Whatever your ideas about how to balance helping those who cast themselves on your mercy with protecting those already under your care, it is vital that you reflect on those ideas in light of the bright, bold truths of Christian teaching and the example of Christ–as we are now reminded:
As Christmas nears, we recall that our Savior Jesus Christ began his life as a homeless refugee, fleeing the threats of a murderous king. One of the corporal works of mercy that we are invited to embrace anew during this Jubilee of Mercy is sheltering the homeless. Homelessness wears many faces, including the faces of homeless refugees like the Holy Family and today’s refugees fleeing war and terror in the Middle East and elsewhere. They are among the least of our brothers and sisters whom Jesus invites us to receive to as an expression of our love for him.
(source: Jesus too was a refugee)
