Thursday, May 22, 2014
Mark 5, 35-43 + CSDC and CV
Mark 5, 35-43 +
CSDC and CV
CV 73a. Linked to technological development is the
increasingly pervasive presence of the means of social communications.
It is almost impossible today to imagine the life of the human family without
them. For better or for worse, they are so integral a part of life today that
it seems quite absurd to maintain that they are neutral — and hence unaffected
by any moral considerations concerning people. Often such views, stressing the
strictly technical nature of the media, effectively support their subordination
to economic interests intent on dominating the market and, not least, to
attempts to impose cultural models that serve ideological and political
agendas.
CSDC 568b. When reality is the subject of careful
attention and proper interpretation, concrete and effective choices can be
made. However, an absolute value must never be attributed to these choices
because no problem can be solved once and for all. “Christian faith has never
presumed to impose a rigid framework on social and political questions,
conscious that the historical dimension requires men and women to live in
imperfect situations, which are also susceptible to rapid change”[1189].
Notes: [1189] Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith, Doctrinal Note on Some Questions Regarding the
Participation of Catholics in Political Life (24 November 2002), 7:
Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Vatican City 2002, pp. 15-16.
[35] While he was still speaking, people from the
synagogue official's house arrived and said, "Your daughter has died; why
trouble the teacher any longer?" [36] Disregarding the message that was
reported, Jesus said to the synagogue official, "Do not be afraid; just
have faith." [37] He did not allow anyone to accompany him inside except
Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. [38] When they arrived at the
house of the synagogue official, he caught sight of a commotion, people weeping
and wailing loudly. [39] So he went in and said to them, "Why this
commotion and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep." [40] And they
ridiculed him. Then he put them all out. He took along the child's father and
mother and those who were with him and entered the room where the child was.
[41] He took the child by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum,"
which means, "Little girl, I say to you, arise!" [42] The girl, a
child of twelve, arose immediately and walked around. (At that) they were utterly
astounded. [43] He gave strict orders that no one should know this and said
that she should be given something to eat.
CSDC 455. Not only is the inner man made whole once more,
but his entire nature as a corporeal being is touched by the redeeming power of
Christ. The whole of creation participates in the renewal flowing from the
Lord's Paschal Mystery,
although it still awaits full liberation from corruption, groaning in travail
(cf. Rom 8:19-23), in expectation of giving birth to “a new heaven and a
new earth” (Rev 21:1) that are the gift of the end of time, the
fulfilment of salvation. In the meantime, nothing stands outside this
salvation. Whatever his condition of life may be, the Christian is called to
serve Christ, to live according to his Spirit, guided by love, the principle of
a new life, that brings the world and man back to their original destiny:
“whether ... the world or life or death or the present or the future, all are
yours; and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's” (1 Cor 3:22-23).
[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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