Transcript Shalom. - St. Mary Magdalen

OPENING HYMN
#482 Come, Holy Ghost
Come Holy Ghost, Creator blest
And in our Hearts take up thy rest;
Come with thy grace and heav’n-ly aid
To fill the hearts which thou hast made,
To fill the hearts which thou hast made.
OPENING PRAYER
Come, O Holy Spirit
Enlighten our minds
to know the truth of Christ
Encourage our hearts
to love the truth of Christ
Strengthen our wills
to live the truth of Christ
We ask You through Christ our Lord
Amen
7 THEMES OF C.S.T.
1. The Life and Dignity of the Human Person
2. Call to Family, Community, and Participation
3. Rights and Responsibilities
4. Option for the Poor
5. The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers
6. Solidarity
7. Care for God’s Creation
Bible Blitz Format
• BIBLE – Fr. Ed Thompson
• SAINTS – Bert Ghezzi
• TRADITION – Brandon Vogt
Tonight’s Topics:
#4. Option for
the Poor and
Vulnerable
#5. The Dignity
of Work and
the Rights of
Workers
“Option for the Poor and Vulnerable”
• Mission of Jesus – (Luke 4:16-21)
• Sermon on the Mount – (Luke 6:20)
• Works of Mercy – (Matthew 25:31-46)
• St. Paul’s Collections – (Galatians 2:10)
• Apostolic Church – (Acts 4:32-35)
• Right Use of Wealth – (1 Timothy 6:17-19)
“The Dignity of Work and
the Rights of Workers”
• God’s 7 Days – (Genesis 2:2-3)
• Sweat, Toil, Tears – (Genesis 3-17)
• Just Wage – (Matthew 10:9-10, Luke 10:7)
• “To Every Man A Penny” – (Matthew 20:1-16)
God hears the cry of the poor.
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
(1901-1925)
PERSONAL VISITS TO THE POOR
“Jesus comes to me every morning in
Holy Communion. I repay him in my
very small way by visiting the poor.”
“I prefer to deliver packages to the poor
personally, because that way I can also
encourage people a bit, give them hope
that their lives will change, and above
all I can convince them to offer their
suffering to God and go to Mass.”
Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
(1901-1925)
IDENTIFYING WITH THE
WORKING POOR
“I want to do whatever I can to serve
my people and I think I can do this
better as a layman than as a priest
because...priests are not in such
close contact with the people...By
giving good example as a mining
engineer, I can actually be much
more effective.”
#4. THE OPTION
FOR THE POOR
AND VULNERABLE
“Rich.”
Option For the Poor
Through
the eyes
of the
poor...
“Option for the Poor”
Throughout History
• God always hears the cries of the poor
• Jubilee
• Jesus: “Blessed are the meek....”
• The Early Church
“Option for the Poor”
Today
Catholic Charities
Catholic Relief Services
Catholic Campaign for
Human Development
Know the poor.
“It will be necessary above all to
abandon a mentality in which the
poor are considered a burden, as
irksome intruders trying to consume
what others have produced…The
advancement of the poor
constitutes a great opportunity for
the moral, cultural, and even
economic growth of all humanity.”
- Pope John Paul II
#5. THE DIGNITY
OF WORK AND
THE RIGHTS OF
WORKERS
God and Work
Eden
Jesu
s
Our God is a God of work.
Rights of Workers
• Productive Work
• A just wage
• A safe workplace
• Join worker’s associations
• Strike
• Rest
• Healthcare
Guinness and Work
“They saw their company.....
as a vehicle for changing lives.”
Just Wages
“The worker must be paid a wage
sufficient to support him and his family”
- Pope Pius XI
“Everyone should be able to draw from
work the means of providing for his life
and that of his family”
- Catechism of the Catholic Church
The Dignity of Work
St. Paul
“Whatever you do.....”
St. Benedict
“To work is to pray.”
LIVE IT OUT:
1. Purchase Fair Trade products.
LIVE IT OUT:
2. Participate in micro-loans.
(www.Kiva.org)
LIVE IT OUT:
3. Seek an encounter with someone
who is poorer than you, to see the
world through their eyes.
Next Monday’s Topics:
#6. Solidarity
#7. Care for
God’s Creation
Prayer Time – Thursday – 6pm – Side Chapel
Find Him.
CLOSING PRAYER
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit,
As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever will be.
World without end.
Amen.
CLOSING HYMN
#524 Holy God, We Praise Thy Name
Holy God we praise thy name
Lord of all we bow before thee
All on earth thy scepter claim
All in heav’n above adore thee
Infinite thy vast domain
Everlasting is thy reign
Infinite thy vast domain
Everlasting is thy reign