The homeless
This is a random reading selected from the CRED collectionDaily Reading for 20 April 2005
I imagine it must be horrendous to have no home. Never having experienced it myself, I have no feel for it; but, being blessed all my life with a roof over my head, I know I could never live without a home to go to each night. Unfortunately, many people in Ireland today are homeless. Though Simon and Focus Ireland and other charities look after these unfortunate brothers and sisters, the problem still remains, and so too does the profound suffering.
Recent research in Ireland concludes that the primary reason for becoming homeless is family conflict. If we are to minimise the risk of homelessness, then we need to address the factors that produce family conflict. Where are the people skilled in conflict resolution? If we employed more of them in society, would not their work forestall the awful outcome of broken spirits living on the streets? More positively, we need systematically to support family life.
CCC 2210: “The importance of the family for the life and well-being of society entails a particular responsibility for society to support and strengthen marriage and the family”.
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