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Calcutta... now re-named as Kolkata.
Debbie says bluntly that it is her least-appreciated town. Ironically for Patrick is it is most loved (not most liked - loved, I said).
When D and I were there last our much-esteemed friend (who ministers with and among the prostitutes in the very red district) commented: roughly 8000 prostitutes in this 1 mile area sell their bodies here daily.
Did you know that in dark and heavy Kolkata that HUMAN TRAFFICKING breaks HIS heart. Do we grasp that? This stark reality ends with a prostitute industry of women, girls and very young children.
That sentence is difficult to write, yet how much more painful for the Shepherd of souls?
How then shall we live?
-- Patrick
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Yes: How then shall we live? As the Levite or as the Samaritan?
It is much easier to get past the things that make us 'uncomfortable' if we focus on 'the Shepherd of souls', put on the mind of Christ and get involved. Then and only then are we able to experience true joy. and once it is experienced, you never want to go back.
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