What would you do? What would you not do? You will probably not fall on your knees for the woman or man next door to adore them as a deity… But sometimes you do indeed have to fall on your knees to help another human being in need. Jesus said that whatever you do for someone who is hungry, thirsty, homeless, naked, sick, or imprisoned, you do to him! (Mt 25:35-36). But how do you do this in practice? The book Your neighbour is GOD will help you to apply Jesus’ message of love in your daily life.
The origin of Your Neighbour is GOD lies in questions that you will be asking yourself. Each of the questions in the book has been asked by young and not so young people from around the world. The answers give you a great overview of the social teaching of the Church about these and many more themes:
This is typically a book you can pick up whenever you have a moment. Every Question is answered concisely on two double pages. The colourful layout with quotes, boxes, and summaries helps you deepen your understanding of the theme and continue your search for answers. There is no need to start with Question 1: you can go directly to the Question that interests you most.
To deepen the answers you find in this book, it would be good to discuss the theme with a small group, taking the text of the book as a starting point for your dialogue. For every topic, the book provides questions to stimulate group interaction. You can hold as many or as few meetings as you like.
You can use the app Tweeting with GOD to scan the main image just above the central question. This will lead you to an online synthesis of the answer and to extra resources that can help you deepen the theme alone or in a group.
The app Online with Saints can be used to scan the image of the saint that is related to the Question. This will open a video and then their ‘social media profile’ in which the saint tells you about their life and experience.
Two double pages are dedicated to finding an answer to each question. The text has been written in plain language, with the intention of showing how simple the social principles are, and how these can be applied in your daily life. The subjects are further deepened through various frames and boxes: