A Winter's Tale

According the AP, homeless people have been sleeping in the alcoves and doorways of St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco for two years. The archbishop responded by installing sprinkler systems above the alcoves and doorways and drenching the homeless at night at 30 minute intervals, washing away debris, feces, etc. The church did this, in part, to tidy the poor up for the elderly who passed by in the morning on their way to worship Jesus. 

Water has become a common resource used to address homelessness in our nation. Holy water adds a blessing, of course, to the usual cleansing message.