<p>This month, we are discussing love for the poor—the subject of Pope Leo XVI’s first Apostolic Exhortation <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20251004-dilexi-te.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"><em>Dilexi Te</em></a>. What does it mean that God ‘prefers’ the poor? How and why is our faith manifest in caring for those in poverty? Have we experienced  such charity as reciprocal? //</p><p>Our media recommendation is <a href="https://krollermuller.nl/en/vincent-van-gogh-the-good-samaritan-after-delacroix" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Vincent Van Gogh’s The Good Samaritan</a>. And our monthly challenge is to give alms, being attentive to spontaneous opportunities to do so. //</p><p>We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠[email protected]</a>⁠⁠ or find us on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pilgrimsoulpodcast/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠@pilgrimsoulpodcast⁠⁠</a>. Our website is <a href="https://www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com⁠⁠</a>. //</p><p>Other resources we mention:</p><ul><li>Fr. Luigi Giussani’s booklet “<a href="https://www.clonline.org/storage_files/18742/file_0_1663.pdf" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">The Meaning of Charitable Work</a>&quot;</li><li>The documentary “Outcasts” about the Franciscan Friars of Renewal (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63ZKn4QtqSU&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">trailer here</a>) //</li></ul><p>Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.” </p>