“I was ill or imprisoned and you came to visit me.”

Imprisonment has many different faces. But the one we faced in Chimbote was people who were imprisoned in their homes due to either physical or mental disabilities. As we were visiting someone during one of the home visits, it had occurred to us that the person who we were visiting had never left the house due to their physical disabilities. There are no handicap ramps to access some stores or buses or even get into or out of their own home. This person had to rely on family, neighbors and possibly strangers to bring food, clothing and companionship.

This week, we pray for those in Chimbote and everywhere who are alone or imprisoned in their houses or hospitals due to physical or mental disabilities.