Wearing unbranded and cheap clothes does not mean...

Wearing unbranded and cheap clothes does not mean that you are poor. Remember:You have a family to feed, not a community to impress.

Pope Francis delivering a message at the Vatican

In  the  poor  and  outcast  we  see  Christ's face ; by  loving  and  helping  the  poor , we  love  and  serve  Christ .  Our  efforts  are  also  directed  towards ending  violations  of human  dignity, discrimination  and  abuse  in  the  world , for  these  are  so  often  the  cause  of  destitution . 

When  power , luxury  and  money  become  idols, they  take  priority  over  the  need  for  a  fair  distribution  of  wealth .  Our  consciences  thus  need to  be  converted  to  justice ,  equality ,  simplicity  and  sharing .  

 



Pope Francis's message at the Vatican
 

 

"If our poor die of hunger, it is not because God does not care for them. Rather, it is because we are not generous enough."

Mother Teresa said "If our poor die of hunger, it is not because God does not care for them. Rather, it is because we are not generous enough."

Imagine this situation:
After dinner, we may have excess food and we may throw it in the garbage because:
1) We do not know that there may be a hungry person in our neighborhood.
2) We do not know or we may have forgotten that there is a person that we know who is lonely (lives alone, or family is out of town) and that lonely person can consume some excess food.
3) In fact we may be busy looking forward to our favorite TV show whereby the  thought of giving away the excess food does not cross our mind.