Saturday, March 15, 2014
Matthew 23, 33-39 + CSDC and CV
(CV 36c) The
Church's social doctrine holds that authentically human social relationships of
friendship, solidarity and reciprocity can also be conducted within economic
activity, and not only outside it or “after” it. The economic sphere is neither
ethically neutral, nor inherently inhuman and opposed to society. It is part
and parcel of human activity and precisely because it is human, it must be
structured and governed in an ethical manner.
CSDC 104c. For these reasons, this social doctrine
has arisen and developed an “updated doctrinal ‘corpus' ... [that] builds up
gradually, as the Church, in the fullness of the word revealed by Christ Jesus
and with the assistance of the Holy Spirit (cf. Jn 14:16,26; 16:13-15),
reads events as they unfold in the course of history”[196].
Notes: [196] John
Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 1: AAS 80
(1988), 514; cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2422.
[33] You serpents, you brood of vipers, how can you flee
from the judgment of Gehenna? [34] Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets
and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, some of them
you will scourge in your synagogues and pursue from town to town, [35] so that
there may come upon you all the righteous blood shed upon earth, from the
righteous blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Barachiah, whom
you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar. [36] Amen, I say to you, all
these things will come upon this generation. [37] "Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how many times I yearned
to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her young under her wings,
but you were unwilling! [38] Behold, your house will be abandoned, desolate.
[39] I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, 'Blessed is he who
comes in the name of the Lord.'"
CSDC 530. In the context of catechesis above all it is
important that the teaching of the Church's social doctrine be directed towards
motivating action for the evangelization and humanization of temporal
realities. Through this
doctrine, in fact, the Church expresses a theoretical and practical knowledge
that gives support to the commitment of transforming social life, helping it to
conform ever more fully to the divine plan. Social catechesis aims at the
formation of men and women who, in their respect for the moral order, are lovers
of true freedom, people who “will form their own judgments in the light of
truth, direct their activities with a sense of responsibility, and strive for
what is true and just in willing cooperation with others”.[1127] The witness
of a Christian life has an extraordinary formative value: “In particular
the life of holiness which is resplendent in so many members of the People
of God, humble and often unseen, constitutes the simplest and most attractive
way to perceive at once the beauty of truth, the liberating force of God's
love, and the value of unconditional fidelity to all the demands of the Lord's
law, even in the most difficult circumstances”[1128].
Notes: [1127] Second Vatican
Ecumenical Council, Declaration Dignitatis Humanae, 8: AAS 58
(1966), 935. [1128] John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Vertatis Splendoris,
107: AAS 85 (1993), 1217.
[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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