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EXPOSITION

SCRIPTURAL TEXT

SUMMARY

TAKE THE CHALLENGE

REFLECTION

In teaching us charity, the Gospel instructs us in the

preferential respect due to the poor and the specialsituation they have in society: the more fortunate

should renounce some of their rights so as to place

their goods more generously at the service of others.

A Call to Action, #23

OBJECTIVES
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LESSON OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the lesson, the studentsare able to:

1. examine poverty and its different

aspects2. understand the implications of

preferential option for the poor

3. connect this preference with the

universality ofGods love4. identify the challenges of option

for the poor in ones particular

environment


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Preferential Option forthe Poor

Why it is never optional


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POVERTY

Absolute poverty

primary basic needssuch as food,

clothing, home,health, are not met

Relative poverty

involves how nationalincome is distributed

among the levels ofsociety


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3 % are the wealthy and usually have the power

17 % are the middle class who can meet morethan their needs (relatively rich)

40 % have just enough and so they can meettheir basic needs though they are always in

danger of suffering from absolute poverty if adisaster strikes them

40 % suffer from absolute poverty and cannotmaintain a proper life and have little chance tobe freed from this condition


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Who are the poor?

Economically,they are those who haveinsufficient resources to live adecent life


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Who are the poor?

Politically,they are those who are victimsof social structures


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Who are the poor?

Culturally,they are those who aremarginalized because of theirstatus, race, sex, age, orreligion


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40 % ofFilipinos

live belowthe poverty

line!


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The United Nations has said that theworld produces enough food for all!


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Jesus tells us . . .

The spirit of the Lordhas been given to me.He has sent me tobring the good newsto the poor, toproclaim liberty tocaptives and to theblind new sight, to set

the downtrodden free,to proclaim the Lordsyear of favor.


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What did Jesus do?

He preachedabout the

Kingdom!


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What did Jesus do?

He ate with thesocial

outcasts!


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What did Jesus do?

He cured thesick!


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What did Jesus do?

He fed thehungry!


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What did Jesus do?

He forgave thesinners!


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What did Jesus do?

He showed

compassioninstead ofpassing

judgment!


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What did Jesus do?

He challengedabusive

authorities!


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Ultimately, he suffered!

He disturbedthe status quo!


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Jesus commands us . . .

Feed the hungry

Give drink to the thirsty

Clothe the naked Shelter the homeless

Visit the sick

Visit the imprisoned Bury the dead

Each Christianmust make a

choice to lift up thepoor and

disadvantaged invery real and

concrete ways!


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to create conditions formarginalized voices tobe heard, to defend the

defenseless, and toassess lifestyles,

policies and social

institutions in terms oftheir impact on the poor.

Preferential Option for the Poor


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Why is it never optional?

Preferential Option for the Poor

The poor have a harder time experiencinghumanization, so Christians must imitate

their Master who humanizes.


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Think critically:

What makes the gapbetween the rich and thepoor scandalous?


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CAUSE:

God created the world for

everybodys use

To provide people withopportunities to live a

fully humanized life

PURPOSE:

References


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