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[QUOTE="Catholic_Chris, post: 57666, member: 9052"] [b]Re: Divine Providence Clarification[/b] Hi Rebekah Thank you for your comments. I think i need to clarify something. I am not a Mendicant nor a "gentlemen of the road". I am a pilgrim wishing to make another pilgrimage relying on Gods Providence. I am not a freeloader nor someone who can afford to take time off work "to wander around a foreign country asking for free stuff" as you put it. What generosity and love i receive will be worked through people by God alone as will anything i am able to give. I have lived the last few years of my life giving myself where and when i can in various ways and have been blessed by grace to be in good health and have received much. Thank you for your welcome at "the Peaceable in Moratinos" :) As mentioned already I am not a mendicant which [url=http://www.dictionary.com]http://www.dictionary.com[/url] describes as :- [b]men·di·cant /ˈmɛndɪkənt/ [men-di-kuhnt] –adjective 1. begging; practicing begging; living on alms. 2. pertaining to or characteristic of a beggar. –noun 3. a person who lives by begging; beggar. 4. a member of any of several orders of friars that originally forbade ownership of property, subsisting mostly on alms. [/b] I never beg as that is NOT living by divine providence! Nor am I a freeload(er) which [url=http://www.dictionary.com]http://www.dictionary.com[/url] describes as :- [b]free·load /ˈfriˈloʊd, -ˌloʊd/ [free-lohd, -lohd] –verb (used without object) Informal . 1. to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc. –verb (used with object) 2. to get by freeloading: He freeloaded several meals a week. [/b] As you can see there is little real difference between a Mendicant or a freelaoder! As i said if anyone offers me help in any way then i always offer my services in return. Sometimes Gods grace works in such a way that the actual giving is satisfaction enough - it is for me. I often give with out receiving a "reward" or "payment" in the way society sees reward and payment yet I am in good health, have many friends and met many wonderful people who have enriched me and hopefully have been enriched by my aquaintance. Yes, sometimes I offer myself in return for shelter or food and i offer what i am able to give. Sometimes it is manual labour, sometimes simply telling a tale of my experiences and other times just a listening ear. In my experience a little food or shelter has often been seem as a trivial gift in return for a sympathetic (though more often empathetic!) "stranger" who has the time to listen. I find it hard to express myself in text and you may find what i am saying as somewhat incredulous in this day and age though in my experience it is the norm. I do not "knock on doors" at all! God bless Chris [/QUOTE]
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