when we get to $500,000.00 we open our doors to the homeless.βIs not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of
injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free
and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and
to provide the poor wanderer with shelterβ when you see the naked, to
clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and
blood? Then
your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will
quickly appear; then your righteousness[a] will go before you, and the
glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. Then you will call, and the
LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
βIf you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger
and malicious talk, and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the
hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will
rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. The
LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a
sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a
well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Your
people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old
foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of
Streets with Dwellings."