Chapter 2
John 2, 1-11 +
CSDC and CV
CV 67a In the face of the unrelenting growth of global interdependence, there is a
strongly felt need, even in the midst of a global recession, for a reform of
the United Nations Organization, and likewise of economic
institutions and international finance, so that the concept of the family
of nations can acquire real teeth. One also senses the urgent need to find
innovative ways of implementing the principle of the responsibility to
protect [146] and of giving poorer nations an effective voice in shared
decision-making. This seems necessary in order to arrive at a political, juridical
and economic order which can increase and give direction to international
cooperation for the development of all peoples in solidarity.
Notes: [146] Cf. Benedict XVI,
Address to the Members of the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization,
New York, 18 April 2008.
Creativity and cooperation are signs of the authentic concept of business competition
CSDC 343. Economic initiative is an expression of
human intelligence and of the necessity of responding to human needs in a
creative and cooperative fashion. Creativity and cooperation are signs of the
authentic concept of business competition: a “cumpetere”, that is, a seeking
together of the most appropriate solutions for responding in the best way to
needs as they emerge. The sense of responsibility that arises from free
economic initiative takes not only the form of an individual virtue required
for individual human growth, but also of a social virtue that is necessary for
the development of a community in solidarity. “Important virtues are involved
in this process, such as diligence, industriousness, prudence in undertaking
reasonable risks, reliability and fidelity in interpersonal relationships, as
well as courage in carrying out decisions which are difficult and painful but
necessary, both for the overall working of a business and in meeting possible
set-backs”.[718]
Notes: [718] John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 32: AAS
83 (1991), 833.
(Jn 2, 1-11) The importance and centrality of the family with regard to the person and society
[1] On the third day there was a wedding in Cana in
Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. [2] Jesus and his disciples were
also invited to the wedding. [3] When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus
said to him, "They have no wine." [4] (And) Jesus said to her,
"Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come."
[5] His mother said to the servers, "Do whatever he tells you." [6]
Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washings, each
holding twenty to thirty gallons. [7] Jesus told them, "Fill the jars with
water." So they filled them to the brim. [8] Then he told them, "Draw
some out now and take it to the headwaiter." So they took it. [9] And when
the headwaiter tasted the water that had become wine, without knowing where it
came from (although the servers who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter
called the bridegroom [10] and said to him, "Everyone serves good wine
first, and then when people have drunk freely, an inferior one; but you have
kept the good wine until now." [11] Jesus did this as the beginning of his
signs in Cana in Galilee and so revealed his glory, and his disciples began to
believe in him.
CSDC 209. The
importance and centrality of the family with regard to the person and society
is repeatedly underlined by Sacred Scripture. “It is not good that the man should be alone” (Gen 2:18). From the texts that
narrate the creation of man (cf. Gen 1:26-28, 2:7-24) there emerges how — in
God's plan — the couple constitutes “the first form of communion between
persons”[458]. Eve is created like Adam as the one who, in her otherness,
completes him (cf. Gen 2:18) in order to form with him “one flesh” (Gen 2:24;
cf. Mt 19:5-6) [459]. At the same time, both are involved in the work of
procreation, which makes them co-workers with the Creator: “Be fruitful and
multiply, and fill the earth” (Gen 1:28). The family is presented, in the
Creator's plan, as “the primary place of
‘humanization' for the person and society” and the “cradle of life and love”[460].
[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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