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Rerum Novarum, title page (French version)- Internet Archive

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The Christian brothers
The Christian brothers are a group of people that respond to the needs of poor and less fortunate. The brothers use Edmund's writings and quotes to continue his legacy. There are many different Christian Brothers all over the world such as Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and England, etc. The Christian Brothers continue Edmund Rice's legacy by educating a young man in schools, helping the poor by providing food, shelter, and clothing and by spreading and having strong faith in God, prayers, scriptures and the bible.

Edmund Rice Schools
Edmund Rice schools seek to educate young man and women. The schools educate the students about the story of Edmund and try to help to continue his legacy. about the balance of charity and religion of Edmund Rice. These schools try and strive to offer education, charity, gospel spirituality and educate about the injustice of young men and women. Schools participate in the Edmund Rice foundation by donating to charity, supporting the less fortunate and helping disadvantaged groups in countries such as Australia.

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Edmund's Priestly, Prophetic & Kingly work of Jesus

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Edmund's Priestly, Prophetic & Kingly work of Jesus

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Throughout his lifetime Edmund Rice demonstrated all three concepts of Jesus. Edmund demonstrated the priestly work of Jesus by going to church/mass daily, he also taught young boys about the bible and ways of Jesus. Edmund made sacrifices by selling his expensive house to move into a two storey farm house to educate young boys. The prophetic work of Edmund Rice consisted of giving young unfortunate boys and education, he had to accept the fact that he couldn't help every single young boy but he could at least help some.  Edmund Rice's Kingly work consisted of influencing people to be charitable and help the less fortunate, Edmund also preached that Jesus and the bible are important and everyone should be educated on it.

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37. Rights must be religiously respected wherever they exist, and it is the duty of the public authority to prevent and too punish injury, and to protect every one in the possession of his own. Still, when there is question of defending the rights of individuals, the poor and badly off have a claim to especial consideration. The richer class have many ways of shielding themselves, and stand less in need of help from the State; whereas the mass of the poor have no resources of their own to fall back upon, and must chiefly depend upon the assistance of the State. And it is for this reason that wage-earners, since they mostly belong in the mass of the needy, should be specially cared for and protected by the government.

The Encyclical Rerum Novarum has many different key ideas but there are three specific ideas that relate to my reformers work. Helping the less fortunate is an obvious key idea but Edmund truely believed that charity was the way to a happy and successful life, Edmund would visit prisons and slums to provide food, shelter and clothing. Supporting the poor is a less obvious key idea to this text though it is similar to other key ideas Edmund specifically loved supporting people with through education, dignity and overall help. The last key idea includes respect, Edmund Rice was all about teaching about religion and respect for the less fortunate, because he had come from a poor family to a wealthy family he taught young boys that no matter how much you earn or don't everyone should be respected the same.

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Lord Jesus open our minds to the needs of our fellow men. Help us not to be selfish.
The Lord gave, the Lord taketh away, so blessed be his name for ever and ever.
In 1835 shortly before he passed away, Edmund Rice wrote to Brother John Patrick Corbett. This was written to show Edmund's faith to Jesus, he stated that "so blessed be his name for ever and ever" this meant that everything good or bad that happened god purposely made to happen and they need to open and accept that. The impact of this writing was that people would be more charitable to the less fortunate, which would help God in the process.

The world and everything in it is continually changing which proves to us that there is nothing permanent under the sun, and that perfect happiness is not to be expected but in another world!
Edmund Rice wrote to Mother Mary Knowd on All Souls' Day in 1813. This text was written to aware people that nothing is permanent and that all people you love can be gone in a second but through prayer and faith in God it can help you receive the best chance at happiness.  Through the impact of this prayer, people felt more gratitude for the things they love and they would deepen their love and faith in God.

One thing you can be sure of: that whilst you work for God, whether you succeed or not, he will amply reward you.
Edmund rice, in 1810 wrote to Bolger Bryan about the rewarding God. This quote from Edmund was to strengthens the average and religious persons faith in God. The texts impact actually did what it was said to do deepen the love in GOD.

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If any of your kin fall into difficulty and become dependent on you, you shall support them; they shall live with you. Do not take interest in advance or otherwise make a profit from them, but fear your God; let your brother live with you.

How this prayer is significant to Edmund Rice's mission and work is because his mission was all about service, dignity, faith, and education, this prayer partially reached out as a prayer Edmund would be inspired by because he wanted to educate young men for the benefit of the community and themselves.

But love your enemies, do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return. Your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked.

