Thursday, March 19, 2015
John 21, 20-25 + CSDC and CV
John 21, 20-25 +
CSDC and CV
CV 18 b. The Christian vocation to development helps to
promote the advancement of all men and of the whole man. As Paul VI wrote:
“What we hold important is man, each man and each group of men, and we even
include the whole of humanity” [43]. In promoting
development, the Christian faith does not rely on privilege or positions of
power, nor even on the merits of Christians (even though these existed and
continue to exist alongside their natural limitations) [44],
but only on Christ, to whom every authentic vocation to integral human
development must be directed. The Gospel is fundamental for development,
because in the Gospel, Christ, “in the very revelation of the mystery of the
Father and of his love, fully reveals humanity to itself”[
45].
Notes: [43] Ibid.; cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 53-62: loc. cit., 859-867; Id.,
Encyclical Letter Redemptor Hominis (4 March 1979), 13-14: AAS 71 (1979), 282-286. [44] Cf. Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Populorum Progressio, 12: loc. cit., 262-263. [45] Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution
on the Church in the Modern World Gaudium
et Spes, 22. [43] Ibid.; cf. John Paul II, Encyclical Letter Centesimus Annus, 53-62: loc. cit., 859-867; Id.,
Encyclical Letter Redemptor Hominis (4 March 1979), 13-14: AAS 71 (1979), 282-286. [44] Cf.
Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Populorum
Progressio, 12: loc. cit.,
262-263. [45] Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Pastoral Constitution on the
Church in the Modern World Gaudium et
Spes, 22.
CSDC 550 b. The various specialized associations that
gather people together in the name of their Christian vocation and mission
within a particular professional or cultural field have a precious role to play
in forming mature Christians. For example, a Catholic association of doctors
forms those who belong to it through the exercise of discernment with regard to
the many problems that medical science, biology and other sciences place before
the professional competence of doctors, as well as before their personal
conscience and faith. The same could be also said of Catholic associations of
teachers, legal professionals, businessmen and women, workers, as well as
Catholic sports associations and ecological associations and so forth. In this
context, the Church's social doctrine shows that it is an effective means for
forming individual consciences and a country's culture.
[20] Peter turned and saw the
disciple following whom Jesus loved, the one who had also reclined upon his
chest during the supper and had said, "Master, who is the one who will
betray you?" [21] When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, "Lord, what
about him?" [22] Jesus said to him, "What if I want him to remain
until I come? What concern is it of yours? You follow me." [23] So the
word spread among the brothers that that disciple would not die. But Jesus had
not told him that he would not die, just "What if I want him to remain
until I come? (What concern is it of yours?)" [24] It is this disciple who
testifies to these things and has written them, and we know that his testimony
is true. [25] There are also many other things that Jesus did, but if these
were to be described individually, I do not think the whole world would contain
the books that would be written.
CSDC 547. The lay faithful should act according to the
dictates of prudence, the virtue that makes it possible to discern the true
good in every circumstance and to choose the right means for achieving it.
Thanks to this virtue, moral principles are applied correctly to particular
cases. We can identify three distinct moments as prudence is exercised to
clarify and evaluate situations, to inspire decisions and to prompt action. The
first moment is seen in the reflection and consultation by which the question
is studied and the necessary opinions sought. The second moment is that of
evaluation, as the reality is analyzed and judged in the light of God's plan.
The third moment, that of decision, is based on the preceding steps and
makes it possible to choose between the different actions that may be taken.
[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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