Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 332 – Part II.
(Youcat answer - repeated) Christians
are committed to just societal structures. Part of this is universal access to
the material, intellectual, and spiritual goods of this world. Christians also
make sure that the dignity of human work is respected, which includes a just
wage. Handing on the faith is also an act of solidarity with all mankind.
A
deepening through CCC
(CCC 1940) Solidarity is manifested in the
first place by the distribution of goods and remuneration for work. It also
presupposes the effort for a more just social order where tensions are better
able to be reduced and conflicts more readily settled by negotiation.
Reflecting
and meditating
(Youcat comment) Solidarity is
the practical hallmark of a Christian. Practicing solidarity is not just a
command of reason. Jesus Christ, our Lord, identified completely with the poor
and the lowly (Mt 25:40). To refuse solidarity with them would be to reject
Christ.
(CCC
Comment)
(CCC 1941) Socio-economic problems can be
resolved only with the help of all the forms of solidarity: solidarity of the
poor among themselves, between rich and poor, of workers among themselves,
between employers and employees in a business, solidarity among nations and
peoples. International solidarity is a requirement of the moral order; world
peace depends in part upon this.
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