If a volunteer can help us with an immediate need, we can put them in a place to make their greatest contribution.
I call not upon a few, but upon all: not on this state or that state, but on every state; up and help us; lay your shoulders to the wheel; better have too much force than too little, when so great an object is at stake.
At Sun, we have a special number you can call if there is something important happening.
She took a deep breath, "Last chance. Are you in need of rescuing?" His expression turned very strange, almost as if she'd struck him, "yes," he said finally. -Tana and Gavriel-page 33- chapter 5
I see the church as a field hospital after battle. It is useless to ask a seriously injured person if he has high cholesterol and about the level of his blood sugars! You have to heal his wounds. Then we can talk about everything else.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio
Listen, someone's screaming in agony- fortunately I speak it fluently
If you wish me well, do not stand pitying me, but lend me some succour as fast as you can; for pity is but cold comfort when one is up to the chin in water, and within a hair's breadth of starving or drowning.
I'm not feeling very well - I need a doctor immediately. Ring the nearest golf course.
Don't just stand there, idiot. Call a doctor, and then help me find a nose.
Right now someone out there is struggling and starting to panic because they can't get out of a tempurpedic bed.
If you are ensnarled in pornography, make a total commitment to overcome it now. Find a quiet place; pray urgently for help and support. Be patient and obedient. Don't give up.
We're talking about really vital services to people who are already in a terrible situation and really in need of emergency services - and there aren't alternatives.