justice for the poor

Question 1

Our quest for harmony with God
and with all creation in response to God’s call to stewardship does not end in our concern for __ alone but flows into our concern for __ __, especially the needy.

Answer 1

nature, one another

Question 2

There is an “inseparable bond” that links concern for __, __, __, and __.

Answer 2

nature, justice for the poor, commitment to society, interior peace

Question 3

A true __ approach always becomes a
__ approach.

Answer 3

ecological, social

Question 4

t/f: A sense of deep communion with the rest of nature can be real even if our hearts lack tenderness, compassion and concern for our fellow human beings.

Answer 4

f (cant be real)

Question 5

t/f: we are brothers and sisters not
only with our blood siblings but with all human beings for we all have the same heavenly Father.

Answer 5

t

Question 6

we are stewards of one another as
brothers and sisters, and together we are stewards of the __.

Answer 6

earth

Question 7

__ described this reality as “sinful
social structures” which referred to as
systemic or structural evil in the field of
ethics

Answer 7

Pius XII

Question 8

positive inverse of sinful social structures is __ __ __

Answer 8

authentic integral development (or ecological conversion)

Question 9

a document that springs from the apostolic exhortation evangelii gaudium

Answer 9

to bring glad tidings to the poor (2014)

Question 10

sharing, for a christian, is not just a matter of __ but of __

Answer 10

choice, conscience

Question 11

a document that served as the CBCP’s Lenten Message for that year, attempts to distinguish between different forms of poverty experienced on the material, moral and spiritual levels and

Answer 11

poverty that dehumanizes, poverty that sanctifies (2014)

Question 12

document written at the end of the Year
for Social Concerns, the bishops focus on the rural poor whom they call “the
greatest victim of our unjust economic order” and called the transgression of their dignity as “a negation of Christian love.”

Answer 12

the dignity of the rural poor: a gospel concern (2007)

Question 13

a document that dispelled the common
impression that poverty in the Philippines is concentrated in urban areas

Answer 13

the dignity of the rural poor: a gospel concern (2007)

Question 14

document which tackles the issue of the adequate housing, which John Paul II defined as a full human right in his Lenten Message for the same year.

Answer 14

i was homeless and you took me in (1997)

Question 15

document that tackled the issue of the relation between poverty and sin

Answer 15

on the plight of the poor (1991)

Question 16

document that highlighted the need to provide sustained and long-term assistance leading to rehabilitation and recovery beyond merely giving immediate relief to the victims

Answer 16

on the plight of the poor (1991)

Question 17

(old/new/church witness) Israel’s experience of oppression in Egypt and how God delivered His people from slavery and injustice through his servant, Moses.

Answer 17

old testament witness

Question 18

(old/new/church witness) Writings of the
prophets who denounced the injustices committed against the poor by God’s people and their leaders in the various stages of their history

Answer 18

old testament witness

Question 19

(old/new/church witness) Israel’s fundamental experience of election and liberation by God despite their sinfulness and unworthiness is a thread that runs through the Hebrew Bible and continues to the New Testament.

Answer 19

old testament witness

Question 20

(old/new/church witness) Christ proclaims and actualizes the “Good News to the Poor” He was sent to proclaim, bringing “liberty to the oppressed, recovery of sight to the blind and freedom to captives” as the prophets had foretold (cf. Lk 4:18).

Answer 20

new testament witness

Question 21

(old/new/church witness) Mystery of the Cross and the Redemption as the place where the maximum of injustice is ultimately defeated by the transforming faith and love of the Savior.

Answer 21

new testament witness

Question 22

(old/new/church witness) Documents from different periods in the history of the Church to see how the Church has understood and lived out this mission
from the time of Jesus to our present time.

Answer 22

church witness

Question 23

(old/new/church witness) Some of these texts will include excerpts from the writings of the saints, quotations from Church Councils and papal encyclicals, passages from the documents of the Second Vatican Council, all the way to the teaching of our present Pope, especially Evangelii Gaudium.

Answer 23

church witness

Question 24

The contemporary ecological crisis
points to the __ (__)

Answer 24

amnesia, forgetfulness

Question 25

__ is a time that requires a conversion from people

Answer 25

kairos

Question 26

The “__ __” that ruthlessly consumes, exploits, and discards human life and our natural resources as one of the root causes.

Answer 26

Throwaway culture

Question 27

According to LS __, It is clearly inconsistent to combat trafficking of endangered species while remaining completely indifferent to human trafficking, unconcerned about the poor, or undertaking to destroy another human being deemed unwanted.

Answer 27

LS 91

Question 28

It is clearly inconsistent to combat trafficking of endangered species while remaining completely __ to human trafficking, unconcerned about the poor, or undertaking to destroy another human being deemed unwanted.

Answer 28

Indifferent

Question 29

This stewardship of one another takes the form of a special concern to attain justice for the __, __ and __.

Answer 29

Poor, neglected, marginalized

Question 30

T/f: Social problems must be addressed by community networks and not simply by the sum of individual good deeds.

Answer 30

T

Question 31

poverty in the Philippines, although it has been decreasing on the national level, continues at “__” levels in certain areas

Answer 31

Scandlous

Question 32

T/f: problem of poverty is not to be blamed only on the government or in societal structures, but we must accept our own responsibility for it

Answer 32

T

Question 33

(Dehumanizes/sanctifies):
Material: destitution, exclusion, consumerism

Answer 33

Poverty that dehumanizes

Question 34

(Dehumanizes/sanctifies):
Moral: slavery to vice or sin, corruption, inequality

Answer 34

Poverty that dehumanizes

Question 35

(Dehumanizes/sanctifies):
Spiritual: loneliness and hopelessness, religious intolerance, relativism and loss of the sense of transcendence

Answer 35

Poverty that dehumanizes

Question 36

(Dehumanizes/sanctifies):
Material: simplicity

Answer 36

Poverty that sanctifies

Question 37

(Dehumanizes/sanctifies):
Moral: commitment to the good, just, and true

Answer 37

Poverty that snctifies

Question 38

(Dehumanizes/sanctifies):
Spiritual: surrender to god

Answer 38

Poverty that sanctifies

Question 39

Rural poor are called the __

Answer 39

The greatest victim of our unjust economic order