http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.ukJustice and Peace, Scotlanden-GBCopyright © 2011-2013 Justice & Peace Scotlandtaqthost-justiceandpeacescotland@taqt.co.uk The Kingdom of God becomes present above all in the celebration of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, which is the Lord's Sacrifice…All of us who take part in the Eucharist are called to discover, through this Sacrament, the profound meaning of our actions in the world in favour of development and peace; and to receive from it the strength to commit ourselves ever more generously, following the example of Christ, who in this Sacrament lays down his life for his friends (cf. Jn 15:13). Our personal commitment, like Christ's and in union with his, will not be in vain but certainly fruitful. Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, n48 Sat, 01 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=125http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=125 The Catholic social mission is also carried forward by believers who join unions, neighbourhood organisations, business groups, civic associations, the pro-life movement, groups working for justice, or environmental, civil rights or peace groups. It is advanced by Christians who stand up for the values of the Gospel. This mission is the task of countless Christians living their faith without much fanfare or recognition, who are quietly building a better society by their choices and actions day by day. They protect human life, defend those who are poor, seek the common good, work for peace, and promote human dignity. US Bishops, Everyday Christianity, 1998, Intro Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=124http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=124 “…it is only after the coming of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost that the apostles depart to all the ends of the earth in order to begin the great work of the Church’s evangelisation. … The Spirit who causes Peter, Paul and the twelve to speak, and who inspires the words that they are to utter, also comes down ‘on those who heard the word’.” Evangelii Nuntiandi, p.75.1 Sat, 18 May 2013 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=123http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=123 ‘When we attend to the needs of those in want, we give them what is theirs, not ours. More than performing works of mercy, we are paying a debt of justice’. The Council Fathers strongly recommended that this duty be fulfilled correctly, remembering that ‘what is already due in justice is not to be offered as a gift of charity’ Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, 184 Sat, 11 May 2013 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=122http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=122 “…The Holy Spirit is the soul of the Church. It is he who explains to the faithful the deep meaning of the teaching of Jesus and of his mystery. It is the Holy Spirit who, today just as at the beginning of the Church, acts in every evangeliser who allows himself to be possessed and led by him. The Holy Spirit places on his lips the words which he could not find by himself, and at the same time the Holy Spirit predisposes the soul of the hearer to be open and receptive to the good news and to the kingdom being proclaimed.” Evangelii Nuntiandi, 75.2 Sat, 04 May 2013 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=121http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=121 “…nation must meet nation, as brothers and sisters, as children of God. In this mutual understanding and friendship, in this sacred communion, we must also begin to work together to build the common future of the human race. We also urge men [and women] to explore concrete and practicable ways of organising and co-ordinating their efforts, so that available resources might be shared with others in this way genuine bonds between nations might be forged.” Populorum Progressio, p. 43 Sat, 27 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=120http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=120 “Yet another sign of love will be the effort to transmit to Christians,…certainties that are solid because they are anchored in the word of God. The faithful need these certainties for their Christian life; they have a right to them, as children of God who abandon themselves entirely into his arms and to the exigencies of love.” Evangelii Nuntiandi, p 79.4 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=119http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=119 “All of us who take part in the Eucharist are called to discover, through this sacrament, the profound meaning of our actions in the world in favour of development and peace and to receive from it the strength to commit ourselves ever more generously, following the example of Christ, who in this sacrament lays down his life for his friends (cf. Jn. 15:13)”. Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 48.5 Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=118http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=118 “A sign of love will be the concern to give the truth and to bring people into unity. Another sign of love will be a devotion to the proclamation of Jesus Christ, without reservation or turning back.” Evangelii Nuntiandi, p.79.1 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=117http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=117 “’When we have spread on earth the fruits of our nature and our enterprise – human dignity, fraternal communion and freedom – according to the command of the Lord and his Spirit, we will find them once again, cleansed this time from the stain of sin, illumined and transfigured, when Christ presents to his Father an eternal and universal kingdom.’” Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, p.48.1 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=116http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=116 “The Church…has a proper and specific responsibility which is identified with her mission of giving witness before the world of the need for love and justice contained in the gospel message, a witness to be carried out in church institutions themselves and in the lives of Christians.” Justice in the World, p.36 Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=115http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=115 “From all sides there rises a yearning for more justice and a desire for a better guaranteed peace in mutual respect among individuals and peoples.” Octagesimo Adveniens, p.2.2 Sun, 17 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=114http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=114 “Everyone knows that the fathers of the Church laid down the duty of the rich towards the poor in no uncertain terms. As St. Ambrose put it: ‘You are not making a gift of what is yours to the poor,…but you are giving him back what is his.’