverty in everyone, ourselves included, and be moved by compassion and act with love.

He saw me. // @SoCalTriciaTClick to tweet Twitter

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Tricia Tembreull
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Tricia Tembreull is a speaker and campus minister with a boundless passion for life in California. She serves as Campus Minister at USC Caruso Catholic Center. She loves adventure and enjoys testing new recipes out on friends and family, gathering them around the table to encounter Christ in one another and be drawn to the satisfying unity we crave in the Eucharist. She was a contributing author to Set a Fire. Find out more about her here.

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July 18, 2020 — Tricia Tembreull
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