Sunday, September 14, 2014
Lk 10, 1-12 + CSDC and CV
Luke 10, 1-12 + CSDC and CV
CV 36b.
Admittedly, the market can be a negative force, not because it is so by nature,
but because a certain ideology can make it so. It must be remembered that the
market does not exist in the pure state. It is shaped by the cultural
configurations which define it and give it direction. Economy and finance, as
instruments, can be used badly when those at the helm are motivated by purely
selfish ends. Instruments that are good in themselves can thereby be
transformed into harmful ones. But it is man's darkened reason that produces
these consequences, not the instrument per se. Therefore it is not the
instrument that must be called to account, but individuals, their moral
conscience and their personal and social responsibility.
CSDC 141. In the diversity of cultures, the natural law unites peoples,
enjoining common principles. Although its
application may require adaptations to the many different conditions of life
according to place, time and circumstances,[270] it remains immutable
“under the flux of ideas and customs and supports their progress ... Even when
it is rejected in its very principles, it cannot be destroyed or removed from
the heart of man. It always rises again in the life of individuals and
societies”[271].Its precepts, however, are not clearly and immediately
perceived by everyone. Religious and moral truths can be known “by everyone
with facility, with firm certainty and without the admixture of error”[272]
only with the help of Grace and Revelation. The natural law offers a foundation
prepared by God for the revealed law and Grace, in full harmony with the work
of the Spirit[273].
Notes: [270] Cf. Catechism of the Catholic
Church, 1957. [271] Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1958. [272]
First Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dei Filius, c. 2: DS 3005, p. 588; cf.
Pius XII, Encyclical Letter Humani Generis: AAS 42 (1950), 562.
[273] Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1960.
1 After this the Lord appointed seventy
(-two) others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he
intended to visit. 2 He said to them, "The harvest is abundant but the
laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his
harvest. 3 Go on your way; behold, I am sending you like lambs among wolves. 4
Carry no money bag, no sack, no sandals; and greet no one along the way. 5 Into
whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace to this household.' 6 If a peaceful
person lives there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to
you. 7 Stay in the same house and eat and drink what is offered to you, for the
laborer deserves his payment. Do not move about from one house to another. 8
Whatever town you enter and they welcome you, eat what is set before you, 9
cure the sick in it and say to them, 'The kingdom of God is at hand for you.'
10 Whatever town you enter and they do not receive you, go out into the streets
and say, 11 'The dust of your town that clings to our feet, even that we shake
off against you.' Yet know this: the kingdom of God is at hand. 12 I tell you,
it will be more tolerable for Sodom on that day than for that town.
CSDC 47. The human
person, in himself and in his vocation, transcends the limits of the created
universe, of society and of history: his ultimate end is God himself[50], who has revealed himself to men in order to invite them and
receive them into communion with himself[51]. “Man cannot give himself to a
purely human plan for reality, to an abstract ideal or to a false utopia. As a
person, he can give himself to another person or to other persons, and
ultimately to God, who is the author of his being and who alone can fully
accept his gift”[52]. For this reason, “a man is alienated if he refuses to
transcend himself and to live the experience of self-giving and of the
formation of an authentic human community oriented towards his final destiny,
which is God. A society is alienated if its forms of social organization,
production and consumption make it more difficult to offer this gift of self
and to establish this solidarity between people”[53].
Notes: [50] Cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2244. [51] Cf. Second Vatican
Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum, 2: AAS 58
(1966), 818. [52] John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 41:
AAS 83 (1991), 844. [53] John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus
Annus, 41: AAS 83 (1991), 844-845.
[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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