Saturday, June 14, 2014
Mark 9, 38-41 + CSDC and CV
Mark 9, 38-41 +
CSDC and CV
CV 1b. Charity, in
fact, “rejoices in the truth” (1 Cor 13:6). All people feel the interior
impulse to love authentically: love and truth never abandon them completely,
because these are the vocation planted by God in the heart and mind of every
human person. The search for love and truth is purified and liberated by Jesus
Christ from the impoverishment that our humanity brings to it, and he reveals
to us in all its fullness the initiative of love and the plan for true life
that God has prepared for us. In Christ, charity in truth becomes the
Face of his Person, a vocation for us to love our brothers and sisters in the
truth of his plan. Indeed, he himself is the Truth (cf. Jn 14:6).
CSDC 3. To the people of our time, her travelling
companions, the Church also offers her social doctrine. In fact, when the
Church “fulfils her mission of proclaiming the Gospel, she bears witness to
man, in the name of Christ, to his dignity and his vocation to the communion of
persons. She teaches him the demands of justice and peace in conformity with
divine wisdom”[3]. This doctrine has its own profound unity, which flows
from Faith in a whole and complete salvation, from Hope in a fullness of
justice, and from Love which makes all mankind truly brothers and sisters in
Christ: it is the expression of God's love for the world, which he so loved
“that he gave his only Son” (Jn 3:16). The new law of love embraces the
entire human family and knows no limits, since the proclamation of the
salvation wrought by Christ extends “to the ends of the earth” (Acts 1:8).
Notes: [3] Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2419.
[38] John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone
driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does
not follow us." [39] Jesus replied, "Do not prevent him. There is no
one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of
me. [40] For whoever is not against us is for us. [41] Anyone who gives you a
cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will
surely not lose his reward.
CSDC 54. Jesus Christ reveals to us that “God is
love” (1 Jn 4:8) and he
teaches us that “the fundamental law of human perfection, and consequently of
the transformation of the world, is the new commandment of love. He
assures those who trust in the love of God that the way of love is open to all
people and that the effort to establish a universal brotherhood will not be in
vain”[66]. This law is called to become the ultimate measure and rule of every
dynamic related to human relations. In short, it is the very mystery of God,
Trinitarian Love, that is the basis of the meaning and value of the person, of
social relations, of human activity in the world, insofar as humanity has
received the revelation of this and a share in it through Christ in his Spirit.
Notes: [66] Second
Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes, 38: AAS
58 (1966), 1055-1056.
[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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