Mark 1, 12-15 +
CSDC and CV
CV 63a. No consideration of the problems associated with development could
fail to highlight the direct link between poverty and unemployment. In
many cases, poverty results from a violation of the dignity of human work,
either because work opportunities are limited (through unemployment or
underemployment), or “because a low value is put on work and the rights that
flow from it, especially the right to a just wage and to the personal security
of the worker and his or her family” [143]. For this
reason, on 1 May 2000 on the occasion of the Jubilee of Workers, my venerable
predecessor Pope John Paul II issued an appeal for “a global coalition in
favour of decent work” [144], supporting the strategy of the International
Labour Organization. In this way, he gave a strong moral impetus to this
objective, seeing it as an aspiration of families in every country of the
world.
Notes: [143] John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Laborem Exercens, 8: loc. cit., 594-598. [144] Jubilee of Workers, Greeting after Mass, 1
May 2000.
Social Weeks: emerging problems and identification of new operative approaches
CSDC 532b. The “Social Weeks” of Catholics that the
Magisterium has always encouraged are important examples of formational
opportunities. They represent
privileged moments for the expression and growth of the lay faithful, who are
then capable of making their specific high-level contribution to the temporal
order. Various countries find that these Weeks are veritable cultural
laboratories for the exchange of reflections and experiences, the study of
emerging problems and the identification of new operative approaches.
(Mk 1, 12-15) This is the time of fulfillment
[12] At once the
Spirit drove him out into the desert, [13] and he remained in the desert for
forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels
ministered to him. [14] After John had been arrested, Jesus came to Galilee
proclaiming the gospel of God: [15] "This is the time of fulfillment. The
kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel."
CSDC 41. Personal and social life, as well as
human action in the world, is always threatened by sin. Jesus Christ,
however, “by suffering for us ... not only gave us an example so that we might
follow in His footsteps, but He also opened up a way. If we follow this path,
life and death are made holy and acquire a new meaning”[41]. Christ's disciple
adheres, in faith and through the sacraments, to Jesus' Paschal Mystery, so
that his old self, with its evil inclinations, is crucified with Christ.
As a new creation he is then enabled by grace to “walk in newness of life” (Rom
6:4). This “holds true not for Christians alone but also for all people of
good will in whose hearts grace is active invisibly. For since Christ died for
all, and since all men are in fact called to one and the same destiny, which is
divine, we must hold that the Holy Spirit offers to all the possibility of
being made partners, in a way known to God, in the Paschal Mystery”[42].
Notes: [41] Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et
Spes, 22: AAS 58 (1966), 1043. [42] Second Vatican Ecumenical
Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 22: AAS 58
(1966), 1043.
[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)]
