JustLiving 6th Step

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Just Faith
A site which supports a parish program to
teach in depth about just living.
LiveSimply
From CAFOD in England, the people who
began the movement for simpler living.
Catholic Relief Services
A powerful agent of change in the world,
also leading the US implementation of this
movement.
Common Hope
A non-profit agency working to end
poverty in the third world by establishing
there a middle class.

The Sixth Step
Get to know the suffering people of the world,
at least a small segment of them.
Begin in prayer, using the resource to the right.

For group use when teaching this step to others
Invite the members of your group to share the outcome of this exercise
together. Let each one tell the story of discovery and how the people of the
world began to enter into their lives. Challenge each other to action as a
result of this step!

Prayer
to assist you with this step

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or use it on your screen.
Open your heart
and prepare to take this step.

Read more deeply
about learning
to listen to God in prayer
and about learning
to "drive the speed limit" in life.

See the e-books offered on the
left side of this screen.

Tell us your story!

What commitments have you made? What difficulties have you faced? What
has worked for you as you chose to live more simply? How have you adjusted
your lifestyle to one that is more sustainable? In what ways have you grown
to be in solidarity with the poor of the world?

Click here to send us a note and we'll share your story with others. To send
us a video, song, pictures, poetry, or other media, simple attach it to an
e-mail and send it to this address.

Take the other steps
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Step Six: Become aware of the
many people in today's world
who live in suffering and poverty.

Why are these people so important? Why
not try to ignore the poor and suffering
of the world?

This step calls us to make a radical
decision to "adopt" the Peoples of the
World as our sisters and brothers. They
are our fellow human beings. Try to
imagine how you would feel if someone
close to you - your child, spouse, or
friend - suffered even a little of the pain
and difficulty which people around the
world experience every day!

In this step, we ask you to read two or

three recent daily newspapers, to listen to the news on television, and to
visit news sites on the Internet. Have a note pad handy. Write down each
place you read about where people are suffering. Click here to download a
handy worksheet to use for this exercise. In the left column, note the
people you read or hear about. In the right column, describe your
relationship to these people.

Now use the Listening Prayer to allow the Spirit to lead you.

On the side...

Being aware of poverty is a hard
thing. We tend to ignore the
plight of others even while we
enjoy our own comforts,
forgetting that the Gospels insist
that how we care for "the least of
our sisters and brothers" will
determine our eternal happiness.
For a reminder of this, click here
to download a quick look at
Scripture.

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Two powerful resources
Click on the cover to buy the book.

A New Look at Prayer:
Learning to Listen to Your
Inner Guide
by Bill Huebsch
This carefully written
e-book helps you
recognize your own
inner voice which
leads to "right living."

Driving the Speed Limit:
Learning to Live Simply,
Sustainably, and in
Solidarity with the Poor
by Bill Huebsch

This e-book provides you
with a road map (almost
literally) to help you
make choices which are
both satisfying and in
support of the common
human good.