Love the Poor

[Draggingtree]

Canada Free Press: What we need is moral courage to stand for the Judeo/Christian values and the principles that made the United States an exceptional country Love the Poor

By Elvira Fernandez Hasty Wednesday, August 28, 2013

 

Why are priests and ministers preaching salvation via charity towards the poor? They would probably disagree with my statement but today the message coming across from many Christian churches is one of “love the poor” instead of the traditional message of redemption.

 

What exactly does one mean by loving the poor? Didn’t Jesus preach to love your neighbor as yourself? And who is your neighbor? Does he/she have to be poor in order to be loved? If we love the poor enough, would that help them out of poverty? But then, if the poor are no longer in poverty, who should we love? Our Lord Jesus preached compassion but also wisdom. On Matt. 26:11 we read His words “the poor will always be with us.”

 

Our Lord knew that there would always be some poor people; whether by physical/mental defects or by circumstances. He preached salvation to all, rich and poor, Jew and Gentile. When the sick and infirmed approached Him, besides healing them physically, He forgave their sins. Redemption is always first. Why have our Church leaders forgotten to place redemption above corporal and material gains in this world? In Genesis we see God creating the earth and placing human beings in charge and above all other creatures. God gave human beings not just a body, but a mind and a soul.

 

[Valin]

I have a simple question (Pat. Pend.) When/Where has Marxism ever really helped the poor?