The materials for A Sanctified Art* for the 4th Sunday of Advent invite those of us with relatively more to step up and step in to solidarity with those with relatively less, for the strong to help the weak.

But what if the "weak" are not innocent? What if they are difficult to love or socially "toxic"? I challenge us to consider the conditions we place on our help and to stretch ourselves outside the comfort zones of "deserving" charity to love those who carry a social disgrace.