Tattoos on the Heart by Gregory Boyle

I read this book in about four days. At least once every chapter I cried, and some chapters it was almost every page. Read this book. It holds so much beauty. Boyle invites us into the lives of the Homies whom he works with day in and day out at Homeboy Industries in LA. He writes: "The wrong idea has taken root in the world. And the idea is this: there just might be lives out there that matter less than other lives." This book shatters that idea. Boyle reveals the humanity of those whom our society marginalizes most and how our humanity is bound up with theirs. Throughout all, tremendous heartbreak is held alongside tremendous hope, and you see the boundless compassion of God. This book penetrates the soul. Read it, that is all I know to say.