United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

614 • United States Catholic Catechism for Adults

of heart: 450 helping the poor, meaning of: 454-55, 487 Jesus and the poor: 85, 263, 307-8, 427 Jesus as poor person: 83, 135, 308 as leading to war: 395 preferential option for the poor: 421, 423, 427, 449, 456 removal of symptoms and causes of: 421, 424-25, 427 of spirit: 308, 317, 447-57 and Sunday, elimination of unnecessary work on: 367, 369 symptoms of poverty: 421, 424-25 voluntary poverty: 387 vow of (evangelical counsels): 135, 139, 511 see also Charity; Social justice an act by which one enters into awareness of a loving communion with God: 478, 491 the “Battle of Prayer”: 476 bodily gestures: Sign of the Cross, genuflection, kneeling, and bowing: 473 celebration of the Eucharist: 466, 468, 479, 483, 487, 493 Christian prayer as always Trinitarian: 469, 478 communal: 472-73, 483, 485, 489, 493 contemplation: 508 contemplative prayer: 474, 477, 508 devotional prayer: 509 difficulties in: 476 directed towards the Father: 469, 478, 484 distractions during: 476 rights of the poor: 381 solidarity and: 326, 487 see also Prayer; Worship

and human dignity: 501 moral judgments of the Church and: 379-80, 432 responsibilities towards their citizens: 326, 375-76, 420-21, 434 rights and duties of: 396, 419 see also Authority; Church and state, separation of; Law: civil law; specific topics an offense against the dignity of marriage: 280, 411 in the Old Law: 279 see also Supreme Pontiff Popular devotions: see under Piety: devotions and popular; Sacramentals Popular piety: see Piety Polygamy: 280, 411 the Poor: see Poverty Pope: 523

Pragmatism: 523 Praise: 468

Pornography: 381, 407, 414 Positivity; being positive: 137 Possessions: 453 see also Property Poverty protecting the poor from exploitation: 399 Poverty; the poor: 418 advocacy for: 43, 423

Prayer: 461-95, 523-24 at all times: 476

all Church members as linked to the poor: 116, 122 arms race as harmful to the poor: 395-96 blessedness of: 450, 453 causes of: 421, 424-25, 427 Church’s social teaching and: 139, 421, 423-25, 427-28 concern, care, and love for the poor: 425, 427 detachment from riches and the Tenth Commandment: 449, 456 duty of rich nations towards the poor: 397 Eucharist and the poor: 219, 225, 228-29 and family life: 381