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Duties towards the human family

Duties towards the human family. Reflecting with Pope Benedict. We pray together. Father, your truth is made known in your Word. Guide us to seek the truth of the human person. Teach us the way to love because you are Love. Jesus, you embody God’s Love and Truth.

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Duties towards the human family

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  1. Duties towards the human family Reflecting with Pope Benedict

  2. We pray together Father, your truth is made known in your Word. Guide us to seek the truth of the human person. Teach us the way to love because you are Love. Jesus, you embody God’s Love and Truth. Help us to recognise your face in the poor. Enable us to live out our vocation To bring love and justice to all people. Holy Spirit, you inspire us to transform our world. Empower us to seek the common good for all people. Give us a spirit of solidarity and make us one human family

  3. A reading from the book of Proverbs Speak yourself, on behalf of the dumb On behalf of all the unwanted; Speak, yourself, pronounce a just verdict, Uphold the rights of the poor, of the needy. Proverbs 31: 8-9

  4. Reflecting with Pope Benedict “The reality of human solidarity, which is a benefit for us, also imposes a duty.” Many people today would claim that they owe nothing to anyone, except to themselves. They are concerned only with their rights, and they often have great difficulty in taking responsibility for their own and other people’s integral development.” CIV 43

  5. Common good corresponding to the real needs of our neighbours, the more effectively we love them. Every Christian is called to practise this charity, in a manner corresponding to his vocation” CIV 7 “The more we strive secure a common good ...

  6. Rights and responsibilities The notion of rights and duties in development must also take account of the problems associated with population growth... Morally responsible openness to life represents a rich social and economic resource.

  7. Rights and responsibilities Populous nations have been able to emerge from poverty thanks not least to the size of their population and the talents of their people...

  8. Respect and responsibility “...States are called to enact policies promoting the centrality and the integrity of the family founded on marriage between a man and a woman, the primary vital cell of society, And to assume responsibility for its economic and fiscal needs, while respecting its essentially relational character.” CV 44

  9. Reflecting together What is a duty and what duties do you have as an individual? How are duties related to the rights we possess as human beings? • What does it mean to have a duty to “secure the common good”? • How well are you fulfilling your duty, as a Christian, to practice charity by working towards the common good.

  10. Reflecting together How well is our society doing in fulfilling its duty towards the common good? How can you challenge those in positions of power to promote the common good? How can we work to promote the rights and integrity of the family?

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