…No one may appropriate surplus goods solely for his own private use when others lack the bare necessities of life.” Populorum Progressio, p.23 Sun, 10 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=113http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=113 “Moreover, the good news of the kingdom which is coming and which has begun is meant for all people of all times.” Evangelii Nuntiandi, p.13 Sun, 03 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=112http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=112 “We especially urge Catholics living in developed nations to offer their skills and earnest assistance to public and private organisations, both civil and religious, working to solve the problems of developing nations.” Populorum Progressio, p.81 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=111http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=111 “Yet there are those who, while professing grand and rather noble sentiments, nevertheless in reality live always as if they cared nothing for the needs of society…..Others think little of the certain norms of social life, for example those designed for the protection of health…” Gaudium et Spes, p.30 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=110http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=110 “The Church invites all Christians to take up a double task of inspiring and of innovating, in order to make structures evolve, so as to adapt them to the real needs of today.” Octagesimo Adveniens, p.50 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=109http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=109 “It is not enough to recall principles, state intentions, point to crying injustices and utter prophetic denunciations; these words will lack real weight unless they are accompanied for each individual by a livelier awareness of personal responsibility and by effective action.” Octagesimo Adveniens, p.48.1 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=108http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=108 ‘…the church feels called to take her stand beside the poor, to discern the justice of their requests and to help satisfy them, without losing sight of the good of groups in the context of the common good.’ Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, p.39.1 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=107http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=107 ‘Today more than ever the word of God will be unable to be proclaimed and heard unless it is accompanied by the witness of the power of the Holy Spirit, working within the action of Christians in the service of their brothers and sisters, at the points in which their existence and their future are at stake.’ Octagesimo Adveniens, p.51.1 Sun, 20 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=106http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=106 With Baptism we become children of God in his only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ. Rising from the waters of the baptismal font, every Christian hears again the voice that was once heard on the banks of the River Jordan: ‘You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased’... With this spiritual anointing Christians can repeat in an individual way the words of Jesus: ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord’. John Paul II, Christifideles Laici, 11, 13 Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=105http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=105 ‘Action on behalf of justice and participation in the transformation of the world fully appear to us as a constitutive dimension of the preaching of the Gospel, or, in other words, of the Church’s mission for the redemption of the human race and its liberation from every oppressive situation.’ Justice in the World, p.6 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=104http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=104 ‘In our times a special obligation binds us to make ourselves the neighbour of every person without exception, and of actively helping him when he comes across our path, whether he be an old person abandoned by all, a foreign labourer unjustly looked down upon, a refugee, … or a hungry person who disturbs our conscience by recalling the voice of the Lord, ‘As long as you did it for one of the least of these, you did it for me’(Matt. 25:40).’ Gaudium et Spes, p.27.1 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=103http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=103 ‘Listening to the cry of those who suffer violence and are oppressed by unjust systems and structures…we have shared our awareness of the Church’s vocation to be present in the heart of the world, by proclaiming the good news to the poor, freedom to the oppressed, and joy to the afflicted.’ Justice in the World, p.5 Tue, 25 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=102http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=102 ‘…may Christ inflame the desires of all…to break through the barriers which divide them, to strengthen the bonds of mutual love, to learn to understand one another, and to pardon those who have done them wrong. Through his power and inspiration may all peoples welcome each other to their hearts…, and may the peace they long for ever flower and ever reign among them.’ Pacem in Terris, p.171 Sun, 23 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=101http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=101 ‘Today…this love of preference for the poor and the decisions which it inspires in us, cannot but embrace the immense multitudes of the hungry, the needy, the homeless, those without medical care and, above all, those without hope of a better future.’ Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, p.42.3 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=100http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=100 ‘Let Christians therefore be convinced that they will yet find the fruits of their own nature and effort cleansed of all impurities in the new earth which God is now preparing for them, and in which there will be the kingdom of justice and love, a kingdom which will be fully perfected when the Lord will come himself.’ Justice in the World, p.75 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=99http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=99 ‘According to St. Paul, the whole of the Christian life is summed up in faith effecting that love and service of neighbour which involved the fulfilment of the demands of justice.’ Justice in the World, p.33 Sun, 02 Dec 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=98http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=98 ‘Hope in the coming kingdom is already beginning to take root in the hearts of men and women. The radical transformation of the world in the paschal mystery of the Lord gives full meaning to the efforts of men and women, and in particular of the young, to lessen injustice, violence and hatred and to advance all together in justice, freedom, brotherhood and love.’ Justice in the World, 76 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=97http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=97 ‘May the day come when international relationships will be characterised by respect and friendship, when mutual co-operation will be the hallmark of collaborative efforts, and when concerted effort for the betterment of all nations will be regarded as a duty by every nation.’ Populorum Progressio, 65 Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=96http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=96 ‘We cannot proceed to increase the wealth and power of the rich while we entrench the needy in their poverty and add to the woes of the oppressed.’ Populorum Progressio, p.33 Sun, 11 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=95http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=95 ‘…[our] response to the love of God, saving us through Christ, is shown to be effective in [our] love and service of men. Christian love of neighbour and justice cannot be separated. For love implies an absolute demand for justice, namely a recognition of the dignity and rights of one’s neighbour.’ Justice in the World, p.34. Sun, 04 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=94http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=94 ‘Out of regard for Christ…the Church cannot remain insensible to whatever serves man’s true welfare, any more than she can remain indifferent to what threatens it.’ Redemptor Hominis, 13.1 Sat, 27 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=93http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=93 ‘In [Christ’s] preaching he proclaimed the fatherhood of God towards all and the intervention of God’s justice on behalf of the needy and the oppressed (Luke 6:21-23). In this way he identified himself with his ‘least brethren’, as he stated: ‘As you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me’ (Matt. 25:40).’ Justice in the World, 31 Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=92http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=92 ‘Thus the exclusive pursuit of material possessions prevent man’s growth as a human being and stands in opposition to his true grandeur. Avarice, in individuals and in nations, is the most obvious form of stultified moral development.’ Populorum Progressio, 19 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=91http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=91 ‘Thus the family, in which the various generations come together and help one another grow wiser and harmonise personal rights with the other requirements of social life, is the foundation of society.’ Gaudium et Spes, 52.1 Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=90http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=90 ‘The gap between most of the richest countries and the poorest ones is not diminishing or being stabilised, but is increasing more and more to the detriment, obviously, of the poor countries.’ Laborem Exercens, 17.2 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=89http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=89 ‘The freedom with which Christ has set us free encourages us to become the servants of all. Thus the process of development and liberation takes concrete shape in the exercise of solidarity, that is to say, in the love and service of neighbour, especially of the poorest:’ Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 46.6 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=88http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=88 Thus, far from thinking that works produced by human talent and energy are in opposition to God's power, and that the rational creature exists as a kind of rival to the Creator, Christians are convinced that the triumphs of the human race are a sign of God's grace and the flowering of His own mysterious design. For the greater human power becomes, the farther individual and community responsibility extends. Hence it is clear that people are not deterred by the Christian message from building up the world, or impelled to neglect the welfare of their fellows, but that they are rather more stringently bound to do these very things. Gaudium et Spes, n34 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=87http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=87 ‘The Church directs her attention to these new ‘poor’ – the handicapped and the maladjusted, the old, different groups of those on the fringe of society, and so on – in order to recognize them, help them, defend their place and dignity in a society hardened by competition and the attraction of success.’ Octagesimo Adveniens Sat, 08 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=86http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=86 ‘The Church as received from Christ the mission of preaching the gospel message, which contains a call to all to turn away from sin to the love of the Father, universal brotherhood and a consequent demand for justice in the world. This is the reason why the Church has the right, indeed the duty, to proclaim justice on the social, national and international level, and to denounce instances of injustice, when the fundamental rights of men and women and their very salvation demand it.’ Justice in the World, 36 Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=85http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=85 ‘It is to all Christians that we address a fresh and insistent call to action…’Laypeople should take up as their own proper task the renewal of the temporal order. If the role of the hierarchy is to teach and to interpret authentically the norms of morality to be followed in this matter, it belongs to the laity, without waiting passively for offers and directives, to take the initiative freely and to infuse a Christian spirit into the mentality, customs, laws and structures of the community in which they live’.’ Octagesimo Adveniens, 48.1 Sat, 25 Aug 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=84http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=84 ‘Beyond human and natural bonds…there is discerned in the light of faith a new model of the unity of the human race, which must ultimately inspire our solidarity. This supreme model of unity, which is a reflection of the intimate life of God, one God in three Persons, is what we Christians mean by the word communion .’ Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 40.2 Sat, 18 Aug 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=83http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=83 ‘Human society…demands that all be guided by justice, respect the rights of others and do their duty. It demands, too that they be animated by such love as will make them feel the needs of others as their own, and induce them to share their goods with others, and to strive in the world to make all alike heirs to the noblest of intellectual and spiritual values.’ Pacem in Terris, 35 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=82http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=82 ‘Thus the Lord unites us with himself through the eucharist – sacrament and sacrifice – and he unites us with himself and with one another by a bond stronger than any natural union; and thus united, he sends us into the whole world to bear witness through faith and works to God’s love, preparing the coming of his kingdom and anticipating it.’ Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 48.4 Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=81http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=81 ‘The purpose of this [pontifical] commission is ‘to awaken in the people of God full awareness of their mission today. In this way they can further the progress of poorer nations and international social justice, as well as help less developed nations to contribute to their own development.’ The name of this commission, Justice and Peace, aptly describes its programme and its goal. We are sure that all people of good will will want to join our fellow Catholics and fellow Christians in carrying out this programme.’ Populorum Progressio, 5 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=80http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=80 ‘The goal of peace, so desired by everyone, will certainly be achieved through the putting into effect of social and international justice, but also through the practice of the virtues which favour togetherness and which teach us to live in unity, so as to build in unity, by giving and receiving a new society and a better world.’ Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 39.9 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=79http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=79‘[the Church] is trying more and more to encourage large numbers of Christians to devote themselves to the liberation of all. She is providing these Christian ‘liberators’ with the inspiration of faith, the motivation of fraternal love, a social teaching which the true Christian cannot ignore and which he must make the foundation of his wisdom and of his experience in order to translate it concretely into forms of action, participation and commitment. All this must characterise the spirit of a committed Christian.’Sat, 14 Jul 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=78http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=78 ‘We cannot in truthfulness call upon that God who is the father of all if we refuse to act in a brotherly way towards certain people, created in God’s image. One’s relationship with God the Father and his relationship with his brothers and sisters are so linked together that scripture says: ‘he who does not love does not know God’ (1 John 4:8).’ Octagesimo Adveniens, 17.2 Sat, 07 Jul 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=77http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=77 Only love can completely transform the human person. Such a transformation does not mean the earthly dimension in a disembodied spirituality. Those who think they can live the supernatural virtue of love without taking into account its corresponding natural foundations, which includes justice, deceive themselves. 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. Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church, n583 Sat, 30 Jun 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=76http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=76 The Bible, from the first page on, teaches us that the whole of creation is for humanity, that it is men and women's responsibility to develop it by intelligent effort and by means of their labour to perfect it, so to speak, for their use. If the world is made to furnish each individual with the means of livelihood and the instruments for growth and progress, all people have therefore the right to find in the world what is necessary for them. Paul VI, Populorum Progressio, 22 Sat, 23 Jun 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=72http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=72 Yet the workers' rights cannot be doomed to be the mere result of economic systems aimed at maximum profits. The thing that must shape the whole economy is respect for the workers' rights within each country and all through the world's economy. John Paul II, Laborem Exercens, 17 Sat, 16 Jun 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=74http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=74 The Kingdom of God becomes present above all in the celebration of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, which is the Lord's Sacrifice…All of us who take part in the Eucharist are called to discover, through this Sacrament, the profound meaning of our actions in the world in favour of development and peace; and to receive from it the strength to commit ourselves ever more generously, following the example of Christ, who in this Sacrament lays down his life for his friends (cf. Jn 15:13). Our personal commitment, like Christ's and in union with his, will not be in vain but certainly fruitful. Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, n48 Sat, 09 Jun 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=75http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=75 ‘[The laity’s] own field of evangelising activity is the vast and complicated world of politics, society and economics, but also the world of culture, of the sciences and the arts, of international life, of the mass media…. The more gospel-inspired lay people there are engaged in these realities, clearly involved in them…the more these realities will be at the service of the kingdom of God.’ Evangelii Nuntiandi, 70 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=71http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=71 ‘The power of the Spirit, who raised Christ from the dead, is continuously at work in the world. Through the generous sons and daughters of the Church likewise, the people of God is present in the midst of the poor and of those who suffer oppression and persecution; it lives in its own flesh and its own heart the Passion of Christ and bears witness to his resurrection.’ Justice in the World, 74 Sat, 26 May 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=70http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=70 ‘It is the person who is motivated by genuine love, more than anyone else, who pits his intelligence against the problems of poverty, trying to uncover the causes and looking for effective ways of combating and overcoming them.’ Populorum Progressio, 75 Sat, 19 May 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=69http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=69 ‘Everyone who has joined the ranks of Christ must be a glowing point of light in the world, a nucleus of love, a leaven of the whole mass. He will be so in proportion to his degree of spiritual union of God.’ Pacem in Terris, 164 Sat, 12 May 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=68http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=68 ‘The world will never be the dwelling-place of peace, till peace has found a home in the heart of each and everyone, till everyone preserves in himself the order ordained by God to be preserved.’ Pacem in Terris, 165 Sat, 05 May 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=67http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=67 ‘…the Church admonishes her own children, but also humanity as a whole, to overcome all strife between nations and races in this family spirit of God’s children, and in the same way, to give internal strength to human associations which are just.’ Gaudium et Spes, 42.3 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=66http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=66 ‘The liturgy of the word, catechesis and the celebration of the sacraments have the power to help us to discover the teaching of the prophets, the Lord and the apostles on the subject of justice.’ Justice in the World, 58 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=65http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=65 ’[Everyone] should set a good example by contributing part of their own goods, as several of our brother bishops have done. In this way they will be responsive to humanity’s longings and faithful to the Holy Spirit....’ Populorum Progressio, 32 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=64http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=64 ’The teaching of Christ even requires that we forgive injuries and extend the law of love to include every enemy, according to the command of the new law: ‘You have heard that it was said: Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thy enemy. But I say to you: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who persecute and calumniate you.’ ‘(Matt.5: 43,44) Gaudium et Spes, 28.2 Sat, 07 Apr 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=63http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=63 ’It is everyone’s duty, but especially that of Christians, to work with energy for the establishment of universal brotherhood, the indispensable basis for authentic justice and the condition for enduring peace....’ Octagesimo Adveniens, 17.2 Sat, 31 Mar 2012 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=62http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=62 ‘Christians must first of all renew their confidence in the forcefulness and special character of the demands made by the gospel. The gospel is not out of date.... its inspiration, enriched by the living experience of Christian tradition over the centuries, remains ever new....’ Octagesimo Adveniens, 4.1 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=61http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=61 ‘... the present state of affairs must be confronted boldly, and its concomitant injustices must be challenged and overcome. Continuing development calls for bold innovations that will work profound changes.... Everyone must lend a ready hand to this task, particularly those who can do most by reason of their education, their office, or their authority.’ Populorum Progressio 32 Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=60http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=60 ‘In teaching us charity, the Gospel instructs us in the preferential respect due to the poor and the special situation they have in society: the more fortunate should renounce some of their rights so as to place their goods more generously at the service of others.’ A Call to Action 23 Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=59http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=59 ‘A consistent theme of Catholic Social Teaching is the option of love of preference for the poor. Today, this preference has to be expressed in worldwide dimensions, embracing the immense numbers of the hungry, the needy the homeless, those without medical care, and those without hope.’ On Social Concern 42 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=58http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=58 ‘The way society responds to the needs of the poor through its public policies is the litmus test of its justice or injustice.’ Economic Justice for All 123 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=57http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=57 ‘The hopes and forces which are moving the world in its very foundations are not foreign to the dynamism of the Gospel, which through the power of the Holy Spirit frees men and women from personal sin and from its consequences in social life.’ Justice in the World 5 Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=56http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=56 ‘Yet He frees all so that by putting aside love of self and bringing all earthly resources into the service of human life they can devote themselves to that future when humanity itself will become an offering accepted by God.’ Gaudium et Spes 38 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=55http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=55 ‘For unless the Christian message of love and justice shows its effectiveness through action in the cause of justice in the world, it will only with difficulty gain credibility with the people of our times.’ Justice in the World 35 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=54http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=54 The laity should take up as their own proper task the renewal of the temporal order. If the role of the hierarchy is to teach and to interpret authentically the norms of morality to be followed in this matter, it belongs to the laity, without waiting passively for orders and directives, to take the initiatives freely and to infuse a Christian spirit into the mentality, customs, laws and structures of the community in which they live. Populorum Progressio, n33 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=53http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=53 ‘In a word, adherence to the kingdom, that is to say the ‘new world’, to the new state of things, to the new manner of being, of living, of living in community, which the gospel inaugurates.... Thus those whose life has been transformed enter a community which is itself a sign of transformation, a sign of newness of life:...’ Evangelii Nuntiandi 23 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=52http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=52 ‘The good news proclaimed by the witness of life sooner or later has to be proclaimed by the word of life. There is no true evangelisation if the name, the teaching, the life, the promises, the kingdom and the mystery of Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of God are not proclaimed.’ Evangelii Nuntiandi 22 Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=51http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=51 ‘For unless enmities and hatred are put away and firm, honest agreements concerning world peace are reached in the future, humanity, which already is in the middle of a grave crisis,...will perhaps be brought to that dismal hour in which it will experience no peace other than the dreadful peace of death...