Sometimes, you suddenly become brave when you go to an unfamiliar place. It's a vague feeling that if you keep going, you'll reach your destination, even though you've never been there. If the premonition is correct, all is well, but you will most likely return the way you came. This is because you're lost. In the not-so-distant past, there was always a map present that gave one confidence.
Nowadays, navigation systems play that role, but there was a time when people who were good at reading maps were recognized. Starting with the declaration of martial law, impeachment, arrest, and detention, the Constitutional Court, the waving of flags, protests, banners, the Battle of Namtaeryeong, for and against… You hear many voices, but it isn't easy to know the situation. It is frustrating that we must live like this, divided and enemies again.
Has the day that Jesus warned us about here again? "From now on, five members of one household will be divided against each other...."(Luke 12:51-53).
What is our standard? The Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests of the Second Vatican Council states: "In the context of the modern world, the preaching of priests is so difficult that, to move the hearts of those who hear it more appropriately, it is necessary not to explain the word of God in general terms or abstractly, but to explain the eternal truth of the Gospel in a way that applies it to the concrete circumstances of life."
It first needs to be based on truth. Many words are circulating here and there, disguised as truth. However, if untrue things happen and we accept them, we abandon our fundamental values entirely.
The second is freedom. The right to exercise freedom, an excellent sign of human dignity, is a gift from God granted to all humans. As a value revealed in relationships between people, 'freedom as a right to exercise' and 'freedom to refuse' according to conscience are precious values that lead to a humane social life.
Next is justice. The Church defines justice as a continuous and firm will to give what is due to God and our neighbor. The Church demands respect for the most classic forms of justice: commutative, distributive, and social justice. It is not a matter of taking sides but distinguishing right from wrong. What is right must be our moral choice.
The last value is love. 'Love presupposes justice and at the same time transcends justice. Justice must be completed in love.' Furthermore, the Church teaches 'love that urges individual action' in society and politics. And reaching out in individual action to those suffering and abandoned. Eliminating the social factors that create the situation is our continual task.
Let's examine the aspects of our social life and consider the fundamental values of social life that have already been given to us. We will clearly see where and how we should go.
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