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| 2c206974206973206f6e6c7920746f2061646d69 | , it is only to admi
| 6e697374657220697420666f722074686520676f | nister it for the go
| 6f64206f6620616c6c2e20496620776520646f20 | od of all. If we do
| 6e6f742c2077652062757264656e206f75722063 | not, we burden our c
| 6f6e736369656e63657320776974682074686520 | onsciences with the
| 776569676874206f6620686176696e672064656e | weight of having den
| 69656420746865206578697374656e6365206f66 | ied the existence of
| 206f74686572732e205468617420697320776879 | others. That is why
| 20746865204e6577205a65616c616e6420626973 | the New Zealand bis
| 686f70732061736b656420776861742074686520 | hops asked what the
| 636f6d6d616e646d656e7420e2809c54686f7520 | commandment Thou
| 7368616c6c206e6f74206b696c6ce2809d206d65 | shall not kill me
| 616e73207768656e20e2809c7477656e74792070 | ans when twenty p
| 657263656e74206f662074686520776f726c64e2 | ercent of the world
| 80997320706f70756c6174696f6e20636f6e7375 | s population consu
| 6d6573207265736f757263657320617420612072 | mes resources at a r
| 617465207468617420726f62732074686520706f | ate that robs the po
| 6f72206e6174696f6e7320616e64206675747572 | or nations and futur
| 652067656e65726174696f6e73206f6620776861 | e generations of wha
| 742074686579206e65656420746f207375727669 | t they need to survi
| 7665e2809d2e3c61206e616d653d225f66746e72 | ve .<a name="_ftnr
| 6566373822207469746c653d222220687265663d | ef78" title="" href=
| 22235f66746e3738223e5b37385d3c2f613e203c | "#_ftn78">[78]</a> <
| 2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e | /p> 
| 3c623e5649492e205448452047415a45204f4620 | VII. THE GAZE OF
| 4a455355533c2f623e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e20 | JESUS 
| 3c2f703e200d0a3c703e39362e204a6573757320 |  96. Jesus
| 746f6f6b20757020746865206269626c6963616c | took up the biblical
| 20666169746820696e20476f6420746865204372 | faith in God the Cr
| 6561746f722c20656d70686173697a696e672061 | eator, emphasizing a
| 2066756e64616d656e74616c2074727574683a20 | fundamental truth:
| 476f6420697320466174686572202863662e203c | God is Father (cf. <
| 693e4d743c2f693e2031313a3235292e20496e20 | i>Mt 11:25). In
| 74616c6b696e6720776974682068697320646973 | talking with his dis
| 6369706c65732c204a6573757320776f756c6420 | ciples, Jesus would
| 696e76697465207468656d20746f207265636f67 | invite them to recog
| 6e697a65207468652070617465726e616c207265 | nize the paternal re
| 6c6174696f6e7368697020476f64206861732077 | lationship God has w
| 69746820616c6c20686973206372656174757265 | ith all his creature
| 732e2057697468206d6f76696e672074656e6465 | s. With moving tende
| 726e65737320686520776f756c642072656d696e | rness he would remin
| 64207468656d20746861742065616368206f6e65 | d them that each one
| 206f66207468656d20697320696d706f7274616e | of them is importan
| 7420696e20476f64e280997320657965733a20e2 | t in God s eyes:
| 809c417265206e6f742066697665207370617272 | Are not five sparr
| 6f777320736f6c6420666f722074776f2070656e | ows sold for two pen
| 6e6965733f20416e64206e6f74206f6e65206f66 | nies? And not one of
| 207468656d20697320666f72676f7474656e2062 | them is forgotten b
| 65666f726520476f64e2809d20283c693e4c6b3c | efore God (Lk<
| 2f693e2031323a36292e20e2809c4c6f6f6b2061 | /i> 12:6). Look a
| 7420746865206269726473206f66207468652061 | t the birds of the a
| 69723a2074686579206e65697468657220736f77 | ir: they neither sow
| 206e6f722072656170206e6f7220676174686572 | nor reap nor gather
| 20696e746f206261726e732c20616e6420796574 | into barns, and yet
| 20796f75722068656176656e6c79204661746865 | your heavenly Fathe
| 72206665656473207468656de2809d3c693e203c | r feeds them <
| 2f693e283c693e4d743c2f693e20363a3236292e | /i>(Mt 6:26).
