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Creating a caring society.

Creating a caring society is at the heart of Christian teaching. We believe that we should all work to bring an end to poverty, homelessness, all people should have access to health care and education. In Acts 2:43-47 we are told that the disciple of Jesus met regularly after his ascension as they prepared to fulfil the commission, he gave them. They shared their food and resource and made sure nobody went hunger or was homeless. Mary knew she was blessed expressing this in a song, which is in Luke chapter 1:46-55, after her meeting with Elizabeth. Mary’s song also echoes the song of Hannah in 1 Samuel. The interrelationship between God’s plan for John and Jesus, already intimated by the careful parallelizing  between the two announcements. They receive concrete expression in this account of the meeting of the two pregnant mothers. The formal parallel between the two infant narratives is maintained: each mother is supernaturally aware of the other’s condition. Both women, while...