Poverty is the result of injustice. We must fight it not only with charity, but with the courage to change unjust systems.
04298 – Poverty & Courage
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04148 – What Did Jesus Mean?
To read the Gospels in the spirit with which they were written, it is not enough to ask what Jesus did or said. We must ask what Jesus meant by his strange words and deeds. For example, whenever the subject of poverty comes up in some circles, someone is bound to...
03544 – The Most Terrible Poverty
The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.
03449 – Prayer
I give myself completely to you, God.Assign me to my place in your creation.Let me suffer for you.Give me the work you would have me do.Give me many tasksOr have me step aside while you call others.Put me forward or humble me.Give me riches or let me live in poverty.I...
03416 – Which Way does God Tilt?
Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.
03336 – Poverty is Expensive!
Anyone who has struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.
03065 – Wealth as Merit
When wealth is passed off as merit, bad luck is seen as bad character. This is how ideologues justify punishing the sick and the poor. But poverty is neither a crime nor a character flaw. Stigmatize those who let people die, not those who struggle to live.
02905 – The Whole Truth Belongs to God Alone
We cannot know the whole truth, which belongs to God alone, but our task nevertheless is to seek to know what is true. And if we offend gravely enough against what we know to be true, as by failing badly enough to deal affectionately and responsibly with our land and...
02845 – When Love is the Way…
When love is the way, poverty will become history.When love is the way, the Earth will be a sanctuary.When love is the way, we will lay down our swords and shields, down by the riverside, to study war no more. from "Sermon from the Royal Wedding"
02770 – What Jesus Mentions
Our Lord never mentions poverty as one of the obstructions to His kingdom, neither has it ever proved as such; riches, cares, and desires He does mention. from Weighed and Wanting