Sunday, May 25, 2014
Mark 6, 21-29 + CSDC and CV
Mark 6, 21-29 +
CSDC and CV
CV 74a. A particularly crucial battleground in
today's cultural struggle between the supremacy of technology and human moral
responsibility is the field of bioethics, where the very possibility of
integral human development is radically called into question. In this most
delicate and critical area, the fundamental question asserts itself
force-fully: is man the product of his own labours or does he depend on God? Scientific
discoveries in this field and the possibilities of technological intervention
seem so advanced as to force a choice between two types of reasoning: reason
open to transcendence or reason closed within immanence. We are presented with
a clear either/ or.
CSDC 569c In such situations certain fundamental criteria
are useful: the distinction and, simultaneously, the connection between the
legal order and the moral order; fidelity to one's own identity and, at the
same time, the willingness to engage in dialogue with all people; the need, in
the social judgment and activity of Christians, to refer to the observance of
three inseparable values — natural values, with respect for the legitimate autonomy
of temporal realities; moral values, promoting an awareness of the intrinsic
ethical dimension of every social and political issue; supernatural values, in
order to fulfil one's duty in the spirit of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
[21] She had an opportunity one day when Herod, on his
birthday, gave a banquet for his courtiers, his military officers, and the
leading men of Galilee. [22] Herodias's own daughter came in and performed a
dance that delighted Herod and his guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask
of me whatever you wish and I will grant it to you." [23] He even swore
(many things) to her, "I will grant you whatever you ask of me, even to
half of my kingdom." [24] She went out and said to her mother, "What
shall I ask for?" She replied, "The head of John the Baptist."
[25] The girl hurried back to the king's presence and made her request, "I
want you to give me at once on a platter the head of John the Baptist."
[26] The king was deeply distressed, but because of his oaths and the guests he
did not wish to break his word to her. [27] So he promptly dispatched an
executioner with orders to bring back his head. He went off and beheaded him in
the prison. [28] He brought in the head on a platter and gave it to the girl.
The girl in turn gave it to her mother. [29] When his disciples heard about it,
they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
CSDC 36. The pages of the first book of Sacred
Scripture, which describe the creation of man and woman in the image and
likeness of God (cf. Gen 1:26-27), contain a fundamental teaching with regard
to the identity and the vocation of the human person. They tell us that the
creation of man and woman is a free and gratuitous act of God; that man and
woman, because they are free and intelligent, represent the “thou” created by
God and that only in relationship with him can they discover and fulfil the
authentic and complete meaning of their personal and social lives; that in
their complementarities and reciprocity they are the image of Trinitarian Love
in the created universe; that to them, as the culmination of creation, the
Creator has entrusted the task of ordering created nature according to his
design (cf. Gen 1:28).
[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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