Blog #13

The assigned reading ends with a cliché message, “think globally, act locally” that basically sums up the whole chapter. The reading mentions two sets of ideas that focused on in catholic social teaching. The first one tells people that they have a moral obligation when dealing with world poverty. The second idea calls forth people who believe in resolving world poverty and their ideas to be closer to improvement. Both ideas help us understand the message “think globally, act locally”. By acknowledging your moral obligation the next step is to provide ideas that will make that difference. By thinking on a global scale, the motivation that is produced should be manifested into a local scale project to gradually make that change. The smallest act makes a difference and that is the message the reading is trying to push readers to understand in this section.