[But the Church]intends to propose to our age over and over again.. this apostolic message: ‘Behold, now is the acceptable time for a change of heart; behold! now is the day of salvation.’ Gaudium et Spes 82.3 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=49http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=49 ‘Side by side with wealthy and surfeited people and societies, living in plenty and ruled by consumerism and pleasure, the same human family contains individuals and groups that are suffering from hunger. There are babies dying of hunger under their mothers’ eyes. The state of inequality between nations not only still exists; it is increasing.’ Dives in Misericordia 11.3 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=50http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=50 ‘Let us, then pray with all fervour for this peace which our Divine Redeemer came to bring us. May he banish from the souls of all whatever might endanger peace. May he transform all into witnesses of truth, justice and love. May he illumine with his light the minds of rulers, so that, besides caring for the proper material welfare of their peoples, they may also guarantee them the fairest gift of peace.’ Pacem in Terris 171 Sun, 25 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=48http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=48 ‘We also present to [Mary] social situations and the international crisis itself, in their worrying aspects of poverty, unemployment, shortage of food, the arms race, contempt for human rights and situations or dangers of conflict.’ ‘She is one who praises God the Father, because ‘he has put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of low degree; he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away’ (Lk.1:52-53).’ Sollicitudo Rei Socialis 49.1-2 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=47http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=47 ‘...every individual should do as much as they can, as best they can, to counteract the slow pace of progress in some nations. And it is to be hoped that individuals, social organisations and nations will join hands in brotherly fashion - the strong aiding the weak - all contributing their knowledge, their enthusiasm and their love to the task, without thinking of their own convenience.’ Populorum Progressio 75 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=46http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=46 ‘Christians...should act as a leaven in the world, in their family, professional, social, cultural and political life. ...In this way they testify to the power of the Holy spirit through their action in the service of all....’ Justice in the World 38 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=45http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=45 ‘...the laity can also feel themselves called to work with their pastors in the service of the ecclesial community, for its growth and life, by exercising a great variety of ministries according to the grace and charisms which the Lord is pleased to give them.’ Evangelii Nuntiandi 73 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=44http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=44 “In his preaching, [Jesus] proclaimed the fatherhood of God towards all and the intervention of God’s justice on behalf of the needy and the oppressed. In this way he identified himself with his ‘least ones’, as he stated: ‘as you did it to one of the least ones, you did it to me’.” Justice in the World 31 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=43http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=43 ”Indeed, the Lord Jesus himself, in the parable of the talents, emphasises the severe treatment given to the man who dared hide the gift received.... It falls to us, who receive the gifts of God in order to make them fruitful, to ‘sow’ and ‘reap’. If we do not, even what we have will be taken away from us.” Sollicitudo Rei Socialis 30.6 Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=42http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=42 “The intellectual nature of the human person is perfected by wisdom and needs to be for wisdom gently attracts the mind...to a quest and a love for what is true and good.” Gaudium et Spes 15.1 Sun, 06 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=41http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=41 “...Christians who are invited to take up political activity should try to make their choices consistent with the gospel...to give both personal and collective witness to the seriousness of their faith by effective and disinterested service of all.” Octagesimo Adveniens 46.1 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=40http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=40 “And it is to be hoped that individuals, social organisations and nations will join hands in brotherly fashion - the strong aiding the weak - all contributing their knowledge, their enthusiasm and their love to the task, without thinking of their own convenience.” Populorum Progressio 75 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=39http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=39 “A deeper study of [Mt.25:26-28] will make us commit ourselves more resolutely to the duty, which is urgent for everyone today, to work together for the full development of others; ‘development of the whole human being and of all people.’” Sollicitudo Rei Socialis 30.7 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=38http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=38 “...the laity can also feel themselves called, or be called, to work with their pastors in the service of the ecclesial community, for its growth and life, by exercising a great variety of ministries according to the grace and the charisms which the Lord is pleased to give them.” Evangelii Nuntiandi 73 Sat, 08 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=37http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=37 “Going from town to town, preaching to the poorest - and frequently the most receptive - the joyful news of the fulfilment of the promises and of the covenant offered by God is the mission for which Jesus declares that he is sent by the father.” Evangelii Nuntiandi 6.1 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=36http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=36 “Justice attains its inner fullness only in love. Because everyone is truly a visible image of the invisible God and a brother or sister of Christ, the Christian finds in every person God himself and God’s absolute demand for justice and love.” Justice in the World, 34 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=35http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=35 “Hand in hand go a certain abuse of freedom by one group - an