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• Charity = caritas (in Latin) – Theological

  virtue

  • Definition: the theological virtue by which we love God above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God
  • Virtue = A good moral habit or trait
  • Theological Virtue: They cannot be obtained by human effort alone, but are infused by God into a person.
• What is Jesus trying to teach us about love

  in the GREATEST COMMANDMENT?

  • Jesus uses this to explain the unlimited nature of love.
  • Our neighbour is anyone in need of love and mercy, not just someone within our community.
  • To truly love, we must look beyond the confines of our own community and treat everyone as we ourselves who would like to be treated.
• The Two Feet of Love In Action

  • Charity (Charitable Works):
  • Meet Basic needs and aid individuals
  • Short-term
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  • Social Justice:
  • Remove root causes and improve structures
  • Long term
• CWM - To feed the hungry

  • Giving food to a homeless person.
  • Donating food to a food drive/food bank.
  • Volunteering to serve food in a shelter or home for those in need.
  • Donating money to buy food for the poor.
  • Shopping for groceries, helping with the cooking, doing dishes for your family and those at home.
• CWM - To give drink to the thirsty

  • Donating water to shelters or in an emergency situation.
  • Giving money to a charitable organization who provides access to clean and safe drinking water.
• CWM - To clothe the naked

  • Bring clothes to a shelter or a needy family or clothing drive.
  • Providing gloves, hats, etc. for those who are homeless especially during the winter.
  • Collect baby items for moms in need.
  • Doing laundry, etc. for one own’s family.
• CWM - To shelter the homeless

  • Working and supporting a homeless shelter.
  • Bringing others to one’s home at a time of fire, floods or other
  • disaster.
  • Hosting refugees.
  • Volunteering for organizations that build homes for people such as Habitat for Humanity
• CWM - To comfort the sick

  • Visiting someone in the hospital or nursing home.
  • Visiting someone who is sick at home or senior citizens.
  • Running an errand for a senior citizen or sick person.
  • Asking a priest to visit the person, and ensuring someone they receive communion and the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.
• CWM - To visit the imprisoned

  • Visiting prisoners and sending care packages.
  • Fighting for humane treatment for those in prison.
  • Helping to care for the families of the imprisoned.
  • Helping those “imprisoned” by loneliness, mental illness,etc.
• CMW - To bury the dead

  • Going to funeral and funeral visitations
  • Treating cemeteries with respect
• SWM - To admonish the sinner

  • Make another realize how bad there sin is.
  • Trying to keep him/her out of sin or occasions of sin and/or trying to get them to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
  • If we think it may make the person worse, we do not correct directly but show him/her indirectly by our example.
• SWM - To instruct the ignorant

  • To help others learn the truth of our Christian faith, so that we may save their souls and to be happy with God in heaven.
  • This should be done with kindness and merciful love.
  • We must deepen our own faith and pray daily in order to instruct others in faith.
• SWM - To counsel the doubtful

  • Help others to be certain about what they should do to love and serve God.
  • Should do this with patience but don’t abandon others with their doubts.
• SWM - To comfort the sorrowful

  • To walk and accompany one who is suffering and facing sorrow.
  • Do not do anything that would cause a person to unnecessarily face more suffering.
• SWM - To bear wrongs patiently

  • When we are the victims of another’s thoughtlessness or carelessness, our initial response should not be to lash out mercilessly.
  • A continual effort to be less critical of others even when they have hurt us or seem thoughtless and careless.
• SWM - To forgive all injuries.

  • To forgive others who have hurt us in any way, even if they hurt us deliberately.
  • If we fail to forgive, it causes us even further hurt.
• SWM - To pray for the living and the dead

  • Praying for those who have died as if they can be saved by our prayers.
  • To pray for the needs of others who are living – by mentioning the people’s names and need.