Persons have preferences.
Given a situation where one is confronted with 2 beggars. If you could give something to both of them that would be best. If you are to give to only one of them then some criteria as a means to choose is needed.
Preferential Option For The Poor, Vulnerable, Least, Last and Lost (POFTPV3L)
A basic moral test is how our most vulnerable members are faring. In a society marred by deepening divisions between rich and poor, our tradition recalls the story of the Last Judgment (Mt 25:31-46) and instructs us to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first. (USCCB)
Leviticus 19:9-10
A portion of the harvest is set aside for the poor and the stranger.
Preferential Option For The Poor, Vulnerable, Least, Last and Lost (POFTPV3L)
A basic moral test is how our most vulnerable members are faring. In a society marred by deepening divisions between rich and poor, our tradition recalls the story of the Last Judgment (Mt 25:31-46) and instructs us to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first. (USCCB)
Love for others, and in the first place love for the poor, in whom the Church sees Christ himself, is made concrete in the promotion of justice. (St. John Paul II, On the Hundredth Year [Centesimus Annus], no. 58)
Preferential Option For The Poor, Vulnerable, Least, Last and Lost (POFTPV3L)
A basic moral test is how our most vulnerable members are faring. In a society marred by deepening divisions between rich and poor, our tradition recalls the story of the Last Judgment (Mt 25:31-46) and instructs us to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first. (USCCB)
Sirach 4:1-10
Don’t delay giving to those in need.
Preferential Option For The Poor, Vulnerable, Least, Last and Lost (POFTPV3L)
A basic moral test is how our most vulnerable members are faring. In a society marred by deepening divisions between rich and poor, our tradition recalls the story of the Last Judgment (Mt 25:31-46) and instructs us to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first. (USCCB)
The needs of the poor take priority over the desires of the rich; the rights of workers over the maximization of profits; the preservation of the environment over uncontrolled industrial expansion; the production to meet social needs over production for military purposes. (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Economic Justice for All, no. 94)
Preferential Option For The Poor, Vulnerable, Least, Last and Lost (POFTPV3L)
A basic moral test is how our most vulnerable members are faring. In a society marred by deepening divisions between rich and poor, our tradition recalls the story of the Last Judgment (Mt 25:31-46) and instructs us to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first. (USCCB)
Matthew 25:34-40
What you do for the least among you, you do for Jesus.
Preferential Option For The Poor, Vulnerable, Least, Last and Lost (POFTPV3L)
A basic moral test is how our most vulnerable members are faring. In a society marred by deepening divisions between rich and poor, our tradition recalls the story of the Last Judgment (Mt 25:31-46) and instructs us to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first. (USCCB)
Therefore everyone has the right to possess a sufficient amount of the earth’s goods for themselves and their family. This has been the opinion of the Fathers and Doctors of the church, who taught that people are bound to come to the aid of the poor and to do so not merely out of their superfluous goods. Persons in extreme necessity are entitled to take what they need from the riches of others.
The Candle and Butterfly 