Chapter 1: Understanding

Christian Social Responsibility

• Facing the reality of Human
suffering
• God’s Mysterious ways
• Trusting God’s love
• The call of Christians
• Common Filipino Reasons for
extending help
• Social Responsibility and Faith
 PCP II, 83
That is why a Christian cannot be indifferent to
suffering and to poverty, injustice and division.
we know that suffering cannot be completely
rooted out while we are on earth. but it can be
diminished. and it is diminished not by those
who repay evil with evil but by those who are
ready to overcome evil with good, and are
willing to share the burdens of their fellow
human beings.
MONDAY:
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
 
Dear Almighty God
We praise and thank You for being so good and kind to us
We praise and thank You for making our burdens, light
We praise and thank You for always lighting our path
 
Guide us, Oh Lord how to be morally upright
In this situation full of fake news and misinformation,
Help us to stand for the truth even the pressures are strong
Sustain us, so that we may remain firm
Amidst problems and trials, that often confronts us

Help us to be a responsible persons

Always willing to help anyone who needs care and attention
A humble and a selfless heart grant us, Oh God
So we may serve You and our neighbours with all our heart. Amen

 
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen
Christian perspective on Human
Suffering?
What is a mature Christian attitude
toward God amidst suffering?
What is Christ’s call for us
Filipinos
Chapter 1: Understanding Christian Social
Responsibility
Chapter 2: Carrying out Christian Social
Responsibility
Acts 1:8
You will receive power when the Holy Spirit
come upon, and you will be witness in
Jerusalem….and to the end of the earth.

PCP II (36)
(Second Plenary Council of the Philippines)
How to live as Catholic Christians today? It is
know, to love, to follow Christ in the Church,
which he founded.
• Social responsibility is integral dimension of
faith (Doing) or the Hand and feet
• The question is not we respond or not, the
question is how to respond.
Social Issues
1. Climate Change (Caralde)
2. Poverty (Casino)
3. Incompetent Government (Castillo)
4. Bullying (Cabrera)
5. Unavailable Health Care (De leon)
6. Gender inequality (Gonzales)
7. Corruption (Hipolito)
8. Fake News (Marbella)
9. Pandemic (Mariano)
10. Lack of Health care facilities (Muyot)
11. Deforestation (Quijano)
12. Depression (Sagat)
13. Red tagging (Salvadora)
14. Discrimination (Tan)
15. Unhealthy lifestyle (Severino)
16. Peer Pressure (Ubaldo)
17. Mismanagement of vaccine programs (Tiogson)
18. Overpriced goods (Padolina)
19. Asian hate crime (Villanueva)
20. Alcohol abuse (Lorenzo)
“Those who are well do not need a physician,
but the sick do” Matthew 9:12
1. Jesus fed the hungry
2. Forgave the sinners
3. Ate with the outcasts
4. Healed the sick
5. Laid down his life for all
Mark 9:1-8
• The Transfiguration
• 2 After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a
high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before
them. 3 His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world
could bleach them. 4 And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who
were talking with Jesus.
• 5 Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three
shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.” 6 (He did not know
what to say, they were so frightened.)
• 7 Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the
cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”
• 8 Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them
except Jesus.
To listen means 2 things:
1. Its an order (Obey)
Mark 12:30-31- Love God by loving neighbors.
2. Listen means to be attentive and alert to what
is being revealed.
Jesus did not pay attention to what Peter
suggested to maintain in the mountain top,
remove all sufferings.
BAYANIHAN (SOLIDARITY)
VS NINGAS KUGON
1. REWARD & PUNISHMENT-
“REQUIRED”- COMPLIANCE
2. PITY- “MESSIANIC COMPLEX”
3. MORAL OBLIGATION-SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
-WALK THE TALK
-ACTIVISM
4. Christian Faith-nature and mission aims to
foster real enduring commitment to serve others.
 The Mission of the Church today
1. Works of Charity
• Directly touch the victim
• Works of mercy
2. Social Action- Addressing root cause 19 th
century Pope Leo XIII (1891)
Encyclicals (Catholic Social Teaching)
Issue # 1: Climate Change
Works of Charity
• Relief operation
• Clothes
• School supplies

Social Action
• Change of lifestyle
• Plant trees
• Conserve water
• Conserve food