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The Living Church:

The Living Church:. A World Hungry for the Eucharist. “I am the bread of life; Whoever comes to me will never hunger, And whoever believes in me will never thirst” ( Jn 6:35). . The Right to Life = Most Basic Human Right. To live, we need food.

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The Living Church:

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  1. The Living Church: A World Hungry for the Eucharist “I am the bread of life; Whoever comes to me will never hunger, And whoever believes in me will never thirst” (Jn 6:35).

  2. The Right to Life = Most Basic Human Right To live, we need food. Denying people the right to food is a fundamental injustice of the highest order. “Feed the man dying of hunger, because if you have not fed him, you have killed him ” (The Church in the Modern World, #69).

  3. The hunger experienced by the world’s poorest people results in: 1.Chronic Malnutrition “quality of a diet” 2.Chronic Hunger “quantity of a diet”

  4. CHRONIC MALNUTRITION Constant illness caused by lack of proper amount of vitamins and nutrients

  5. CHRONIC MALNUTRITION • Leads to protein deficiency and diseases: - Blindness, anemia, death, brain damages • Average Age of Death = 40’s • Most damaging to young children and pregnant women

  6. $ Can only afford one type of food $ All of their diet consists of one item Proper nutrition varied diet

  7. US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

  8. Most of the people in First World Countries receive adequate nutrition They even can consume “junk food”- processed sugars, salts

  9. The Reality of Chronic Malnutrition

  10. CHRONIC HUNGER Form of starvation: Amount of food is less that what can sustain life Body starves and consumes muscle, fat, and tissue for food; immune system fails; brain function slows

  11. “Health Conscious” What to calories do? -Provide heat and energy for the body Minimum calorie requirements  body eats away at it’s own tissues

  12. Bread for the World Institute Examining the Link between poverty and hunger

  13. What Are Some Causes of Hunger? Exploiting limited resources Corruption High Interest on foreign loans Politics

  14. Manage earthly goods more efficiently A moral response to world hunger Subsidiarity Solidarity

  15. Eucharist: Challenge to Hunger It reminds us not only of our own need for nourishment and refreshment but also the common human need for food and drink

  16. In his earthly ministry Jesus responded to the basic needs of people, often within the context of food and poverty.

  17. When we receive the Eucharist in our hearts at Holy Communion, we ask him, by the power of the Holy Spirit, to make us like him- to be other Christs.

  18. Jesus, “The Bread of Life” We come to the Eucharist to receive the bread of life. The Eucharist is empty unless we become the bread of life for others. Never meaning to be an isolated affair, is a sign and source of our unity and solidarity with the poor “The Eucharist commits us to the poor” (CCC, 1397).

  19. US Bishops: “The most important setting for the Church’s social teaching is not in a food pantry or in a legislative committee room, but in prayer and worship, especially gathered around the Eucharist” (Reflections on the Social Mission of the Parish, 1994).

  20. Preferential Option for the Poor: • We cannot love immoderately or selfishly use riches or wealth • We must put into practice the spiritual and corporal works of mercy • Evaluate social and economic activity from the viewpoint of the poor and powerless

  21. U.S. Bishops: Active Lifestyle Changes To Ease Hunger • Responsible consumption -minimizing waste of food and energy - cutting back on buying 2. Weekly days of fasting/abstinence -cutting back on the amount we eat -watching the amount of meat eaten 3. Involvement in easing hunger locally

  22. A Place at the Table (USCCB, 2002) families & individuals Institutions that help society stand with the poor government Community organizations and faith-based institutions Marketplace and institutions of business, commerce and labor • Everyone is invited to gather to eat, to make decisions, and to worship, including:

  23. Economic Justice for All (USCCB, 1986) Simple question should be asked, “Does it support or threaten human dignity?” • Change attitudes to the poor • Support full and equal employment and just wage • Empower the poor to help themselves • Make education of the poor a top priority • Continually evaluate how tax system affects the poor • Reform nation’s welfare programs to help recipients become self-sufficient • Governmental efforts to preserve and protect family operated farms • People have created the economy; they can change it

  24. Living Church in Action: Catholic Campaign for Human Development Catholic Relief Services Catholic Charities USA

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