Exploring Catholic Social Teaching

200 Exploring Catholic Social Teaching
Handout F
The Need for Conversion
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Directions: Answer the questions and then read the Scripture verses that follow. Finally, answer the
reflection question.
1 Have you ever followed a rule grudgingly, even though you disagreed with it? What happened? Did you
come to see wisdom in the rule? Or did you grow more resentful?
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2 Have you ever been required to do a charitable activity or volunteer for a cause you did not personally
believe in? Describe what happened.
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Proverbs 22:16
Oppressing the poor
for enrichment, giving
to the rich: both are
sheer loss.
Proverbs 31:8–9
Open your mouth in behalf of
the mute, and for the rights of
the destitute;
Open your mouth, judge justly,
defend the needy and the
poor!
Micah 6:8
You have been told, O mortal,
what is good,
and what the LORD requires of you:
Only to do justice and to love
goodness,
and to walk humbly with your God.
Reflect
It is better to help the needy out of obligation than not to help them. That said, why can
enforced acts of charity never bring about a truly just society? What else is needed?
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