Fr. Greg Boyle has been an advocate for at-risk and gang-involved youth in Los Angeles for over 25 years. His books Tattoos on the Heart and Barking to the Choir chronicle the heartbreaking and also hopeful stories of the homies he has worked with at Homeboy Industries. In the video below, Fr. Boyle recounts the story of Bendito, a twelve-year-old boy who helped him to understand the depth of our need for forgiveness and compassion.
Moral outrage doesn’t lead to solutions – it keeps us from them. It keeps us from moving forward toward a fuller, more compassionate response to members of our community who belong to us, no matter what they’ve done.
--Fr. Greg Boyle,
Barking to the Choir: The Power of Radical Kinship
Thanks so much for this quote from Father Greg Boyle. I followed the trail to his talk at Gonzaga University on YouTube,from 2011. He's an inspiring role model, in the footsteps of Dorothy Day. Thank you again. Mary Peirano
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