Men, women and children are lonely. The silence of loneliness can be deafening. Our biggest problem is helping people listen and hear. People listen better when they are not hungry. We ought to help feed the hungry so they can listen.
People listen better when they are clothed.
We ought to help clothe the naked so they can listen. People, even broken people, need to be loved, to be treated as people, rather than the next project to complete, or samples on a statistical report. And who better than the Church, the hands and feet of Jesus, to love the masses of broken people. In a world that is busy dehumanizing people, the Church must help put faces on the individuals Jesus died for. Perhaps then, more will hear the call to go and to serve.