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Ala. Boy Prays With Homeless Man After Blessing His Food at Local Restaurant

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A boy from Alabama is gaining widespread media attention after he reportedly delivered food to a homeless man at a restaurant and said a blessing with him.

5-year-old Josiah Duncan of Prattville, Alabama was recently dining with his mother at a Waffle House restaurant in the Montgomery area when he spotted a homeless man sitting slumped over in the corner, being ignored by the wait staff.

Josiah reportedly asked his mom why the man was sitting alone, and the mother reportedly explained to Josiah that the man was likely homeless and hungry.

After the 5-year-old boy brought the homeless man a menu, the mother and son then agreed to buy the man a hamburger with bacon.

Photos from the restaurant show Josiah saying a blessing with the homeless man before he began to eat.

"I wanted to say the blessing with him," Duncan recalled to the local WSFA-TV media outlet.

"God our father, God our father, we thank you, we thank you, for our many blessings, for our many blessings, amen, amen," the five-year-old added.

Anna Faulk, Josiah's mother, told ABC 7 News that her son's kind gesture made several patrons of the Waffle House tear up.

"That man just cried, and everybody else at Waffle House was crying," his mother told the local media outetl.

"You never know who is an angel on Earth," she added, "and when the opportunity comes at you, you never should walk away from it."