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This document discusses the concept of "Anawim" from the Hebrew Bible, who were the poor and humble who relied completely on God. It describes how Jesus identified with the Anawim through being born into poverty and embracing the condition of the poor. The document argues that the Church is called to be a "Church of the Poor" by putting the needs of the vulnerable first, opposing structural injustice, and promoting respect for the dignity and rights of all people.

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This document discusses the concept of "Anawim" from the Hebrew Bible, who were the poor and humble who relied completely on God. It describes how Jesus identified with the Anawim through being born into poverty and embracing the condition of the poor. The document argues that the Church is called to be a "Church of the Poor" by putting the needs of the vulnerable first, opposing structural injustice, and promoting respect for the dignity and rights of all people.

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MODULE 1

Looking through the Loving,


Merciful and Compassionate Heart

Anawim
Who are they?

Anaw = Hebrew for poor,


humble, afflicted

Those who could not trust in their


own strength but had to rely in
utter confidence upon God

Victims of mans injustice

They are the poor who remained


faithful
to Yahweh and who continued to
hope for salvation in spite of
everything

They were not only materially poor,


they were also poor in spirit they
were totally dependent on God

Their poverty was


leavened by Piety =
reverence for God or devout fulfilment of
religious obligations like prayer, going to
church, receiving the sacraments, etc.

Opposite of Anawim = the proud and


self-sufficient who showed no need of
God

Yahweh promises justice to the


oppressed

They waited in hope for the coming


of Messiah a suffering servant,
one who will be humiliated, one
who is poor and just

The anawim are the heirs of the


Kingdom of God that is to come at
the end of time

Anawim
Who are they today?

They are strangers to people who


have made it in this world

They are outcasts, they are paid no


attention because they have nothing
the world wants

They are attached


to nothing and no
one, except God,
their family, and a
few people

They are not weighed down by


anxiety and hurry

They know what


is important
things that last
the soul and
relationships


Jesus

Option for the


Poor

Jesus was born poor and grew up in


the midst of the poor

By embracing poverty, he shared


the condition of the majority

He belonged to the lower class and


made no attempt to disguise or
escape it

He had absolute dependence on


the Father

Many of the miracles favored the


poor the widow, the sick, the
possessed, the hungry

The identification of Jesus with the


poor and his demand that those who
follow him have to embrace
evangelical poverty implies that the
Church has to be a Church of the
Poor

The Challenge
Church of the Poor

1. The Gospel calls Christians to put the needs


of the poor first. A common moral test of a
society is how it treats its most vulnerable
people.
2. Precisely because we wish to be at the service of
all of society, our primary concern will always
be those who live on its margin, excluded
from the essential services. Wherever there is
structural injustice, Christians are called to
oppose it. Those with the greatest need require
the greatest response.
3. God is Father of all, without exception, and we
firmly believe in the equal dignity of all. It is
this belief which commits us in faith to promote
respect for the inalienable rights of all and their

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