abuse linked precisely with a consumer attitude uncontrolled by ethics - and a limitation by it of the freedom of the others, that is to say those suffering marked shortages and being driven to conditions of even worse misery and destitution.” Redemptor Hominis, 16.2 Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=34http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=34 “For unless enmities and hatred are put away and firm, honest agreements concerning world peace are reached in the future, humanity, which already is in the middle of a grave crisis...will perhaps be brought to the dismal hour in which it will experience no peace other than the dreadful peace of death.” Gaudium et Spes, 82.3 Sat, 10 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=33http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=33 “Plans proposed for the betterment of all will unite all nations in the joint effort to be undertaken, if every citizen - be he a government leader, a public official, or a simple workman or woman - is motivated by love and is truly anxious to build one universal human civilisation that spans the globe.” Populorum Progressio, 73 Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=32http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=32 ”Undergoing death itself for all of us sinners, [Christ] taught us by example that we too must shoulder that cross which the world and the flesh inflict upon those who search after peace and justice.” Gaudium et Spes, 38 Sat, 27 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=31http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=31 A renewed consciousness of the demands of the gospel makes it the Church’s duty to put herself at the service of all...and to convince them that solidarity in action at this turning point in human history is a matter of urgency.” Octagesima Adveniens, 5.1 Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=30http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=30 “Above all, love is greater than sin, than weakness...it is stronger than death; it is a love always ready to raise up and forgive.... This revelation of love is also described as mercy; and in our history this revelation of love and mercy has taken a form and a name: that of Jesus Christ.” Redemptor Hominis, 9.1 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=29http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=29 “It becomes increasingly true that the obligations of justice and love are fulfilled only if each person, contributing to the common good, according to his own abilities and the needs of others, also promotes and assists the public and private institutions dedicated to bettering the conditions of human life.” Gaudium et Spes, 30 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=28http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=28 “[Christ’s] words reveal the secret of God, his plan and his promise, and thereby change the heart of all our destiny. But Christ also carries out this proclamation by innumerable signs, which amaze the crowds and at the same time draw them to him in order to see him, listen to him and allow themselves to be transformed by him: the sick are cured, water is changed into wine, bread is multiplied, the dead come back to life.” Evangelii Nuntiandi, 11-12 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=27http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=27“...[through] Jesus Christ...salvation is offered to all as a gift of God’s grace and mercy...a transcendent and eschatological salvation, which indeed has its beginning in this life but which is fulfilled in eternity.” Evangelii Nuntiandi, 27 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=26http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=26“For the Church, evangelising means bringing the good news into all the strata of humanity, and through its influence transforming humanity from within and making it new.” Evangelii Nuntiand Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=25http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=25“Anyone wishing to renounce the difficult yet noble task of improving the lot ...of all people, with the excuse that the struggle is difficult and that constant effort is required, or simply because of the experience of defeat and the need to begin again, that person would be betraying the will of God, the creator.” Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 30.5 Sat, 09 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=24http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=24“The labours and sufferings which He bore of his own free will have marvellously blunted the edge of all labour and suffering. He has made it easier to endure sorrows, not only by His example, but also by His grace and the hope of everlasting reward which He holds out to us.” Rerum Novarum, 18 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=23http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=23Those who have received the good news and who have been gathered by it into the community of salvation can and must communicate and spread it. Evangelii Nuntiandi, 13 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=22http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=22The teaching and spreading of her social doctrine are part of the Church's evangelising mission. And since it is a doctrine aimed at guiding people's behaviour, it consequently gives rise to a "commitment to justice," . . . Sollicitudo Rei Socialis 41.8 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=1http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=1Many Christians are drawn to give authentic witness on behalf of justice by various modes of action for justice, action inspired by love in accordance with the grace which they have received from God. Justice in the world 39 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=2http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=2. . . While the Church is proclaiming the kingdom of God and building it up, she is establishing herself in the midst of the world as the sign and instrument of this kingdom which is and which is to come. Evangelii Nuntiandi 59.3 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=3http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=3There may be, and sometimes is, a clash of interests among states, each striving for its own development. When differences of this sort arise, they must be settled in a truly human way, not by armed force nor by deceit or trickery. Pacem in Terris 93 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=4http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=4It is not just a question of fighting wretched conditions, though this is an urgent and necessary task. It involves building a human community where everyone can live truly human lives, free from discrimination on account of race, religion or nationality, free from servitude to others . . . It involves building a human community where liberty is