Friday, June 13, 2014
Mark 9, 33-37 + CSDC and CV
Mark 9, 33-37 +
CSDC and CV
CV 1a. Charity in truth, to which Jesus Christ bore
witness by his earthly life and especially by his death and resurrection, is
the principal driving force behind the authentic development of every person
and of all humanity. Love — caritas — is an extraordinary force which
leads people to opt for courageous and generous engagement in the field of
justice and peace. It is a force that has its origin in God, Eternal Love and
Absolute Truth. Each person finds his good by adherence to God's plan for him,
in order to realize it fully: in this plan, he finds his truth, and through
adherence to this truth he becomes free (cf. Jn 8:32). To defend the truth, to
articulate it with humility and conviction, and to bear witness to it in life
are therefore exacting and indispensable forms of charity.
CSDC 578. The Church teaches men and women that God
offers them the real possibility of overcoming evil and attaining good. The
Lord has redeemed mankind “bought with a price” (1 Cor 6:20). The meaning and
basis of the Christian commitment in the world are founded on this certainty,
which gives rise to hope despite the sin that deeply marks human history. The
divine promise guarantees that the world does not remain closed in upon itself
but is open to the Kingdom of God. The Church knows the effects of “the mystery
of lawlessness” (2 Thes 2:7), but she also knows that “there exist in the human
person sufficient qualities and energies, a fundamental ‘goodness' (cf. Gen
1:31), because he is the image of the Creator, placed under the redemptive
influence of Christ, who ‘united himself in some fashion with every man', and
because the efficacious action of the Holy Spirit ‘fills the earth' (Wis
1:7)”[1214].
Notes: [1214] John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Sollicitudo Rei Socialis,
47: AAS 80 (1988), 580.
[33] They came to Capernaum and, once inside the house,
he began to ask them, "What were you arguing about on the way?" [34]
But they remained silent. They had been discussing among themselves on the way
who was the greatest. [35] Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to
them, "If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the
servant of all." [36] Taking a child he placed it in their midst, and
putting his arms around it he said to them, [37] "Whoever receives one child
such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me
but the one who sent me."
CSDC 244. The Church's social doctrine constantly points
out the need to respect the dignity of children. “In the family, which is a community of
persons, special attention must be devoted to the children by developing a
profound esteem for their personal dignity, and a great respect and generous
concern for their rights. This is true for every child, but it becomes all the
more urgent the smaller the child is and the more it is in need of everything,
when it is sick, suffering or handicapped”[554]. The rights of children must
be legally protected within juridical systems. In the first place, it is
necessary that the social value of childhood be publicly recognized in all
countries: “No country on earth, no political system can think of its own
future otherwise than through the image of these new generations that will
receive from their parents the manifold heritage of values, duties and
aspirations of the nation to which they belong and of the whole human
family”[555]. The first right of the child is to “be born in a real
family”[556], a right that has not always been respected and that today is
subject to new violations because of developments in genetic technology.
Notes: [554] John Paul II, Apostolic
Exhortation Familiaris Consortio, 26: AAS 74 (1982), 111-112. [555]
John Paul II, Address to the General
Assembly of the United Nations (2 October 1979), 21: AAS 71 (1979),
1159; cf. John Paul II, Message to the
Secretary-General of the United Nations on the occasion of the World Summit for
Children (22 September 1990): AAS 83 (1991), 358-361. [556] John
Paul II, Address to the Committee of
European Journalists for the Rights of the Child (13 January 1979): L'Osservatore
Romano, English edition, 22 January 1979, p. 5.
[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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