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Thrival Rights Themes

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Survival Rights are those rights that are needed to live, such as food, shelter, and clothing (Pohle, “Themes of Catholic Social Teaching”). Thrival Rights are those rights that are needed to prosper in life and live to the level that God wants all humans to live at (Pohle, “Themes of Catholic Social Teaching”). Jesse is lacking thrival rights, like her education. Jesse is encountering Poverty of Spirit, because she is giving of herself like Christ did (Pohle, “Living the Good Life”). She assists her siblings before she helps herself. She has taken on the role of a mother for the sake of her family. In the Bible, Job 30: 25 states, “Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has not my soul grieved for the poor?” (New International Version). This passage reveals that all people who are troubled are the poor in our midst, and we should grieve for them. In most people and circumstances, feeling bad for someone usually leads to action, like helping in anyway possible. Jesse is troubled by not being able to be carefree like her friends and by knowing that she might not be able to attend college due to the needs of her family. We are called to …show more content…

Her home might not be a safe place due to low-quality housing that her family could afford or because it might be in an area of violence and crime, which would affect the Safety aspect (Pohle, “Breaking the Cycle of Poverty”). Jesse is most likely not being recognized for all that she does, which would affect her Esteem on Maslow’s Hierarchy (Pohle, “Breaking the Cycle of Poverty”). Finally, she would not be living up to her highest potential is she was unable to go to college, which would affect the top of the pyramid, Self-Actualization (Pohle, “Breaking the Cycle of

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