TwoFeetInLoveSA15

Throughout my 8th grade year we’ve been learning about charity and social justice. We've talked about Catholic Campaign for Human Development and Two Feet of Love in Action. Two Feet of Love in action is an organization that helps those who are in need. The first foot, charity, works to help those who are in need. Some examples of this would be finding emergency housing for those who need a home, feeding those who are in need of a meal and giving clothes to those are in need. The other foot, social justice, works to fight for the fair treatment of others. I want explain what Two Feet of Love in Action is all about and what charity and social justice are. Two Feet of Love in Action revolves around social justice and charitable works. Some examples of social justice would be to fight for the rights of unborn children, and to improve the education system. Some examples of charitable works are volunteering at homeless shelters and by donating food to pantries and clothes to clothing closets; Two Feet of Love in action fights for these things. They also fight for many other things and do many other charitable works. To me, Two Feet of Love in Action is giving back to our world. We have taken so much out of it and not realized the unfair treatment of those around us. By doing some charitable acts and fighting for social justice we can become the people that God wanted us to be. A personal experience I had with giving charity was when I worked in Metropolitan Ministries. I got to feed people and prepare food for them. I used my people skills and got the chance to talk to some of them. Just a plate of salad with some water made them so happy; knowing that they had a plate of food to eat gave them so much joy. I think it also gave me some joy as well, knowing that one less person would have to go hungry that night. It made me feel like a better person knowing I helped someone else. It’s important for us as Catholics to have charity and social justice in our walk with God. It’s important because we have to treat God’s children the same. We’re all his sheep among his abundant flock, so why wouldn't we help one another? It’s also important for my Catholic faith because it helps me grow as a Catholic. By feeling some of the pain as the people who are in need, we feel more empathy and can sympathize with that person. It’s important for us to understand one another, so that we can help one another in any way we can.

Charity and social justice are two different things that revolve around each other in a way. Charity is giving help to people in need and social justice is the fair treatment of others in a community. Charity would be like giving up your free time to go read to some children at the library and social justice would be like promoting peace among our nations. At least, that’s the way I see it.I believe that charity and social justice are the Two Feet of Love in Action because when both of them take steps together, they work much better than when they are alone. They stand hand in hand to give back to the world and I believe that’s what working together is about; finding your strengths and making your goals become into a reality. I really believe that the last couple of months have helped me quite a bit to grow as a Catholic, and as a human being.

In conclusion, charity and social justice work better when they are together. It’s much easier than you think to do some charitable works around our community. It’s also not that hard to fight for social justice in an area that interests you the most. Two Feet of Love in Action not only gives to others. But it helps us learn that we can also receive something from helping one another. I hope that this was informative to you one way or another, and that maybe you might rally or help around your community. I now know that I’ll be doing both of them in the near future because I want to help others and grow in my Catholic faith.