Cast Out

So 8am Mass is a little less full and a little harder to get to early...at least it was today.
Just me today-no McKenna (she has pink eye) and no family of 6 beside me. Distractions lessened and the priest I was hoping for made today's Mass a much better experience for me on the outside.
It is easier to concentrate, and he seems to be better at what I am looking for in a homily.
So the readings today are about lepers and Jesus healing the leper. Of course he tells him NOT to tell everyone about what happened but he does anyway-and that keeps Jesus from going into any of the cities, he is relegated to stay outside the cities and the people come to him.
The homily, however, was about lepers-today's lepers. Homeless, or those with this problem or that one that we cast out-or away from our daily lives. Those who live without human touch and how we can reach out to them. It was also about what we can do to help others. Or more specifically, that if we spend our entire lives dedicated to making ourselves happy we should get ready for a life of misery. If we dedicate our lives to helping others and making others happy the result is much different. We get more out of helping others than we can possibly give. How true!

So how do we do it? How do we help others? When do we find time for them, when we act like there is not even enough time for ourselves...

On another note, I am reading The Lamb's Supper (Hahn) Steph you already gave me your copy. I think I will have to read it more than once to really get it...