St. Francis Of Assisi Cycle Of Poverty

The encyclicals name is derived from the invocation of St. Francis of Assisi, which translates into “Praise be to you, my Lord.” We share our life with the earth and we must take measures to procure its quality and to protect it from mistreatment. Our bodies are made up of the earth’s elements and we need its daily nourishment and oxygen to sustain us. The earth is now suffering due to the harm human beings are inflicting upon it. The earth’s abuse, like that of the poor stirs our conscience to “acknowledge our sins against creation.” St. Francis of Assisi, proposes a solution to this problem “he shows us just how inseparable is the bond between concern for nature, justice for the poor, commitment to society and interior peace.”
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As stated above through the means of a summary of the pope’s speech, an analogy can be used to describe the mistreatment and neglect to the earth and the neglect and utter disdain for the poor in society. How we treat the world now will affect future generations. Similarly, to how we choose to deal with the issues of poverty will drastically cause the cycle of poverty to get better or gradually worse and the ultimate decision is up to us as citizens and it’s an issue of humanity and humility to our fellow human beings in whom we share this planet …show more content…
I believe if a person is a Christian, that individual will be more compassionate towards others because they have known the unfailing love of God and are willing to portray that same love to others. The wealthy contribute to the poor by means of tithing with the church or by giving away to charity but they do not become actively involved in seeing what they are contributing too. Whereas, people who are less off give what they can financially but their greatest contributions come from volunteering their time in soup kitchens, varying degrees of service projects and areas and genuinely caring and wishing to have a personal connection with the less fortunate. As in the case of the Robert Taylor Homes, it was a community of people coming together with similar goals, life styles and values. They were more like a family then neighbors, they became each other’s support systems, took care of each other’s children and looked out for one another. In this way I think these people had a purpose in their sense of community and being needed and giving/ receiving love was their purpose in their lives and to some that may not look to be much of a life but to the lives they have touched they have made a world of