Tag: poverty

True compassion and true sacrifice for others require that we surrender to God's influence over us, which will sustain us when our cheap human versions of those words fail us and we are tempted to put up the barricades and scream, “No more!”

In material terms, one man's poverty/need is another man's luxury. But in Matthew 5:3 Jesus speaks about spiritual poverty. This is the far worse poverty, the kind he wants to address in all of us.

Somebody once said, “Don't pray for a solution to a problem unless you are willing to be part of that solution.” For the first time in my life I am beginning to feel that willingness.

The Katrina experience has much to teach us about the ways in which disaster relief programs interact with poverty and social welfare programs.

While studying social work at a faith-based university, I am continually smacked in the face with this question: How do I respond morally, ethically, personally and professionally to poverty in my community?

On Monday evening Catholic Charities of Spokane will host a candlelight prayer vigil to raise awareness about poverty and its effects.

I remember reading a newspaper article, when the space shuttle Endeavour was retired in 2011. The last leg of the shuttle’s final trip was a ride on oversize flatbed trucks to the California Science Center in Los Angeles