for December 29 – God owns His world. We are responsible members of God’s community of life, answerable to God on how we exercise our responsibility to the rest of creation. The contrasting parables of the rich fool and the faithful servant (cf. Luke 12, 13-21: 41-48) seem applicable for our prayerful reflection in this regard. No. 34 Caring for the Earth – Our Responsibility, Pastoral Letter of Antilles Episcopal Conference, 2005
for December 22 – Nothing exists independently, each being has value of its own. The universe cries out to us, humans, to accept, nurture and celebrate the diversity, beauty, interdependence and innate worth of all creatures and in this way preserve the natural order of creation. No. 31 Caring for the Earth – Our Responsibility, Pastoral Letter of Antilles Episcopal Conference, 2005
for December 15 – Pope John Paul II, looking at the entire world, stated that the ecological crisis is a moral problem. The exploitation of the resources of the earth, as well as pollution of the atmosphere, is due to a large extent to humans’ unethical treatment of the rest of creation. It is vital that our fundamental attitude to human and non-human nature be transformed.
No. 30 Caring for the Earth – Our Responsibility, Pastoral Letter of Antilles Episcopal Conference, 2005
for December 8 – Our landfills can pose a threat to the environment, especially when cans, aluminium foil, plastics and other non-biodegradable materials are dumped there. . . Non-biodegradable materials such as tin, aluminium and other metals take 100 to 500 years to degenerate. Seepage from these landfills may reach the water table and contaminate the ground water supply. No. 25 Caring for the Earth – Our Responsibility, Pastoral Letter of Antilles Episcopal Conference, 2005
for December 1 – Christian tradition has never recognised the right to private property as absolute and untouchable: “On the contrary, it has always understood this right within the broader context of the right common to all to use the goods of the whole of creation: the right to private property is subordinated to the right to common use, to the fact that goods are meant for everyone.” No. 177 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching
for November 24 – The common good therefore involves all members of society, no one is exempt from cooperation, according to each one’s possibilities, in attaining it and developing it.
No. 167 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching
for November 17 – 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 November 10 – “Since something of the glory of God shines on the face of every person, the dignity of every person before God is the basis of the dignity of one person before another.” No. 144 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching
for November 3 – “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.” No. 132 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching
for October 27 – “I have always opposed the death penalty, although both my husband and mother-in-law were murdered… Forgiving violence does not mean condoning violence…. For too long we have treated violence with violence and that’s why it never seems to end.” Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King, Jnr.
for October 20 – “We believe that life is so precious that the state should not take the life of any person, even one who has taken another life. We believe a determined, though compassionate, response to crime that foregoes the violence of the death penalty is more consistent with respect for all human life. It will better protect the rights of all persons.” Joseph Cardinal Bernadine, Testimony before the US Senate Judiciary Committee, September 1989
for October 13 – “Our society should not flinch from contemplating the suffering that violent crime brings. Recognition of this suffering should not lead to demands for vengeance.” Statement on Capital Punishment, US Bishops, 1980
for October 6 – “Those who commit crimes do not give up their human dignity, and those who administer justice must not deny this God-given dignity.” Catholic Bishops of New York State, 1982
for September 29 – The whole of the Church’s social doctrine develops from the principle that affirms the inviolable dignity of the human person. (No. 107) Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching
for September 22 – The right of the Church (to proclaim the Gospel in the context of society) is at the same time a duty, because she cannot forsake this responsibility without denying herself and her fidelity to Christ. (No.71) Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching
for September 15 – 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 September 8 – “With her social doctrine not only is the Church not straying from her mission but she is rigorously faithful to it.” No. 64 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching
for September 1 – “With her social teaching, the Church seeks to proclaim the Gospel and to make it present in the complex network of social relations. It is not simply a matter of reaching out to men and women in society…but of enriching and permeating society itself with the Gospel.” No. 62 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching
for August 25 –“The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church is presented as an instrument for the moral and pastoral discernment of the complex events that mark our time; as a guide to inspire, at the individual and collective levels, attitudes and choices that will permit all people to look to the future with greater trust and hope.” No. 10 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching
for August 18 – “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 August 11 – “The Christian knows that in the social doctrine of the Church can be found the principles for reflection, the criteria for judgment and the directives for action which are the starting point for the promotion of an integral and solidary humanism. Making this doctrine known constitutes, therefore, a genuine pastoral priority.” No. 7 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching
for August 4 – “Christian love leads to denunciation, proposals and commitment to cultural and social projects; it prompts positive activity that inspires all who sincerely have the good of humanity at heart to make their contribution.” No. 6 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching
for July 28 –“The Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church is presented as an instrument for the moral and pastoral discernment of the complex events that mark our time; as a guide to inspire, at the individual and collective levels, attitudes and choices that will permit all people to look to the future with greater trust and hope.” No. 10 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching
for July 21 – “How can we remain indifferent to the prospect of an ecological crisis which is making vast areas of our planet uninhabitable and hostile to humanity?” No. 5 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching
for July 14 – “I make an appeal today for an ever more prophetic courage, reminding that peace and justice advance together and that all this must be made concrete through respect for legality in all realms.” No Peace Without Justice, Pope Tells African Envoy Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (2008)
