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The Two Feet of Love in Action was created by Catholic Bishops in response to the unmet needs of our brothers and sisters in our community. This program gives us two ways of acting out God's word to help those who are less fortunate than us. Those two ways are charitable works, which is putting others above ourselves and doing kind deeds for them, and social justice, which is giving everyone as children of God what they truly deserve. There are many reasons why these Two Feet play an influential role in our faith, and I, as well as my classmates, have recently been working to bring them into our own lives. The past few months in which we've been learning about the Two Feet of Love in Action have made me realize how much a problem things like poverty can be in our community, and from now on, I will be doing more to help those in undesirable situations.

To me, the Two Feet of Love in Action is our modern guideline to helping the poor and underprivileged and fighting for their equality. The Two Feet, charitable works and social justice, both are for the good of others and require a selfless person. It helps us fulfill God's will because He wants us to help everyone as equal children of God. Charitable works is putting others, not just the poor and underprivileged, before us and doing kind deeds for them. To perform a real charitable act, we need to mean it from the bottom of our hearts. Social justice is giving everyone what they deserve as equal children of God. Today, society is focused on fame and fortune, neglecting the fact that all people are created equally and in God's image. Social justice fixes that by looking at everyone in God's creation as worthy of just treatment. Overall, the Two Feet of Love In Action is the best way to carry out God's will and please Him on the journey to heaven.

Charitable works and social justice are the Two Feet because they completely encompass everything we need to do to honor God and do what He wants. Also, if one of the Two Feet was prayer, it wouldn't require as much effort, and people could just do it half-heartedly. However, charitable works encourage us to go out and perform deeds, living actively in our life and our faith. It is important especially to us as Catholics because God calls us to treat everyone equally and as we want to be treated.

I have had much experience with the Two Feet of Love in Action, especially in charitable works. To start, I have volunteered at Metropolitan Ministries with not only my class, but my family as well. I have given back to the community by coaching 6-8 year olds in YMCA flag football, as well as volunteering at the Special Olympics. Of course, I am also working on a service project for my confirmation where I will be donating sports equipment to St. Peter Claver Catholic School.

Over the past couple of months, the Two Feet of Love in Action have helped me realize not only what the problems are in my community but how to help fix them as well. The Two Feet, charitable works and social justice, are like the feet of our bodies. We are the body of the Church, with Christ at the head, and we work together as a community to achieve our ultimate goal: heaven. Our feet help us move towards where we need to go in life and continue to work for us every day, just as the Two Feet guide us towards heaven whenever we participate in them.