text: Catholics should be very, very concerned about the poor because Jesus was, and because he told us to be.  Charity is an expression of Christly love: "What you do for the least of your brethren, . . ."  But Jesus was no socialist, a point that escapes many Catholics who wear social justice on their sleeves.  Like Mr. Bindner, who said Jesus lived in order to end poverty.  Good grief!  I'd have done better to take my Catholicism from Fidel.  And of course you remember all the bumper stickers in 2008 that said, "Jesus was a community organizer"  . . . as though that fairly summed him up.  But please don't make the mistake of going to the other extreme and saying that the poor are only of passing interest to our Lord.