not an idle word . . . . Populorum Progressio 47 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=5http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=5In the Old Testament God reveals himself to us as the liberator of the oppressed and the defender of the poor, demanding from us faith in him and justice towards one's neighbour. It is only in the observance of the duties of justice that God is truly recognised as the liberator of the oppressed. Justice in the World 30 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=6http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=6That earthly peace which arises from love of neighbour symbolises and results from the peace of Christ which radiates from God the father. Gaudium et Spes 78.2 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=7http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=7. . . Christ proclaims salvation, this great gift of God which is liberation from everything that oppresses [humankind] but which is above all liberation from sin and the evil one. Evangelii Nuntiandi 9 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=8http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=8The activity of families in social life is rarely and insufficiently recognised by state institutions. Nor should we forget the growing number of persons who are often abandoned by their families and by the community: the old, orphans, the sick and all kinds of people who are rejected. Justice in the World 26 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=9http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=9In the face of the present-day situation of the world, marked as it is by the grave sin of injustice, we recognise both our responsibility and our inability to overcome it by our own strength. Such a situation urges us to listen with a humble and open heart to the word of God, as he shows us new paths towards action in the cause of justice in the world. Justice in the World 29 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=10http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=10In the same spirit we likewise commend collaboration with all believers in God in the fostering of social justice, peace and freedom; indeed we commend collaboration also with those who, even though they do not recognise the author of the world, nevertheless, in their esteem for human values, seek justice sincerely and by honourable means. Justice in the World 62 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=11http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=11The condemnation of evils and injustices is also part of that ministry of evangelisation in the social field which is an aspect of the church’s role. Sollicitudo Rei Socialis 41.9 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=12http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=12Jesus is ‘led by the spirit’ to experience in the desert the decisive combat and the supreme test before beginning this mission. It is ‘in the power of the Spirit’ that he returns to Galilee and begins his preaching at Nazareth, applying to himself the passage of Isaiah: ‘The Spirit of the Lord is upon me.’ Evangelii Nuntiandi 75 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=13http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=13Jesus Christ proclaims formally that the poor are blessed (‘Happy are the poor in spirit’ Mt.5:3); most lovingly he invites all those who labour and mourn to come to him, the source of comfort(‘Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened’,Mt.11:28); with loving care he clasps closely to himself the lowly and oppressed. Rerum Novarum 23 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=14http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=14In teaching us charity, the gospel instructs us in the preferential respect due to the poor and the special situation they have in society: the more fortunate should renounce some of their rights so as to place their goods more generously at the service of others. Octagesimo Adveniens 23 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=15http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=15The church is not motivated by earthly ambition but is interested in one thing only - to carry on the work of Christ under the guidance of the holy Spirit, who came into the world to bear witness to the truth, to save and not to judge, to serve and not to be served. Gaudium et Spes 3 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=16http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=16Through the Holy Spirit the Gospel penetrates to the heart of the world, for it is He who causes people to discern the signs of the times—signs willed by God—which evangelization reveals and puts to use within history. Evangelii Nuntiandi 75 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=17http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=17All indeed have been created by God, their common Father; that all strive for the same object of good, which is God Himself, Who alone can communicate to both humans and angels perfect and absolute happiness; that all equally have been redeemed by the grace of Jesus Christ and restored to the dignity of the children of God. Rerum Novarum 24 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=18http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=18To reveal Jesus Christ and His Gospel to those who do not know them has been, ever since the morning of Pentecost, the fundamental programme which the Church has taken on as received from her Founder Evangelii Nuntiandi, 51 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=19http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=19There enter in the will of the Triune God, his plan for humanity, his justice and his mercy. The God who is rich in mercy, the Redeemer of man, the Lord and giver of life, requires from people clear-cut attitudes which express themselves also in actions or omissions towards one’s neighbour. Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, 36 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=20http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=20The Kingdom of God becomes present above all in the celebration of the Sacrament of the Eucharist, which is the Lord's Sacrifice…All of us who take part in the Eucharist are called to discover, through this Sacrament, the profound meaning of our actions in the world in favour of development and peace; and to receive from it the strength to commit ourselves ever more generously, following the example of Christ, who in this Sacrament lays down his life for his friends (cf. Jn 15:13). Our personal commitment, like Christ's and in union with his, will not be in vain but certainly fruitful. Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, n48 Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:15:05 GMThttp://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=21http://www.justiceandpeacescotland.org.uk/SocialTeaching.aspx?ItemId=21