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Inspired Through Art: Our Preferential Option for the Poor

“The option or love of preference for the poor . . . is an option, or a special form of primacy in the exercise of Christian charity, to which the whole tradition of the Church bears witness. It affects the life of each Christian inasmuch as he or she seeks to imitate the life of Christ, but it applies equally to our social responsibilities and hence to our manner of living, and to the logical decisions to be made concerning the ownership and use of goods— St. John Paul II[1]

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[1] John Paul II, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, no. 42.

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Jem Sullivan, Ph.D., wife, mother, professor, and catechist, is the author of three books from Our Sunday Visitor, including The Beauty of Faith on Christian art and the new evangelization. She is a regular contributor of art essays in various Catholic publications and appears on ETWN to discuss masterpiece paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., where she served as a docent.

This article is from The Catechetical Review (Online Edition ISSN 2379-6324) and may be copied for catechetical purposes only. It may not be reprinted in another published work without the permission of The Catechetical Review by contacting [email protected]

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