Catechumenate Topic: Social Justice
Social Justice can only be obtained by recognizing the transcendent nature of man. Every man and woman is created in the image of God, and thus is afforded unalienable rights and respect.
The church always and everywhere stands with and identifies with the poor, the lost, the abandoned, the weak, the sick, and the abused. For we ourselves where lost and the Lord found us and healed us.
War is always the result of evil. Violence can never produce peace. However, nations have a legitimate right to self defense. In the face of unreasonable and evil violence, war may be the only way to protect life, however peace can only come from both sides recognizing the transcendent in the other.
It is society’s duty to protect people from violence. Those guilty of crimes are to be punished only as a means of reformation not as a means of vengeance. Soceity has the job of reforming the guilty not simply locking them away and forgetting about the problem, or giving them a little punishment and releasing them into the public to commit more crimes.
The world is fallen, it is broken. It will remain so until the end of time when the Lord comes again to renew all things. Until that time it is our job to expect little from the world, but to fight for what is good and true and to build up the kingdom of God.
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The minimum duties of a fully initiated Catholic are outlined in the precept of the church. There are 5.
-Attend Sunday Mass, and all Holy Days of obligation
-confess sins once a year
-receive the Eucharist once in the Easter season
-observe the days of fasting and abstinence
-support the needs of the Church according to your ability
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