The purpose of these sessions is to give participants an opportunity to get in touch with their attitudes and ways of thinking about poverty and to become aware of and to understand faithjustice as the virtue of promoting a just society based on Christian faith in God's vision of human life. John Paul II s reflections on select bible texts for prayerful meditation on social justice. Using the biblical themes of peace and justice, this 32-page booklet contains reflections on the 15 mysteries of the rosary. Toward Justice and Peace Parallels Jesus arrest, imprisonment, trial, and death with events in the lives of heroic Christians such as Dorothy Day, Archbishop Oscar Romero, Edith Stein, and others. This prayer resource highlights some of the social justice teachings of the Catechism of the Catholic Church in the context of six of the principles of Catholic social tradition.
Prayers accompany each principle to move the reader to action and reflection.