On Haiti

Like many of you, I am glued to the TV and internet taking in what I can bear to take in regarding the complete devastation in Haiti.

And I ponder: What can just one person do?

I made a donation to Doctors Without Borders. Why that particular cause? Consider it viral social media marketing at its best--my sister-in-law posted in her Facebook status that she made a donation to DWB and included the link. I clicked on it.

I asked my parish leaders to solicit the congregation to donate through our tithing program.

I continue to watch the coverage.
I cry.
I pray.

I pray for the lost, the maimed, the vulnerable. I cry for the now motherless children. One image is sticking in my head. A child about 4 years of age. He's sitting in the street, naked looking desperately around. His eyes pleading, "Is that you, Mother? Do you know where my mother is?"

So I pray some more that help will get there in time and that God will be with them.