Can you do it? Can you live below the poverty line? I recently found this challenge, and I thought it might be interesting. I haven't done it yet, but stay tuned for a Live Below the Line Challenge in the future!
Live Below the Line is an innovative awareness and fundraising campaign that's making a huge difference in the fight against extreme poverty.
Quite simply, they're building a movement of passionate people willing and able to make a meaningful difference to those who need it most.
Live Below the Line is challenging individuals and communities to see how much change you can make out of $1.50. By living off just $1.50 per day for food for 5 days, you will be bringing to life the direct experiences of the 1.4 billion people currently living in extreme poverty and helping to make real change.
Think about that figure - 1.4 BILLION - that's over 4 times the population of the United States - living every day in extreme poverty.- See more at: http://www.livebelowtheline.com.
I hope everyone is geared up for a beautiful Easter weekend -- I know I am. Plans include Masses in various churches, the traditional family brunch on Sunday, and likely lots of discussion about Pope Francis I.
Inspiration doesn't even begin to describe the feeling of knowing this Pope discouraged people from traveling to Rome for his first Mass, instead urging them to donate the money to the poor. Pope Francis I has the poor close in mind and heart, seeing as how he chose the same name as Saint Francis of Assisi, a champion for the poor.
Pope Francis I is also the first South American to be Pope, and the first Jesuit! As I told many, all forms of social media in my life were out of control the day a Latino Jesuit became Pope -- so exciting for so many. A beautiful Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen on Sunday, March 17 was the Archdiocese of Baltimore's way of giving thanks for Pope Francis I.
It means respecting each of God’s creatures and respecting the environment in which we live. It means protecting people, showing loving concern for each and every person, especially children, the elderly, those in need, who are often the last we think about. It means caring for one another in our families: husbands and wives first protect one another, and then, as parents, they care for their children, and children themselves, in time, protect their parents. It means building sincere friendships in which we protect one another in trust, respect, and goodness.
How can you protect others today, just as Saint Joseph did (whose feast day was March 19, the same day as the Inaugural Mass), with tenderness, love and hope?