Edmund Rice's mission and work are significant to this prayer because his work mainly consisted of charity and service, he would help educate young men and visit prisons and slums and provide shelter, clothing, and food and this directly links to this prayer.

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Matthew 25:31-45

The Judgment of the Nations

31 “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, 33 and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. 34 Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’

37 Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? 38 And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? 39 And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’

40 And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family,[a] you did it to me.’ 41 Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels; 42 for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’

44 Then they also will answer, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?’ 45 Then he will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.’

Biblical Criticism
The parable known as the judgement of nations was written by Matthew. The parable suggests that there are many rules and criteria to be welcome into God's kingdom but by helping others in God's kingdom it is helping God. The metaphor of the sheep and goats represents good and evil, the author describes this as the left and right hand. The left hand represents is the devil's hand this is because of an old story that all left-handers must be taught to write with their other hand otherwise they are a recreation of the devil. The right hand represents the good Catholics of God's kingdom such as Edmund Rice. The modern representation of this is that charity isn't just beneficial to the person you are gifting to, but yourself, the person and God and I believe Edmund realised this at a young age. Edmund Rice was all about the dignity, service, and education of men which is represented in the passage. During Edmund's life, he did lots of different charities and this possibly would be a scripture that Edmund would respect and use as inspiration.

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Biography-
Edmund Rice Education Australia. (2018). Edmund Rice. Retrieved from http://www.erea.edu.au/about-us/our-story/edmund-rice

Edmund Rice Centre. (2019). Who was Edmund Rice? Retrieved from https://www.erc.org.au/who_was_edmund_rice

The Edmund Rice Schools. (2019). Who is Edmund Rice? Retrieved from http://www.erst.ie/about-us/who-is-edmund-rice/

Unknown. (2019). Edmund-Rice-A-Short-Biography. Retrieved from http://erf.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Edmund-Rice-A-Short-Biography.pdf

Walsh, R. (2019). A short biography of Edmund Rice. Retrieved from http://www.ercrs.com.au/dloads/cms/A%20short%20biography%20of%20Blessed%20Edmund%20Rice.pdf

Biblical Criticism-

Matthew. (2019). Matthew 25:35-45. Retrieved from  https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+25%3A35-45&version=ESV

Prayers-
Global Network. (2019). Edmund Rice. Retrieved from http://www.edmundrice.net/edmund-rice/e-r-prayers/121-sayings-of-edmund

Writings-
Global Network. (2019). Edmund Rice. Retrieved from http://www.edmundrice.net/edmund-rice/e-r-prayers/121-sayings-of-edmund

Rerum Novarum-
POPE LEO XIII. (1891). RERUM NOVARUM. Retrieved from http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html

21st Century Edmund Rice-
Edmund Rice Education Australia. (2018). Edmund Rice. Retrieved from https://www.erea.edu.au/our-schools

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Edmund Rice blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice life began in 1762 (1st June) Callan, the south-eastern side of Ireland. Edmund and his fellow 8 siblings were born into a well-off Catholic farming family, like most other Catholics their only education source would be provided by their parents. Edmund received a limited but quality education, as young man Edmund decided to move to Waterford, where his knowledge was then expanded when he apprenticed for his uncle (Michael Rice). At the age of 23, Edmund inherited (1785) his uncle’s wealth and business, which he successfully ran. In 1785 Edmund married Mary Elliot at the age of 25, but after their 2 years of marriage she passed away just after they had their child, who was disabled. The death and birth of his daughter is what prompted his action to help educate the poor specifically boys education. In this mourning and devastating stage in his life he love in God deepened, he would attend church and mass daily, he even considered going into the religious lifestyle. Edmund would visit slums and prisons and helped form an association with providing shelter, food, and clothing. Edmund was 40 years old when he sold his business, and opened his first Christian school (1802) in Waterford. The school he opened provided education, clothing, food, and shelter for young boys living in poverty. When Edmunds faith and love in God deepened, he knew that he wanted to create a school containing education and knowledge on the bible. Edmund sold his house and moved into a two-story stable were boys were educated about prayer and basic school work. Edmund Rice created these schools for the dignity and oppressions of schoolboys in poverty. Later Edmund had opened 3 schools by 1807, he continued his legacy by doing charity for orphans and children in need. By this time, Edmund had formed a small group of companions called the Christian brothers who later opened schools all over the world (including Australia, India, England, etc.) In 1844 (29th August, 82 years) Edmund Rice passed away, he was buried at Mount Sion, though he had died his passion and mission for charity and dignity remained. On 6th October 1996, the pope officially beatified Edmund rice at  St. Peter's Square, Rome.
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