February 19

In Calcutta, there are visible homes for the dying. In other countries, many of the young are in homes for the dying which are invisible, but none the less real. Speaking of the parable of the prodigal son, a boy in New York told me, "In my family it is not the son who left us - it's the father." There are parents who, although they take care of material needs, are in fact totally absent in the eyes of their children.