dialogue with poor Flashcards
__ remains the crucial challenge facing the region
poverty
Poverty includes the growing number of urban poor brought about by __, __, __ and __
globalization, urbanization, materialism, secularism
Life, for those living in poverty, is characterized by:
ill health
limited access to clean water and hygienic sanitation
poor quality housing
hunger
illiteracy
premature death
Helping the poor does not only focus on charitable work like of giving them fish (__) but, rather than teaching them how to fish (__) geared on justice.
preevangelization / evangelization
“The joys and hopes, the grief and anguish of the people of our time, especially of those who are poor or afflicted, are the joys and hopes, the grief and anguish of the followers of Christ as well”
this is according to
gaudium et spes, 1
t/f: the condition of the poor, marginalized, and oppressed is one of the current pressing issues is part of her mission
t
old/new testament: the propets and patriarchs were tasked to accomplish the mission of liberation
old testament
t/f: widows, orphans, poor, and sick are
considered God’s children, but not the
apple of His eye
f (considered god’s children and apple of his eye)
according to __, preferential option for the poor such as the migrants, indigenous and tribal people, women and children and the defense of human life, health care, education, peace making, cancellation of debts, and protection of environment
pope john paul II
t/f: the moral test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable members
t
concrete ways to love the poor
preferential option for the poor
essential for mission and evangelization
preferential option for the poor
states that the deprivation and
powerlessness of the poor wounds the
whole community
option for the poor
essential part of society’s effort
to achieve the common good
option for the poor
t/f: a healthy community can be achieved only if its members give special attention to those with special needs, to those who are poor and on the margins of society
t
according to __, “the modern paradigm of mission understands salvation to include, beside forgiveness of sin and reconciliation with God, liberation from all forms of socio-political oppression and promotion of economic well-being.”
peter phan
freedom from both physical & spiritual suffering
integral evangelization
according to __, Mission must show redemption to be an option, both historically and collectively and in the personal lives of individuals.
paulo suess
It is not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure, but it is news when the stock market loses two
points.
this is an example of
exclusion
food is thrown away while people are starving
this is an example of
inequality
we say no to an economy of __ & __
exclusion, inequality
t/f: human beings are themselves considered consumer goods to be used and then discarded.
t
The excluded are not the “__” but the outcast, the “__”.
exploited, leftovers
The dignity of the human person is the very
foundation of a __ vision for society
moral
Evangelization is __ __
integral liberation
according to __, Evangelization is integral liberation, “For the Church, evangelizing means bringing the Good News into all the strata of humanity, and through its influence transforming humanity from within and making it new: “Now I am making the whole of creation new.
pope paul VI
__ __ is giving emphasis on man’s task being the principal agent of development, not money and technology
integral development
who defined integral development, where?
pope john paul II, redemptoris missio 58-59
In __, we build “ecclesial bridges
between the divides
dialogue
t/f: “Neighborhoods function when people are neither too close nor too far, not overly involved in each other’s lives but not indifferent from each other
t
t/f: We are condemned to relating only either as friends or enemies.
f (We can also be neighbors)
according to __ in __, The Church must move outside where the people needs them the most and become, “a church bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the
streets, rather than a church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security.”
pope francis, evangelii gaudium, no.49
The poor are not only __ of the __, but they are also __ of the __”
receivers, good news
bearers, gospel
t/f: Mission will mean a dialogue with Asia’s poor, with its local cultures, and with
religious traditions
t
The poor are dialogue partners in mission for they are, like people of other faith and
culture, instruments of __
evangelization
