Friday, May 4, 2018
Youcat commented through CCC – Question n. 465 – Part III.
(Youcat
answer - repeated) A Christian must learn to distinguish reasonable desires
from those that are unreasonable and unjust and to acquire an interior attitude
of respect for other people’s property.
A deepening through CCC
(CCC
2537) It is not a
violation of this commandment to desire to obtain things that belong to one's
neighbor, provided this is done by just means. Traditional catechesis
realistically mentions "those who have a harder struggle against their
criminal desires" and so who "must be urged the more to keep this
commandment":… merchants who desire scarcity and rising prices, who cannot
bear not to be the only ones buying and selling so that they themselves can
sell more dearly and buy more cheaply; those who hope that their peers will be
impoverished, in order to realize a profit either by selling to them or buying
from them… physicians who wish disease to spread; lawyers who are eager for
many important cases and trials (Roman
Catechism, III, 37). 2537
Reflecting and meditating
(Youcat comment) Covetousness leads to greed, avarice, theft,
robbery and fraud, violence and injustice, envy and immoderate desires to own
what belongs to others.
(CCC Comment)
(CCC
2552) The tenth
commandment forbids avarice arising from a passion for riches and their
attendant power.
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