Social Reformers
Explore the playlist below before your next small group meeting.
Read
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Scripture: Genesis 1:27; 1 Corinthians 12:21-26; Matthew 5:44, 19:21
Main Ideas:
Jesus was not a “nice teacher,” but called out injustice, spoke the truth, and continually offered mercy for hearts that repented. To be a follower of Jesus is to do the same.
Many saints and holy men and women including Venerable Alphonse Gallegos and Servant of God Sr. Thea Bowman became influential social reformers and, like Jesus, called people toward justice, truth, and proclaimed Christ’s mercy for repentant hearts.
Before we seek to oppose injustice in our world, we must first conform our hearts to Christ and seek mercy for the places we fall short.
Watch
2.5 Minutes and 3.5 minutes
Listen
4 Minutes
Also check out this music playlist on Spotify: “ES - Made Known” (spotify:user:lifeteen)
Activity
10 Minutes
Cross Examination
Supplies: paper and pen/pencil
Read 1 Corinthians 12:21-26.
Think of someone you have left out or not invited to something, whether intentional or unintentional. Is there someone you have hurt or ignored recently?
Write a letter to that person. You don’t have to deliver it if you don’t want to. You can keep it, reflect on it, and pray about reaching out and reconciling with that person.
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Pray
5 Minutes
O God, we are one with you. You have made us one with you. You have taught us that if we are open to one another, you dwell in us. Help us to preserve this openness and to fight for it with all our hearts. Help us to realize that there can be no understanding where there is mutual rejection.
O God, in accepting one another wholeheartedly, fully, completely, we accept you, and we thank you, and we adore you, and we love you with our whole being because our being is your being, our spirit is rooted in your spirit. Fill us then with love and let us be bound together with love as we go our diverse ways, united in this one spirit which makes you present in the world, and which makes you witness to the ultimate reality that is love. Love has overcome. Love is victorious. Amen.
Care for Creation
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We show our respect for the Creator by our stewardship of creation. Care for the earth is not just an Earth Day slogan, it is a requirement of our faith. We are called to protect people and the planet, living our faith in relationship with all of God’s creation. This environmental challenge has fundamental moral and ethical dimensions that cannot be ignored. - USCCB