justice for the poor Flashcards
Our quest for harmony with God
and with all creation in response to God’s call to stewardship does not end in our concern for __ alone but flows into our concern for __ __, especially the needy.
nature, one another
There is an “inseparable bond” that links concern for __, __, __, and __.
nature, justice for the poor, commitment to society, interior peace
A true __ approach always becomes a
__ approach.
ecological, social
t/f: A sense of deep communion with the rest of nature can be real even if our hearts lack tenderness, compassion and concern for our fellow human beings.
f (cant be real)
t/f: we are brothers and sisters not
only with our blood siblings but with all human beings for we all have the same heavenly Father.
t
we are stewards of one another as
brothers and sisters, and together we are stewards of the __.
earth
__ described this reality as “sinful
social structures” which referred to as
systemic or structural evil in the field of
ethics
Pius XII
positive inverse of sinful social structures is __ __ __
authentic integral development (or ecological conversion)
a document that springs from the apostolic exhortation evangelii gaudium
to bring glad tidings to the poor (2014)
sharing, for a christian, is not just a matter of __ but of __
choice, conscience
a document that served as the CBCP’s Lenten Message for that year, attempts to distinguish between different forms of poverty experienced on the material, moral and spiritual levels and
poverty that dehumanizes, poverty that sanctifies (2014)
document written at the end of the Year
for Social Concerns, the bishops focus on the rural poor whom they call “the
greatest victim of our unjust economic order” and called the transgression of their dignity as “a negation of Christian love.”
the dignity of the rural poor: a gospel concern (2007)
a document that dispelled the common
impression that poverty in the Philippines is concentrated in urban areas
the dignity of the rural poor: a gospel concern (2007)
document which tackles the issue of the adequate housing, which John Paul II defined as a full human right in his Lenten Message for the same year.
i was homeless and you took me in (1997)
document that tackled the issue of the relation between poverty and sin
on the plight of the poor (1991)
document that highlighted the need to provide sustained and long-term assistance leading to rehabilitation and recovery beyond merely giving immediate relief to the victims
on the plight of the poor (1991)
(old/new/church witness) Israel’s experience of oppression in Egypt and how God delivered His people from slavery and injustice through his servant, Moses.
old testament witness
(old/new/church witness) Writings of the
prophets who denounced the injustices committed against the poor by God’s people and their leaders in the various stages of their history
old testament witness
(old/new/church witness) Israel’s fundamental experience of election and liberation by God despite their sinfulness and unworthiness is a thread that runs through the Hebrew Bible and continues to the New Testament.
old testament witness
(old/new/church witness) Christ proclaims and actualizes the “Good News to the Poor” He was sent to proclaim, bringing “liberty to the oppressed, recovery of sight to the blind and freedom to captives” as the prophets had foretold (cf. Lk 4:18).
new testament witness
(old/new/church witness) Mystery of the Cross and the Redemption as the place where the maximum of injustice is ultimately defeated by the transforming faith and love of the Savior.
new testament witness
(old/new/church witness) Documents from different periods in the history of the Church to see how the Church has understood and lived out this mission
from the time of Jesus to our present time.
church witness
(old/new/church witness) Some of these texts will include excerpts from the writings of the saints, quotations from Church Councils and papal encyclicals, passages from the documents of the Second Vatican Council, all the way to the teaching of our present Pope, especially Evangelii Gaudium.
church witness
The contemporary ecological crisis
points to the __ (__)
amnesia, forgetfulness
__ is a time that requires a conversion from people
kairos
The “__ __” that ruthlessly consumes, exploits, and discards human life and our natural resources as one of the root causes.
Throwaway culture
According to LS __, It is clearly inconsistent to combat trafficking of endangered species while remaining completely indifferent to human trafficking, unconcerned about the poor, or undertaking to destroy another human being deemed unwanted.
LS 91
It is clearly inconsistent to combat trafficking of endangered species while remaining completely __ to human trafficking, unconcerned about the poor, or undertaking to destroy another human being deemed unwanted.
Indifferent
This stewardship of one another takes the form of a special concern to attain justice for the __, __ and __.
Poor, neglected, marginalized
T/f: Social problems must be addressed by community networks and not simply by the sum of individual good deeds.
T
poverty in the Philippines, although it has been decreasing on the national level, continues at “__” levels in certain areas
Scandlous
T/f: problem of poverty is not to be blamed only on the government or in societal structures, but we must accept our own responsibility for it
T
(Dehumanizes/sanctifies):
Material: destitution, exclusion, consumerism
Poverty that dehumanizes
(Dehumanizes/sanctifies):
Moral: slavery to vice or sin, corruption, inequality
Poverty that dehumanizes
(Dehumanizes/sanctifies):
Spiritual: loneliness and hopelessness, religious intolerance, relativism and loss of the sense of transcendence
Poverty that dehumanizes
(Dehumanizes/sanctifies):
Material: simplicity
Poverty that sanctifies
(Dehumanizes/sanctifies):
Moral: commitment to the good, just, and true
Poverty that snctifies
(Dehumanizes/sanctifies):
Spiritual: surrender to god
Poverty that sanctifies
Rural poor are called the __
The greatest victim of our unjust economic order
