DILEXI TE TAKEAWAYS
"Homeless Jesus," Sculpture by Timothy Schmalz Gustavo Gutierrez, the father of liberation theology, expressed the idea that a gospel message that is not good news for the poor is not an authentic gospel at all. This is founded in the first appearance of Our Lord as he presents Himself, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free" (Luke 4:18). This explains the main objective of Jesus as he begins his public ministry. Therefore, it speaks a lot to his intention to go forth and extend his presence to the poor, captives, and the oppressed. In the first apostolic exhortation of Pope Leo XIV, here, he extended what his predecessor concluded to us in the wake of his life about God's human and divine love, which now extends to the poor who tells us: "I have loved you." ...