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Four law enforcement officers were escorting a violence-prone insane man to a mental institution. The man resisted. He fought them all the way. The full strength of all four officers was needed to keep him under restraint. When they reached the hospital, the officers forced the man through the door, dragged him down a long corridor and pushed him into a chair. A cleaning woman watched intently as the man continued to struggle. Then the woman calmly walked toward the man and gently touched him. The man looked up and saw in the cleaning woman's face a look of deep concern and compassion. She put her hand on his shoulder. He relaxed. He stopped struggling. Someone brought the woman a chair. She sat down and began to speak in a caring way — as though she were speaking to a sick child. The officers released the man from their grip. The cleaning woman continued talking and, thirty minutes later, the man was led away by a nurse. He went calmly. Quote this article on your site | Views: 481 | Print | E-mail
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Lectionary Passages for November 23rd 2008
[Year A]
Proper 29(34)
Sundays after Pentecost
Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24
Psalm 100
Matthew 25:31-46
Ephesians 1:15-23
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