HUMAN LIBERATION Flashcards
What are the 7 Spiritual Works of Mercy?
- Instruct the Ignorant
- Admonish the sinner
- Counsel the doubtful
- Comfort the sorrowful
- Bear wrongs patiently
- Forgive all injuries
- Pray for thr living and the dead
What are the 7 Corporal Works of Mercy?
- Feed the hungry
- Give drink to the thirsty
- Clothe the naked
- Shelter the homeless
- Visit those in prison
- Visit the sick
- Bury the dead
These help uplift the condition of the poor.
Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy
Building a Perfect Community of Love
To live a life of Prayer and Action for greater social justice and by doing the works of mercy.
With God’s grace what should we turn away from?
- Pride
- Selfishness
- Idolatry of money
- all-consuming fascination with power
In love, what should we work to build?
The Kingdom of God on Earth
In the Philippines, building of the Kingdom of God means?
To urgently stop corruption, misuse of the people’s fund, and destruction of the environment while fighting the poverty of the poor.
In the Philippines, what should be built for the Kingdom of God?
- Build vibrant companies to create wealth for our people, but distributed equitably,
- An economy that responds to the poverty of fishermen, tillers of the soil, and urban laborers,
- An economy that is open to the world, where benefits do not exclude the poor. Provide jobs.
- A society of peace.
In the Philippines, what should be provided for the Kingdom of God?
- Provide education that respects all our people as human beings and children of God
- Provide education relevant to the fight against dehumanizing poverty
- Basic education to all, and higher education to all who desire it.
An understanding of freedom as an absence of restraints or impediments. In the context of authentic freedom, it is the absence of everything that opposes our true good as persons-in-community.
An understanding of freedom as something
directed toward a goal or purpose. In the context of
authentic freedom, it refers to sharing in Jesus’ life
through the Holy Spirit.
Freedom For
Jesus liberated the people from the geatest oppressor, which is?
Sin
How did Jesus liberate the people?
By his death on the cross.
