Supporting Christian Charities

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Supporting Christian Charities

Throughout the ages the bible has taught Christians to give to those

who are less fortunate than our selves. If you are to call your self a

Christian you should live by these teachings. The Roman Catholic

believes are based on tradition and the bible. The bible is the word

of God put into words for Christians to worship and to try to live up

to. The bible is the direction for Christian living. In many stories

Jesus shows us that by supporting and helping those who are less

fortunate than ourselves we are pleasing God. It has been a Christian

tradition to continue the work of Jesus by helping others and trying

to show people the importance of helping others. The church throughout

the ages has followed the policy of helping the poor.

Pope John Paul II spoke many times about the poor and what we can do

in order to help. He stated that, "Going without things does not only

consist of giving away things we don't need, but sometimes giving away

things that we do need". At the end of mass the priest says "Go in

peace to love and serve the lord" this is the priest encouraging

Catholics to serve God locally and worldwide. The Eucharist must lead

Catholics to care for all Gods people especially the poor.

In Vatican II the church instructed Christians to remember God's

Saying, 'feed the man dying of hunger, for if you do not feed him, you

are killing him'. This statement encourages Christians to help the

problem of hunger because if they are not part of the solution they

are part of the problem.

There where three points set out by Pope Paul VI by which Christians

can help alleviate the problems of poverty....

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...he poor is part of a constant tradition. This

love is inspired by Jesus' concern for the poor which is in reflected

in many things for example the beatitudes when Jesus shows that a

person can be poor in many ways such as a person may be poor which may

mean they don't have much personal possessions or money or a person

can be poor in spirit which means that they have generally been a bad

person.

Catholics have a responsibility to support catholic and Christian

charities and have to support all people in need. We should obtain our

motivation from God. When we follow Jesus' commands we are ensured

that we have his support "I am with you always to the very end of

time".

Works of charity and kindness given to people in need reflect just

where people stand in relation to the kingdom of God, and to Jesus

himself.

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