Session 2 Opening Prayer

Session 2 Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers? He said, the one who showed him mercy.

Jesus said to him, go and do likewise.

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Jolie Nyiramagene cradling her baby daughter Marina fleeing brutal civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Ifthikar,5, carries his 2 year old sister Sfia to Pattan in the Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Both were in Sawat when devestating floods hit and are now trying to get home. They travelled by bus, van and jeep to reach reach Bankud village followed by 2 km on foot.

Carrying the infant Jesus‌.

Carrying one another in our vulnerability

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Little girl walks to collect water for her family in a sandstorm in Labado, Darfur, Sudan

Displaced family Namro Gul with Meer (2) from Swat inside the cave in Haripur where they are living until it is safe to return home. 1.7 million people were displaced following heavy fighting between the Taliban and Government forces in Northern Pakistan.Â

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Fardusa Abdi smiles in the arms of her 20-year old mother Habiba Yusuf, outside their house at the Kabasa settlement for internally displaced people, Dollow district, southern Somalia. Insecurity, famine and poor health services for daughter Fardusa are among the reasons why Habiba left their original home in Waajid district, further south of the country.

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Ratiba Awad with her three children, Ouday (5), Ahraa (4) and Batoula (7 months), in the abandoned cow shed where they live with over 20 other Syrian refugees since having to flee their homes due to the war in Syria.

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Mary Kinuthia lives in Nairobi with three of her grandchildren, the oldest being Elizabeth Wachira (9) and Lincoln Gitau is the youngest at 11months. The 51-year-old granny has taken it upon herself to care for her grandchildren while their parents engage in other income-generating activities.

A consistent theme of Catholic social teaching is the option or love of preference for the poor. Today, this preference has to be expressed in worldwide dimensions, embracing the immense numbers of the hungry, the needy, the homeless, those without medical care and those without hope.

John Paul II, Sollicitude rei Socialis, 42.