This letter goes out to the many in our city who are experiencing homelessness or the effects of homelessness. We’ve all heard the saying, “there’s no place like home.” It’s a way of saying that being in our own home is the best place to be. The saying isn’t perfect, of course, because the home life of some people is hostile. But most people enjoy being in their home more than any other place. It may be a tiny hut, a fourth floor apartment in an old broken down house, a one room studio, or a mansion by the sea. It doesn’t matter how big or how nice the home is. What matters is that it’s our space. Home is a place we can call our own; it’s a place for our stuff; it’s where we rest. Sadly, millions of people around the world do not have a place of their own. The Lord God—who created all people to live in homes—feels the suffering of the homeless; He is attentive to their cries.