Tag: dignity

Passaparola & Prayer 103025 Thu

Take God’s side—use your life to protect the defenseless.

Protect the Defenseless

God stands with those the world overlooks. He takes the side of the weak and the poor. Choose the same side—use your voice, your hands, and your time to defend those who cannot defend themselves.

Based on the Word of Life (December 1979) by Chiara Lubich

✝️ Prayer to Stand with the Weak

God of the poor, we adore Your justice and mercy. We’re sorry for the apathy that keeps us distant. Thank You for showing us Your Heart among the least. Make our lives a shelter and our actions a shield for the defenseless. Amen.

A prayer a day, keeps the soul from drifting away

⌨ ᴛʸᵖⁱⁿᵍ ᴏᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʙˡᵘᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵉᵐ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜ ᵇˡᵒᵍ

When Help Feels Like Hurt

When we try to help, do we really help—or do we hurt without knowing it?

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty • October 17

Sometimes, help doesn’t feel like help. A poor tired mother waits in line all morning, only to hear, “Come back tomorrow.” A shy barefoot child is told he can’t enter class without shoes. A weary hungry father works hard but still gets blamed for not earning enough.

That’s what happens when kindness is buried under rules. Poverty isn’t just about money—it’s about how the world treats people who have less. Every harsh word, every cold stare, every closed door makes them feel smaller than they are.

If we bring back gentleness—the kind that ends social and institutional maltreatment and reminds every system it exists for people, not power—maybe help wouldn’t feel so heavy. Maybe no one would be punished for simply trying to live. It’s time to eradicate poverty and change how we look at and treat those who struggle to survive.

⌨ ᴛʸᵖⁱⁿᵍ ᴏᵘᵗ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ʙˡᵘᵉ ᵈᵃʳᵉᵐ ᵐᵘˢⁱᶜ ᵇˡᵒᵍ