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for April 26, 2009
This is what Yahweh asks of you:
Only this, to act justly,
To love tenderly
And to walk humbly with your God
Micah 6:8 |
for April 19, 2009
“….the basis for determining the value of human work is not primarily the kind of work being done, but the fact that the one who is doing it is a person.”
Pope John Paul II Laborem Excercens (6) |
for April 12, 2009
“Life, especially human life, belongs only to God. For this reason whoever attacks human life attacks God’s very self. Not even a murderer loses his personal dignity, and God pledges to guarantee this.”
-The Gospel of Life (9) Pope John Paul II. |
for April 5, 2009
“When you are anguished about the sufferings of other peoples, and you make an effort to alleviate the great need for help, you help your own peoples to abandon the smallness of egoism, the asphyxia of abundance, and the emptiness of ways of behaviour that at times are unworthy of human beings.”
- Pope John Paul II to Pontifical Mission Societies. |
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for March 29, 2009
“Peace cannot be achieved on earth unless people’s welfare is safeguarded and people freely and in a spirit of mutual trust share with one another the riches of their minds and their talents.” (78)
Gaudium et Spes: The Church in the Modern World: Vatican Council II |
for March 22, 2009
“Any society in which a few control most of the wealth and the masses are left in want is a sinful society.” (34)
Justice and Peace in a New Caribbean: The Roman Catholic Bishops of the Antilles |
for March 15, 2009
“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.” (4)
Justice and Peace in a New Caribbean: The Roman Catholic Bishops of the Antilles |
for March 8, 2009
“What the fight against poverty really needs are men and women who live in a profoundly fraternal way and are able to accompany individuals, families and communities on journeys of authentic human development.” (13)
Message for World Day of Peace 2009, Pope Benedict XVI |
for March 1, 2009
“What the fight against poverty really needs are men and women who live in a profoundly fraternal way and are able to accompany individuals, families and communities on journeys of authentic human development.” (13).
Economic Justice for All US Catholic Bishops, (1986) |
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for February 22, 2009
“If the poor are to be given priority, then there has to be enough room for an ethical approach to economics on the part of those active in the international market, an ethical approach to politics on the part of those in public office, and an ethical approach to participation capable of harnessing the contributions of civil society at local and international levels.”(12)
World Day of Peace Message 2009 Pope Benedict XVI |
for February 15, 2009
“Effective means to redress the marginalisation of the world's poor through globalisation will only be found if people everywhere feel personally outraged by the injustices in the world and by the concomitant violations of human rights.”(8)
World Day of Peace Message 2009 Pope Benedict XVI |
for February 8, 2009
“Malnutrition can also cause grave mental and physical damage to the population, depriving many people of the energy necessary to escape from poverty unaided. This contributes to the widening gap of inequality, and can provoke violent reactions.”(7)
World Day of Peace Message 2009 Pope Benedict XVI |
for February 1, 2009
“If relations can be improved, it should be possible to reduce expenditure on arms. The resources saved could then be earmarked for development projects to assist the poorest and most needy individuals and peoples: efforts expended in this way would be efforts for peace within the human family.”(6)
World Day of Peace Message 2009 Pope Benedict XVI |
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for January 25, 2009
“When the family is weakened, it is inevitably children who suffer. If the dignity of women and mothers is not protected, it is the children who are affected most.”(5)
World Day of Peace Message 2009 Pope Benedict XVI |
for January 18, 2009
“Educational campaigns are needed, aimed especially at the young, to promote a sexual ethic that fully corresponds to the dignity of the person; initiatives of this kind have already borne important fruits, causing a reduction in the spread of AIDS. Then too the necessary medicines and treatment must be made available to poorer peoples as well” (4)
World Day of Peace Message 2009, Pope Benedict XVI |
for January 11, 2009
“This is a problem which the conscience of humanity cannot ignore, since the conditions in which a great number of people are living are an insult to their innate dignity and as a result are a threat to the authentic and harmonious progress of the world community”
Message for the 1993 World Day of Peace, Pope John Paul II |
for January 4, 2009
Charity will never be true charity unless it takes justice into account…. Let no one attempt with small gifts of charity to exempt themselves from the great duties imposed by justice.
Divini Redemptoris, (49) Pope Pius XI |
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