Social Justice Quotes 2006

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for April 30, 2006

Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal ... Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you . Eph 4:30

for April 23, 2006

“Jesus Christ, Liberator, is a christological theme that evokes a new image of God, who is on the side of the oppressed with the aim to free them. It also lifts up a new image of the oppressed, of great worth, the privileged focus of God's own care. Finally, it gives us a new image of discipleship, entering into the way of Jesus with the poor.”
Elizabeth Johnson, Consider Jesus , pg 93

for April 16, 2006

“ First of all then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for (rulers) and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God, our Saviour ” (1 Tim 2:1-5).

for April 9, 2006

“The feminine genius is needed in all expressions in the life of society, therefore the presence of women in the workplace must also be guaranteed. The first indispensable step in this direction is the concrete possibility of access to professional formation.”

No. 295 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching

for April 2, 2006

“The principle of the universal destination of goods requires that the poor, the marginalised and in all cases those whose living conditions interfere with their proper growth should be the focus of particular concern. To this end, the preferential option for the poor should reaffirmed in all its force.”

No. 182 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching

for March 26, 2006

“… the Eucharist sets us on the way to a future we have to build. During its celebration we realise sacramentally the one body of Christ we do not yet manage to realise in the concreteness of our everyday life. . . It is not without reason that the Eucharist is often called ‘Mass' or mission. We are on a mission.”

Joseph G Donders, Risen Life , pg 67

for March 19, 2006

“From Jesus of Nazareth, with many before him and many after him, wherever there has been true love, history has gone on, sinners have been forgiven and offered a future, which, it is hoped, they will accept.”

The Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador Jon Sobrino SJ.

for March 12, 2006

“Persons with disabilities are fully human subjects, with rights and duties. . . they are to be helped to participate in every dimension of family and social life at every level accessible to them and according to their possibilities.”

No 148 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching

for March 5, 2006

“A just society can become a reality only when it is based on the respect of the transcendent dignity of the human person. The person represents the ultimate end of society. Hence the social order and its development must invariably work to the benefit of the human person.”

Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching No. 132

for February 26, 2006

“We need to regain an awareness that we share a common destiny which is ultimately transcendent, so as to maximize our historical and cultural differences, not in opposition to, but in cooperation with, people belonging to other cultures”

Benedict XVI for the World Day of Peace, January 1,2006

for February 19, 2006

“Peace is an irrepressible yearning present in the heart of each person, regardless of his or her particular cultural identity. .... All people are members of one and the same family. An extreme exaltation of differences clashes with this fundamental truth.”
Benedict XVI for the World Day of Peace on January 1, 2006 .

for February 12, 2006

“...whenever the integral development of the person and the protection of hi s fundamental rights are hindered or denied, whenever countless people are forced to endure intolerable injustices and inequalities, how can we hope that the good of peace will be realised?"
– Pope Benedict XVI for the World Day of Peace, January 1,2006

for February 5, 2006

“Justice, as well as charity, obliges you to respond to the calls of the poor.”
St Vincent de Paul (1635)

for January 29, 2006

“The economic well being of a country is not measured exclusively by the quantity of goods it produces but also by taking into account the manner in which they are produced and the level of equity in the distribution of income, which should allow everyone access to what is necessary for their personal development and perfection.”
No 303 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching

for January 22, 2006

“The Church's social doctrine is an integral part of her evangelising ministry. Nothing that concerns the community of men and women – situations and problems regarding justice, freedom, development, relations between peoples, peace – is foreign to evangelisation.”
No 66 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching

for January 15, 2006

“Men and women who are made ‘new' by the love of God are able to change the rules and the quality of relationships, transforming even social structures. They are people capable of bringing peace where there is conflict ... of seeking justice where there prevails the exploitation of person by person.”
No 4 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching

for January 8, 2006

“Justice is particularly important in the present-day context, where the individual value of persons, their dignity and their rights – despite proclaimed intentions – are seriously threatened by the widespread tendency to make exclusive use of criteria of utility and ownership.”
No. 202 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching

for January 1, 2006

“Work is a good belonging to all people and must be made available to all who are capable of engaging in it. ‘Full employment' therefore remains a mandatory objective for every economic system oriented towards justice and the common good.”