Exploring Catholic Social Teaching
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HANDOUT A<br />
Note-Taking Aid<br />
Directions:<br />
Listen as your teacher reads aloud from Matthew’s Gospel. Write out the<br />
Corporal Works of Mercy on the lines below:<br />
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1. How would you describe Jesus’ tone in this passage? (Tone means a speaker’s attitude<br />
toward his subject.) Does it sound as if Jesus is teaching us something optional or<br />
something very serious? How do you know?<br />
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2. At Holy Mass, we ask forgiveness for what we have done, as well as for what we have<br />
failed to do. Can we love God if we fail to do Works of Mercy for our neighbors?<br />
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3. What do you think Jesus means by “Amen, I say to you, whatever you did for one of<br />
these least brothers of mine, you did for me” (Matthew 25:40)?<br />
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