by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 10, 2011 | "Justice Shall Flourish" booklet, Salesian Spirituality
The laborers deserve their wages.” (I Timothy 519) TENET OF SOCIAL JUSTICE: Work is more than a way to make a living. It is a form of continuing participation in God’s creation. The dignity of work must be protected by respecting the basic rights of...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 9, 2011 | "Justice Shall Flourish" booklet, Salesian Spirituality
“As often as you have done it to the least of these my people, you have done it to me.” (Mt. 25:40) TENET OF SOCIALJUSTICE: The moral test of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable and voiceless members: the poor and marginalized. All have a claim...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 5, 2011 | "Justice Shall Flourish" booklet, Salesian Spirituality
“Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” (Mt. 6:10) TENET OF SOCIAL JUSTICE: In a world where some speak mostly of rights and others mostly of responsibilities, the Catholic tradition teaches that human dignity can be protected and a healthy...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 4, 2011 | "Justice Shall Flourish" booklet, Salesian Spirituality
Participation in Family and Community for the Common Good “I tell you whenever you did this for one of the least important of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.” (Mt. 25:40) TENET OF SOCIAL JUSTICE: The Catholic tradition proclaims that...
by Sister Susan Marie | Oct 3, 2011 | "Justice Shall Flourish" booklet, Salesian Spirituality
Today we begin posting our series on Salesian spirituality and social justice. LIFE AND DIGNITY OF THE HUMAN PERSON “I have come that they may have life, and have it more abundantly”(John 10:10) TENET OF SOCIAL JUSTICE: God, the Lord of Life, has conferred...
by Sister Susan Marie | Sep 19, 2011 | "Living Jesus" booklet, Salesian Spirituality, St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales often preached on the proclamation of Jesus: “Love one another as I have loved you.” Starting with the fact that the dignity of the human person lies in being called to loving union with God in Christ, it follows for St. Francis that...