for July 7 – Illegal and indiscriminate dumping desecrates the beauty of nature. It is not unusual to see fast-food boxes, plastic cups, food containers, and scraps of paper in public places, as well as mattresses and old cars in gullies, all of which can breed disease and contaminate aquifers and drinking water.No. 24 Caring for the Earth – Our Responsibility, Pastoral Letter of Antilles Episcopal Conference, 2005
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for June 30 – One of our greatest treasures is the Caribbean Sea, which possesses a diversity of life that is increasing daily as new species are being discovered. The Caribbean Sea is an excellent place of interdependence of live organisms living in harmony with nature. Yet our Caribbean Sea is fast becoming a locus for the unpleasant solid and liquid waste so characteristic of urban and rural life. No. 16 Caring for the Earth – Our Responsibility, Pastoral Letter of Antilles Episcopal Conference, 2005
for June 23 – We highlight the injustice of human poverty. This is so because human beings constitute an integral part of the environment, the destruction of which impacts negatively on the poor. At the very heart of sustainable development is the quality of life of our people. No. 9 Caring for the Earth – Our Responsibility, Pastoral Letter of Antilles Episcopal Conference, 2005
for June 16 – The UN Conference in 1992 stressed the need to pursue development without compromising the ability of future generations to develop. It pledged to be mindful of development’s stress on the planet’s beauty as well as resources, and to respect all other species as well as our own in future generations. No. 6 Caring for the Earth – Our Responsibility, Pastoral Letter of Antilles Episcopal Conference, 2005
for June 9 – The earth and its fullness belong to the Lord, the world and all that dwell in it (Ps. 24:1). We are in the world not as owners but as tenants and stewards. The specifically Christian dimension of stewardship must include this responsibility for the integrity of creation, for our environment. No. 2 Caring for the Earth – Our Responsibility, Pastoral Letter of Antilles Episcopal Conference, 2005
for June 2 – “The Church is ready to collaborate and offer her support to all persons whose main concern is to establish a society that respects the most elementary rights of man and to build a society for man.” No Peace Without Justice, Pope Tells African Envoy Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI (2008)
for May 26 – “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) Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
for May 19 – “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) Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
for May 12 – “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” (1) Pope John Paul II Message for the 1993 World Day of Peace
for May 5 – “…the establishment of peace, but affirming that it can only come with justice and respect for human rights.” No Peace Without Justice, Pope Tells African Envoy, Pope Benedict Emeritus (2008)
for April 28 – “When I give bread to the hungry, they call me a saint: but when I ask why the hungry have no bread, they call me a communist.” Bishop Helder Camara
for April 21 – “No sincere Christian can refuse concern for or involvement in the struggle for justice and dignity.” Archbishop Samuel Carter SJ Kingston, Jamaica
for April 14 – “The struggle for justice, to which we are called, is not something that is peripheral to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, but an indispensable part…of the preaching of the Gospel.” Archbishop Samuel Carter SJ, Kingston, Jamaica
for April 7 – To overcome today’s individualistic mentality, a concrete commitment to solidarity and charity is needed, beginning in the family (49) The Hundredth Year (Donders translation), Pope John Paul II 1995
for March 31 – Freedom and respect are inseparable; indeed, “in exercising their rights, individuals and social groups are bound by the moral law to have regard for the rights of others, their own duties to others and the common good of all”. (5) Message for World Day of Peace 2011, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
for March 24 – Love faces a vast field of work and the Church is eager to make her contribution with her social doctrine, which concerns the whole person and is addressed to all people. So many needy brothers and sisters are waiting for help, so many who are oppressed are waiting for justice, so many who are unemployed are waiting for a job, so many people are waiting for respect. No. 5 Compendium of Catholic Social Teaching
for March 17 – Parents must be always free to transmit to their children, responsibly and without constraints, their heritage of faith, values and culture. The family, the first cell of human society, remains the primary training ground for harmonious relations at every level of coexistence. (4) Message for World Day of Peace 2011, Pope Benedict XVI
for March 10 – “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) Message for World Day of Peace 2009, Pope Benedict XVI
for March 3 – “There is also a need to acknowledge and promote the natural structure of marriage as the union of a man and a woman in the face of attempts to make it juridically equivalent to radically different types of union; such attempts actually harm and help to destabilise marriage, obscuring its specific nature and its indispensable role in society.” (4) Message for World Day of Peace 2013, Pope Benedict XVI
for February 24 – “Those who insufficiently value human life and, in consequence, support among other things the liberalisation of abortion, perhaps do not realise that in this way they are proposing the pursuit of a false peace.” (4) Message for World Day of Peace 2013, Pope Benedict XVI
for February 17 – “Those who insufficiently value human life and, in consequence, support among other things the liberalisation of abortion, perhaps do not realise that in this way they are proposing the pursuit of a false peace.” (4) Message for World Day of Peace 2013, Pope Benedict XVI
for February 10 – “True peacemakers, then, are those who love, defend and promote human life in all its dimensions, personal, communitarian and transcendent. Life in its fullness is the height of peace. Anyone who loves peace cannot tolerate attacks and crimes against life.” (4) Message for World Day of Peace 2013, Pope Benedict XVI
for February 3 – “The path to the attainment of the common good and to peace is above all that of respect for human life in all its many aspects, beginning with its conception, through its development and up to its natural end.” (4) Message for World Day of Peace 2013, Pope Benedict XVI
for January 27 – “Without the truth about man inscribed by the Creator in the human heart, freedom and love become debased, and justice loses the ground of its exercise.” Message for World Day of Peace 2013, Pope Benedict XVI
for January 20 – “Peace concerns the human person as a whole, and it involves complete commitment. It is peace with God through a life lived according to his will. It is interior peace with oneself, and exterior peace with our neighbours and all creation” (3) Pope Benedict XVI World Day of Peace 2013
for January 13 – “Jesus’ beatitude tells us that peace is both a messianic gift and the fruit of human effort” (2) Pope Benedict XVI, World Day of Peace 2013
for January 6 – “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” (Mt 5:9). (1)
Message of Pope Benedict XVI for World Day of Peace 2013.
