Exploring Catholic Social Teaching

Answer Key
Handout A: Note-Taking Aid
1. He sounds serious, as He is talking about what will happen to souls at the end of the world.
Accept reasoned answers.
2. No. Jesus is very clear that how we treat those in need is how we treat Him.
3. How we treat the poor, the hungry, the lonely, those people the world considers “least” is how
we treat Him.
Reflection Question: Accept reasoned answers.
Teacher Resource: Christ Our Teacher
Version 1
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Luke 18: 35-43: Visit the sick. Jesus speaks with a blind beggar even though others ignore the
man. Jesus heals the beggar of his blindness.
Matthew 14:15-21: Feed the hungry. Jesus had many people following him, and they are growing
hungry. Jesus provides food for them in the miracle of the loaves and fishes.
Version 2
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Luke 10: 29-37: Shelter the homeless; also, visit the sick, feed the hungry. In the parable of the
good Samaritan, the Samaritan helps the man and brings him to an inn to care for him when
others would not do so.
Matthew 8: 1-3: Visit the sick. Jesus was asked to heal a leper. Jesus did so when others in His
society would not even consider touching someone with leprosy.
Version 3
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Mark 5: 2-15: Visit the sick. Jesus visits the sick—in this case someone who is mentally ill and
possessed by demons. Christ offers comfort to him and heals him of his affliction.
John 8: 1-11: Visit the imprisoned. A woman has broken a law and is condemned to death. Jesus
forgives her and asks her accusers if they have ever committed a sin.
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