Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Mark 5, 14-20 + CSDC and CV
Mark 5, 14-20 +
CSDC and CV
CV 72a. Even peace can run the risk of being
considered a technical product, merely the outcome of agreements between
governments or of initiatives aimed at ensuring effective economic aid. It is
true that peace-building requires the constant interplay of diplomatic
contacts, economic, technological and cultural exchanges, agreements on common
projects, as well as joint strategies to curb the threat of military conflict
and to root out the underlying causes of terrorism.
CSDC 567b. They must also reject all secret organizations
that seek to influence or subvert the functioning of legitimate institutions.
The exercise of authority must take on the character of service to be carried
out always in the context of moral law for the attainment of the common
good[1187]. Those who exercise political authority must see to it that the
energies of all citizens are directed towards the common good; and they are to
do so not in an authoritarian style but by making use of moral power sustained
in freedom.
Notes:
[1187] Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium
et Spes, 74: AAS 58 (1966), 1095-1097.
[14] The swineherds ran away and reported the incident in
the town and throughout the countryside. And people came out to see what had
happened. [15] As they approached Jesus, they caught sight of the man who had
been possessed by Legion, sitting there clothed and in his right mind. And they
were seized with fear. [16] Those who witnessed the incident explained to them
what had happened to the possessed man and to the swine. [17] Then they began
to beg him to leave their district. [18] As he was getting into the boat, the
man who had been possessed pleaded to remain with him. [19] But he would not
permit him but told him instead, "Go home to your family and announce to
them all that the Lord in his pity has done for you." [20] Then the man
went off and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him;
and all were amazed.
CSDC 575. In modern society, people are increasingly
experiencing a new need for meaning. “Man will always yearn to know, at least in an obscure way, what is the
meaning of his life, of his activity, of his death”[1206]. It is difficult to
meet the demands of building the future in a new context of an even more
complex and interdependent international relations that are also less and less
ordered and peaceful. Life and death seem to be solely in the hands of a
scientific and technological progress that is moving faster than man's ability
to establish its ultimate goals and evaluate its costs. Many phenomena indicate
instead that “the increasing sense of dissatisfaction with worldly goods which
is making itself felt among citizens of the wealthier nations is rapidly
destroying the treasured illusion of an earthly paradise. People are also becoming
more and more conscious of their rights as human beings, rights that are
universal and inviolable, and they are aspiring to more just and more human
relations”[1207].
Notes: [1206] Second Vatican
Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 41: AAS 58
(1966), 1059. [1207] John XXIII, Encyclical Letter Mater et Magistra:
AAS 53 (1961), 451.
[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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