The film opens with a car dashboard, complete with statuette of the virgin Mary. Screen shots of the road as seen from the interior of a car, alternate with print. This print is the voice of a silent narrator. She opens with, "Dear Mary, my grandmother used to pray to you every day," and moments later the thought continues with, "I never could." The film begins with the introduction of Bill and Sharon Murphy who opened Mary House to provide accommodation for people in need. Residents are primarily homeless families, single mothers, and many of the inhabitants are new immigrants. Sharon Murphy states that "communities of faith have a responsibility to respond." The name, Mary House, came out of the concept that the biblical Mary and Joseph were homeless. The inn keeper turned them away, believing he had nothing to share. Sharon Murphy asks, "Why do really good people not do anything?" This first story in the film is beautiful in itself as it portrays a family with a desire to show their children that "selfishness is a choice, not a right. (excerpt from a review by Alicia Jinkerson )