Thursday, June 26, 2014
Mark 11,20-26 + CSDC and CV
Mark 11,20-26 +
CSDC and CV
CV 7a. Another important consideration is the common
good. To love someone is to desire that person's good and to take effective
steps to secure it. Besides the good of the individual, there is a good that is
linked to living in society: the common good. It is the good of “all of us”,
made up of individuals, families and intermediate groups who together
constitute society [4]. It is a good that is sought not
for its own sake, but for the people who belong to the social community and who
can only really and effectively pursue their good within it. To desire the
common good and strive towards it is a requirement of justice and
charity.
Notes: [4] Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral
Constitution on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium et Spes, 26.
CSDC 11b. The lay faithful, who seek the
Kingdom of God “by engaging in temporal affairs and directing them according to
God's will”[11], will find in it enlightenment for their own specific mission. Christian
communities will be able to look to this document for assistance in analyzing
situations objectively, in clarifying them in the light of the unchanging words
of the Gospel, in drawing principles for reflection, criteria for judgment and
guidelines for action[12].
Notes: [11]
Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution Lumen Gentium,
31: AAS 57 (1965), 37. [12] Cf. Paul VI, Apostolic Letter Octogesima
Adveniens, 4: AAS 63 (1971), 403.
[20] Early in the morning, as they were walking along,
they saw the fig tree withered to its roots. [21] Peter remembered and said to
him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered." [22]
Jesus said to them in reply, "Have faith in God. [23] Amen, I say to you,
whoever says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does
not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it shall be
done for him. [24] Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer,
believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours. [25] When you stand to
pray, forgive anyone against whom you have a grievance, so that your heavenly
Father may in turn forgive you your transgressions." [26].
CSDC 546. The lay faithful must strengthen their
spiritual and moral lives, becoming ever more competent in carrying out their
social duties. A deepening of
interior motivations and the acquisition of a style appropriate for their work
in the social and political spheres are the results of a dynamic and ongoing
formation directed above all to the attainment of harmony between life, in all
its complexity, and faith. In the experience of believers, in fact, “there
cannot be two parallel lives in their existence: on the one hand, the so-called
‘spiritual' life, with its values and demands; and on the other, the so-called
‘secular' life, that is, life in a family, at work, in social relationships, in
the responsibilities of public life and in culture”[1145]. Bringing faith
and life together requires following the path judiciously indicated by the
characteristic elements of Christian living: the Word of God as a reference
point; the liturgical celebration of the Christian Mystery; personal prayer;
the authentic experience of Church enhanced by the particular formational
services of discerning spiritual guides; the exercise of the social virtues and
a persevering commitment to cultural and professional formation.
Notes: [1145] John Paul II,
Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Christifidelis Laici, 59: AAS 81
(1989), 509.
[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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