Testimonial to Volume VI: Social Teaching of the Church
Preface to Volume VI
This Volume on The SOCIAL TEACHING OF THE CHURCH” – which I am pleased to introduce — represents a remarkable achievement by CCSP because of the magnitude and the importance of the subject matter.
Sixth in the eleven-volume series, “THE SOCIAL TEACHING OF THE CHURCH” spans Catholic teaching for more than 100 years.
It admirably summarizes this essential and integral part of the Church’s life, doctrine, ethics, and spirituality.
I am enormously gratified at the success CCSP has achieved and is achieving, as this series reaches virtually every comer of the globe and makes it possible for so many of our seminarians to have access to these valuable documents.
I encourage all to read and study this vital summary of the Church’s social teaching which is so applicable for our time.
James Cardinal Hickey
Archbishop of Washington
James Cardinal Hickey
James Aloysius Hickey (October 11, 1920 – October 24, 2004) was an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Washington from 1980 to 2000 and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1988. Hickey previously served as bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland in Ohio from 1974 to 1980.
Hickey presided over a significant expansion of social services for the poor and sick in the Washington region by the Archdiocese of Washington. He was also a strong critic of American foreign policy in Nicaragua and El Salvador, and an advocate for nuclear disarmament.
Lectio Divina Cordis
Divine Reading of the Heart
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HEAR the words as you inwardly read or speak
LECTIO
– Read –
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ENTER the silence to reflect on a core precept
MEDITATIO
– Meditate –
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ANSWER to the knock at the heart’s door
ORATIO
– Speak –
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REST silently without words or thoughts
CONTEMPLATIO
– Contemplate –
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TRUST: “Do not let your HEART be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.” (John 13:1)
CREDE FORMULAE
– Trust in the process –
Lectio Divina (Latin for “Divine Reading”) is a traditional Benedictine practice of scriptural reading, meditation and prayer intended to promote communion with God and to increase the knowledge of God’s Word. It does not treat scripture as texts to be studied, but as the living word.
The focus of Lectio Divina is not a theological analysis of biblical passages but viewing them with Christ as the key to their meaning.
Approaching the Magisterium Summaries from this perspective may lead to a deeper appreciation of its meaning and an appreciation of how it may be applied to one’s life.
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