Friday, July 28, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 324 – Part II.
(Youcat answer - repeated) Every
society builds on a hierarchy of values that is put into practice through
justice and love.
A
deepening through CCC
(CCC 1888) It is necessary, then, to appeal
to the spiritual and moral capacities of the human person and to the permanent
need for his inner conversion, so as
to obtain social changes that will really serve him. The acknowledged priority
of the conversion of heart in no way eliminates but on the contrary imposes the
obligation of bringing the appropriate remedies to institutions and living
conditions when they are an inducement to sin, so that they conform to the
norms of justice and advance the good rather than hinder it (Cf. LG 36).
Reflecting
and meditating
(Youcat comment) (Youcat
comment) No society can last unless
it is based on a clear orientation toward values that are reflected in a just
ordering of relationships and an active implementation of this justice. Thus
man may never made into a means to an end of social action. Every society needs
constant conversion from unjust structures. Ultimately this is accomplished
only by love, the greatest social commandment. It makes it respect others. It
demands justice. It makes conversion from inequitable condition possible.
(CCC
Comment)
(CCC 1889) Without the help of grace, men
would not know how "to discern the often narrow path between the cowardice
which gives in to evil, and the violence which under the illusion of fighting
evil only makes it worse" (CA 25). This is the path of charity, that is,
of the love of God and of neighbor. Charity is the greatest social commandment.
It respects others and their rights. It requires the practice of justice, and
it alone makes us capable of it. Charity inspires a life of self-giving:
"Whoever seeks to gain his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life
will preserve it" (Lk 17:33). (CCC 1896) Where sin has perverted the
social climate, it is necessary to call for the conversion of hearts and appeal
to the grace of God. Charity urges just reforms. There is no solution to the
social question apart from the Gospel (cf. CA 3, 5).
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