Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Matthew 1, 18-25 + CSDC and CV
(CV 1b) Each person finds his good by adherence to
God's plan for him, in order to realize it fully: in this plan, he finds his
truth, and through adherence to this truth he becomes free (cf. Jn 8:32). To
defend the truth, to articulate it with humility and conviction, and to bear
witness to it in life are therefore exacting and indispensable forms of
charity. Charity, in fact, “rejoices in the truth” (1 Cor 13:6).
CSDC 3. This doctrine has its own profound unity,
which flows from Faith in a whole and complete salvation, from Hope in a
fullness of justice, and from Love which makes all mankind truly brothers and
sisters in Christ: it is the expression of God's love for the world, which
he so loved “that he gave his only Son” (Jn 3:16). The new law of love
embraces the entire human family and knows no limits, since the proclamation of
the salvation wrought by Christ extends “to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
[18] Now this is
how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to
Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the
holy Spirit. [19] Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, 8 yet
unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. [20] Such was
his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream
and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife
into your home. For it is through the holy Spirit that this child has been
conceived in her. [21] She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins." [22] All this took place
to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: [23] "Behold, the
virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him
Emmanuel," which means "God is with us." [24) When Joseph awoke,
he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his
home. [25] He had no relations with her until she bore a son, 12 and he named
him Jesus.
CSDC 211. Enlightened by the radiance of the biblical
message, the Church considers the family as the first natural society, with
underived rights that are proper to it, and places it at the centre of social
life. Relegating the family
“to a subordinate or secondary role, excluding it from its rightful position in
society, would be to inflict grave harm on the authentic growth of society as a
whole”[462]. The family, in fact, is born of the intimate communion of life and
love founded on the marriage between one man and one woman[463]. It possesses
its own specific and original social dimension, in that it is the principal
place of interpersonal relationships, the first and vital cell of society[464].
The family is a divine institution that stands at the foundation of life of the
human person as the prototype of every social order.
Notes: [462] John Paul II, Letter to
Families Gratissimam Sane, 17: AAS 86 (1994), 906. [463] Cf.
Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes,
48: AAS 58 (1966), 1067-1069. [464] Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical
Council, Decree Apostolicam Actuositatem, 11: AAS 58 (1966), 848.
[Initials and Abbreviations - CSDC: Pontifical
Council for Justice And Peace, Compendium
of the Social Doctrine of the Church; - SDC:
Social Doctrine of the Church; - CV: Benedict XVI, Caritas in Veritate (Charity in truth)]
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