Wednesday, January 16, 2008
When the document states that Jesus said that you will always have the poor with you but you will not always have me, he is saying that we should treat the poor with the same love and care that we would to give to him if he were here with us. His intention by saying this was that we would all come together to end poverty as we know it. With this uniting of all people, it is then, so the document says, that Christ will return to us. This document also states that we came into this life without having to pay, and we should give our time without expecting to be paid. In life, we do a lot for others but expect to get something beneficial out of it for ourselves. It states that those who are caught up in their own material possessions are incompatible with fulfilling the total needs for the poor. People who are so worried about there material possessions tend to overlook the importance of the needs of others, even though these are the people that have the best chance to help with the poor because they have the financial stability to do so, but they choose not to because they have a stronger desire to cater to their own wants and desires.
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Neal made an interesting comment about poverty.If we consider ourselves followers of Christ, we should obey his command to come together to aid those less fortunate then we are.
I understand where Neal is coming from and agree with people being into thier possessions a little to much.
i liked the veiw of people being in thier possesions to much and it is good to let them go to help the poor and therefore helping God
Neal, Good analysis and tie-in with the idea that we were brought into life free of charge & so we should not expect anything for our work towards justice. But what do you think about the statement, "When we attend to the needs of those in want, we give them what is theirs, not ours. More than performing works of mercy, we are paying a debt to justice." That was the primary statement to consider. What do you think about the concept? It is only a short leap from that statement to ask the question, "Can I look at all of my possession that are not completely necessities as actually belonging to someonoe else?" You see, that is the really hard part of this Social Justice walk towards peace and equality. It is seeing all that we have and really do not need as not ours at all. Some would say that by using our "extra" resources on comfort items and incidentals is equivalent to stealing from the poor because they do not have access to their bare needs of food, shelter and security. What do you think? Ready to give away your unnecessary possessions? Gregory's remarks are profound and run very deep.
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