| 3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c70 |  <p
| 3e39372e20546865204c6f726420776173206162 | >97. The Lord was ab
| 6c6520746f20696e76697465206f746865727320 | le to invite others
| 746f20626520617474656e7469766520746f2074 | to be attentive to t
| 6865206265617574792074686174207468657265 | he beauty that there
| 20697320696e2074686520776f726c6420626563 | is in the world bec
| 617573652068652068696d73656c662077617320 | ause he himself was
| 696e20636f6e7374616e7420746f756368207769 | in constant touch wi
| 7468206e61747572652c206c656e64696e672069 | th nature, lending i
| 7420616e20617474656e74696f6e2066756c6c20 | t an attention full
| 6f6620666f6e646e65737320616e6420776f6e64 | of fondness and wond
| 65722e204173206865206d616465206869732077 | er. As he made his w
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| 6e642c206865206f6674656e2073746f70706564 | nd, he often stopped
| 20746f20636f6e74656d706c6174652074686520 | to contemplate the
| 62656175747920736f776e206279206869732046 | beauty sown by his F
| 61746865722c20616e6420696e76697465642068 | ather, and invited h
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| 65697665206120646976696e65206d6573736167 | eive a divine messag
| 6520696e207468696e67733a20e2809c4c696674 | e in things: Lift
| 20757020796f757220657965732c20616e642073 | up your eyes, and s
| 656520686f7720746865206669656c6473206172 | ee how the fields ar
| 6520616c726561647920776869746520666f7220 | e already white for
| 68617276657374e2809d20283c693e4a6e3c2f69 | harvest (Jn</i
| 3e20343a3335292e20e2809c546865206b696e67 | > 4:35). The king
| 646f6d206f6620476f64206973206c696b652061 | dom of God is like a
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| 65642077686963682061206d616e20746f6f6b20 | ed which a man took
| 616e6420736f77656420696e2068697320666965 | and sowed in his fie
| 6c643b2069742069732074686520736d616c6c65 | ld; it is the smalle
| 7374206f6620616c6c2073656564732c20627574 | st of all seeds, but
| 206f6e6365206974206861732067726f776e2c20 | once it has grown,
| 697420697320746865206772656174657374206f | it is the greatest o
| 6620706c616e7473e2809d3c693e203c2f693e28 | f plants (
| 3c693e4d743c2f693e2031333a33312d3332292e | Mt 13:31-32).
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| 7320776869636820776f756c64206465666c6563 | s which would deflec
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| 746e3638223e5b36385d3c2f613e204174207469 | tn68">[68]</a> At ti
| 6d65732077652073656520616e206f6273657373 | mes we see an obsess
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| 7a65616c2069732073686f776e20696e2070726f | zeal is shown in pro
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| 73207468616e20696e20646566656e64696e6720 | s than in defending
| 746865206469676e69747920776869636820616c | the dignity which al
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| 20696e20657175616c206d6561737572652e2043 | in equal measure. C
| 65727461696e6c792c2077652073686f756c6420 | ertainly, we should
| 626520636f6e6365726e6564206c657374206f74 | be concerned lest ot
| 686572206c6976696e67206265696e6773206265 | her living beings be
| 2074726561746564206972726573706f6e736962 | treated irresponsib
| 6c792e204275742077652073686f756c64206265 | ly. But we should be
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| 616e742061742074686520656e6f726d6f757320 | ant at the enormous
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| 6d696473742c207768657265627920776520636f | midst, whereby we co
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| 73656c766573206d6f726520776f727468792074 | selves more worthy t
| 68616e206f74686572732e205765206661696c20 | han others. We fail
| 746f20736565207468617420736f6d6520617265 | to see that some are
| 206d6972656420696e2064657370657261746520 | mired in desperate
| 616e6420646567726164696e6720706f76657274 | and degrading povert
| 792c2077697468206e6f20776179206f75742c20 | y, with no way out,
| 7768696c65206f74686572732068617665206e6f | while others have no
| 7420746865206661696e74657374206964656120 | t the faintest idea
| 6f66207768617420746f20646f20776974682074 | of what to do with t
| 6865697220706f7373657373696f6e732c207661 | heir possessions, va
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| 652077686963682c206966206974207765726520 | e which, if it were
| 746865206361736520657665727977686572652c | the case everywhere,
| 20776f756c642064657374726f79207468652070 | would destroy the p
| 6c616e65742e20496e2070726163746963652c20 | lanet. In practice,
| 776520636f6e74696e756520746f20746f6c6572 | we continue to toler
| 617465207468617420736f6d6520636f6e736964 | ate that some consid
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| 0a3c703e39312e20412073656e7365206f662064 | 91. A sense of d
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| 68652072657374206f66206e6174757265206361 | he rest of nature ca
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| 686561727473206c61636b2074656e6465726e65 | hearts lack tenderne
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| 67206465656d656420756e77616e7465642e2054 | g deemed unwanted. T
| 68697320636f6d70726f6d697365732074686520 | his compromises the
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| 65206f662074686520656e7669726f6e6d656e74 | e of the environment
| 2e204974206973206e6f20636f696e636964656e | . It is no coinciden
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| 4672616e636973207072616973657320476f6420 | Francis praises God
| 666f7220686973206372656174757265732c2068 | for his creatures, h
| 6520676f6573206f6e20746f207361793a20e280 | e goes on to say:
| 9c5072616973656420626520796f75206d79204c | Praised be you my L
| 6f72642c207468726f7567682074686f73652077 | ord, through those w
| 686f206769766520706172646f6e20666f722079 | ho give pardon for y
| 6f7572206c6f7665e2809d2e2045766572797468 | our love . Everyth
| 696e6720697320636f6e6e65637465642e20436f | ing is connected. Co
| 6e6365726e20666f722074686520656e7669726f | ncern for the enviro
| 6e6d656e742074687573206e6565647320746f20 | nment thus needs to
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| 7265206c6f766520666f72206f75722066656c6c | re love for our fell
| 6f772068756d616e206265696e677320616e6420 | ow human beings and
| 616e20756e7761766572696e6720636f6d6d6974 | an unwavering commit
| 6d656e7420746f207265736f6c76696e67207468 | ment to resolving th
| 652070726f626c656d73206f6620736f63696574 | e problems of societ
| 792e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a | y. 
