The preferential choice for the poor is a source of extraordinary renewal both for the Church and for society, if only we can set ourselves free of our self-centeredness and open our ears to their cry.
Those who follow Jesus must tread the path of the Beatitudes, where poverty of spirit, meekness, mercy, hunger and thirst for justice, and peace-making are often met with opposition and even persecution. Yet God’s glory shines forth in his friends and continues to shape them along the way, passing from conversion to conversion.
--Pope Leo
Image source: Br. Mickey McGrath, The Preferential Option for the Poor, https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catholic-social-teaching/option-for-the-poor-and-vulnerable
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