Pope Gregory's statement mirrors the Church's love for the poor. God states that we must cater to the poor's needs and wants because we shall be separated from Him if we fail to do so. It is our duty to do as much as we possibly can to help the less fortunate not only because its God's will, but because the poor have been entrusted to us. We know that poverty will never be completely gone until the return of Christ, but until then we are to do as much as we can to serve God and help his people.
The Church also realizes that when He speaks of helping the poor, He does not mean just the materially lacking. He is also referring to the people who are poor in religion and culture. Helping these kinds of poor people may be achieved through missionary work and other forms of activism.
God expects us to help the needy and impoverished because we have received his love without pay, now it is our jobs as Christians to give without pay. It is through the Church's teachings that we learn to give to our communities with many works of charity and spiritual mercy. Including in those works of charity would be giving to the poor.
There is an immense relationship between charity and justice, as stated in Pope Gregory's quote. What we give to the poor almost cannot be considered charity because it is just as much their's as it is our's through God. Therefore when we offer charity is should not be presented as a gift, but rather as a reinstatement of justice. Doing this is the only way the duty may be fulfilled correctly.
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Kylie did a good stating the church believes and how Pope Gregory cares a lot for the poor.
i like how you looked at the poor as not just those who like possessions but also in faith and love.
I greatly agree with Kayla in saying that you did a good job showing how much Pope Gregory cares for the poor.
Many times we only consider a person poor if he or she lacks material possessions. A person may have millions of dollars in the bank but lack the love of friends and family.
good points also about lacking spiritually and the fact that our works cant be considered charity
Kylie, I love the phrase you used, 'reinstatement of justice.' The idea that Gregory had was that everything that we possess, we got from "the backs of the poor." in a sense, then, we have stolen what was theirs, and so "our charity" is, as you stated, not charity at all. Very well thought out response and very good insights.
you did a good job emphasizing the importance of Pope Gregory caring for the poor and it gives us a good value on money.
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