Monday, April 21, 2014
Matthew 28, 11-15 + CSDC and CV
(CV 4e) These
situations are symptomatic of scant confidence in the future and moral
weariness. It is thus becoming a social and even economic necessity once more
to hold up to future generations the beauty of marriage and the family, and the
fact that these institutions correspond to the deepest needs and dignity of the
person. In view of this, States are called to enact policies promoting the
centrality and the integrity of the family founded on marriage between a
man and a woman, the primary vital cell of society[112],
and to assume responsibility for its economic and fiscal needs, while
respecting its essentially relational character.
Notes: [112] Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical
Council, Decree on the Apostolate of Lay People Apostolicam Actuositatem, 11.
CSDC 522a. In her
social doctrine the Church offers above all an integral vision of man and a
complete understanding of his personal and social dimensions. Christian anthropology reveals the inviolable
dignity of every person and places the realities of work, economics and
politics into an original perspective that sheds light on authentic human
values while at the same time inspiring and sustaining the task of Christian
witness in the varied areas of personal, cultural and social life.
[11] While they were going, some of the guard went into
the city and told the chief priests all that had happened. [12] They assembled
with the elders and took counsel; then they gave a large sum of money to the
soldiers, [13] telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came by night
and stole him while we were asleep.' [14] And if this gets to the ears of the
governor, we will satisfy (him) and keep you out of trouble." [15] The
soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has
circulated among the Jews to the present (day).
CSDC 382. When human authority goes beyond the limits
willed by God, it makes itself a deity and demands absolute submission; it
becomes the Beast of the Apocalypse, an image of the power of the imperial
persecutor “drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of
Jesus” (Rev 17:6). The Beast is served by the “false prophet” (Rev 19:20), who,
with beguiling signs, induces people to adore it. This vision is a prophetic
indication of the snares used by Satan to rule men, stealing his way into their
spirit with lies. But Christ is the Victorious Lamb who, down the course of
human history, overcomes every power that would make it absolute. Before such a
power, Saint John suggests the resistance of the martyrs; in this way,
believers bear witness that corrupt and satanic power is defeated, because it
no longer has any authority over them.
[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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