Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Matthew 5, 33-42 + CSDC and CV
(CV 6c) On the one hand, charity demands justice:
recognition and respect for the legitimate rights of individuals and peoples.
It strives to build the earthly city according to law and justice. On
the other hand, charity transcends justice and completes it in the logic of
giving and forgiving [3]. The earthly city is promoted
not merely by relationships of rights and duties, but to an even greater and
more fundamental extent by relationships of gratuitousness, mercy and
communion. Charity always manifests God's love in human relationships as well,
it gives theological and salvific value to all commitment for justice in the
world.
Notes: [3] Cf. John Paul II, Message
for the 2002 World Day of Peace: AAS
94 (2002), 132-140.
CSDC 12a. This
document is proposed also to the brethren of other Churches and Ecclesial
Communities, to the followers of other religions, as well as to all people of
good will who are committed to serving the common good: may they receive it
as the fruit of a universal human experience marked by countless signs of the
presence of God's Spirit. It is a treasury of things old and new (cf. Mt
13:52), which the Church wishes to share, in thanksgiving to God, from whom
comes “every good endowment and ever perfect gift” (Jas 1:17). It is a sign of
hope in the fact that religions and cultures today show openness to dialogue
and sense the urgent need to join forces in promoting justice, fraternity,
peace and the growth of the human person.
[33] "Again you have heard that it was said to your
ancestors, 'Do not take a false oath, but make good to the Lord all that you
vow.' [34] But I say to you, do not swear at all; not by heaven, for it is
God's throne; [35] nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem,
for it is the city of the great King. [36] Do not swear by your head, for you
cannot make a single hair white or black. [37] Let your 'Yes' mean 'Yes,' and
your 'No' mean 'No.' Anything more is from the evil one. [38] "You have
heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' [39] But I
say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on
(your) right cheek, turn the other one to him as well. [40] If anyone wants to
go to law with you over your tunic, hand him your cloak as well. [41] Should
anyone press you into service for one mile, 26 go with him for two miles. [42]
Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn your back on one who wants to
borrow.
CSDC 58. The complete
fulfilment of the human person, achieved in Christ through the gift of the
Spirit, develops in history and is mediated by personal relationships with
other people, relationships that in turn reach perfection thanks to the commitment
made to improve the world, in justice and peace. Human activity in history
is of itself significant and effective for the definitive establishment of the
Kingdom, although this remains a free gift of God, completely transcendent.
Such activity, when it respects the objective order of temporal reality and is
enlightened by truth and love, becomes an instrument for making justice and
peace ever more fully and integrally present, and anticipates in our own day
the promised Kingdom. Conforming himself to Christ the Redeemer, man
perceives himself as a creature willed by God and eternally chosen by him,
called to grace and glory in all the fullness of the mystery in which he has
become a sharer in Jesus Christ[69]. Being conformed to Christ and
contemplating his face [70] instil in Christians an irrepressible longing for a
foretaste in this world, in the context of human relationships, of what will be
a reality in the definitive world to come; thus Christians strive to give food,
drink, clothing, shelter, care, a welcome and company to the Lord who knocks at
the door (cf. Mt 25:35-37).
Notes: [69] Cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Redemptor
Hominis, 13: AAS 71 (1979), 283-284. [70] Cf. John Paul II,
Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte, 16-28: AAS 93 (2001),
276-285.
[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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