{"id":6807,"date":"2022-12-07T23:25:12","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T23:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archden.org\/give\/?p=6807"},"modified":"2022-12-07T23:29:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T23:29:42","slug":"this-true-disciple-sees-and-meets-the-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archden.org\/give\/this-true-disciple-sees-and-meets-the-need\/","title":{"rendered":"This \u2018True Disciple\u2019 Sees and Meets the Need"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”1%” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”6809″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” animation_easing=”default” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][nectar_single_testimonial testimonial_style=”basic” text_color=”#00833e” quote=”The Lord gave me these eyes to bring the need to people and he takes it from there.” name=”Nancy Rasser”][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”left” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”3\/4″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Nancy Rasser can see unmet needs and bridge the gap to meet them, but she thinks she\u2019s just doing her job.<\/p>\n

Rasser, 87, has spent most of her life serving God and the poor, even after Tom, her husband of 63 years passed away on Christmas morning in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always said to my husband, what can we do to help? God gave me eyes to see where there\u2019s a need and somehow when I see the need, very generous people reach out to help me fill it,\u201d Rasser said.<\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s collecting used clothes and hygiene items for agencies that serve the poor or connecting a donated wheelchair with someone who just came home from the hospital, Rasser manages to be the conduit for God\u2019s graceful assistance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Lord gave me these eyes to bring the need to people and he takes it from there,\u201d said Rasser who does it all to serve the Altar and Rosary Society at St. Mary\u2019s of Littleton.<\/p>\n

Rasser\u2019s husband was an extraordinary minister to the sick until a week before he went into the hospital, she said. His service to others made it easier for Nancy to decide to serve the needy with donations of his clothing after his death. Now she encourages other widows and widowers to do the same even if they may feel reluctant at first.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is the best example of a true disciple; she cares deeply for the needy,\u201d said fellow parishioner Charleen Dowdell. \u201cShe is the most charitable woman I have ever met.\u201d<\/p>\n

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