| 3c703e39322e204d6f72656f7665722c20776865 | 92. Moreover, whe
| 6e206f7572206865617274732061726520617574 | n our hearts are aut
| 68656e746963616c6c79206f70656e20746f2075 | hentically open to u
| 6e6976657273616c20636f6d6d756e696f6e2c20 | niversal communion,
| 746869732073656e7365206f6620667261746572 | this sense of frater
| 6e697479206578636c75646573206e6f7468696e | nity excludes nothin
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| 6572656e6365206f7220637275656c747920746f | erence or cruelty to
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| 207468652074726561746d656e74207765206d65 | the treatment we me
| 7465206f757420746f206f746865722068756d61 | te out to other huma
| 6e206265696e67732e2057652068617665206f6e | n beings. We have on
| 6c79206f6e652068656172742c20616e64207468 | ly one heart, and th
| 652073616d652077726574636865646e65737320 | e same wretchedness
| 7768696368206c6561647320757320746f206d69 | which leads us to mi
| 73747265617420616e20616e696d616c2077696c | streat an animal wil
| 6c206e6f74206265206c6f6e6720696e2073686f | l not be long in sho
| 77696e6720697473656c6620696e206f75722072 | wing itself in our r
| 656c6174696f6e73686970732077697468206f74 | elationships with ot
| 6865722070656f706c652e204576657279206163 | her people. Every ac
| 74206f6620637275656c747920746f7761726473 | t of cruelty towards
| 20616e7920637265617475726520697320e2809c | any creature is
| 636f6e747261727920746f2068756d616e206469 | contrary to human di
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| 3e2057652063616e20686172646c7920636f6e73 | > We can hardly cons
| 69646572206f757273656c76657320746f206265 | ider ourselves to be
| 2066756c6c79206c6f76696e6720696620776520 | fully loving if we
| 64697372656761726420616e7920617370656374 | disregard any aspect
| 206f66207265616c6974793a20e2809c50656163 | of reality: Peac
| 652c206a75737469636520616e64207468652070 | e, justice and the p
| 7265736572766174696f6e206f66206372656174 | reservation of creat
| 696f6e20617265207468726565206162736f6c75 | ion are three absolu
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| 7468656d65732c2077686963682063616e6e6f74 | themes, which cannot
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| 656174656420696e646976696475616c6c792077 | eated individually w
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| 6c6c696e6720696e746f20726564756374696f6e | lling into reduction
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| 45766572797468696e672069732072656c617465 | Everything is relate
| 642c20616e642077652068756d616e206265696e | d, and we human bein
| 67732061726520756e697465642061732062726f | gs are united as bro
| 746865727320616e642073697374657273206f6e | thers and sisters on
| 206120776f6e64657266756c2070696c6772696d | a wonderful pilgrim
| 6167652c20776f76656e20746f67657468657220 | age, woven together
| 627920746865206c6f766520476f642068617320 | by the love God has
| 666f722065616368206f66206869732063726561 | for each of his crea
| 747572657320616e6420776869636820616c736f | tures and which also
| 20756e6974657320757320696e20666f6e642061 | unites us in fond a
| 6666656374696f6e20776974682062726f746865 | ffection with brothe
| 722073756e2c20736973746572206d6f6f6e2c20 | r sun, sister moon,
| 62726f7468657220726976657220616e64206d6f | brother river and mo
| 746865722065617274682e3c2f703e200d0a3c70 | ther earth. <p
| 3e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3c623e56492e2054 | > VI. T
| 484520434f4d4d4f4e2044455354494e4154494f | HE COMMON DESTINATIO
| 4e204f4620474f4f44533c2f623e3c2f703e200d | N OF GOODS
| 0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e39332e2057 |  93. W
| 6865746865722062656c696576657273206f7220 | hether believers or
| 6e6f742c20776520617265206167726565642074 | not, we are agreed t
| 6f64617920746861742074686520656172746820 | oday that the earth
| 697320657373656e7469616c6c79206120736861 | is essentially a sha
| 72656420696e6865726974616e63652c2077686f | red inheritance, who
| 73652066727569747320617265206d65616e7420 | se fruits are meant
| 746f2062656e656669742065766572796f6e652e | to benefit everyone.
| 20466f722062656c6965766572732c2074686973 | For believers, this
| 206265636f6d65732061207175657374696f6e20 | becomes a question
| 6f6620666964656c69747920746f207468652043 | of fidelity to the C
| 726561746f722c2073696e636520476f64206372 | reator, since God cr
| 65617465642074686520776f726c6420666f7220 | eated the world for
| 65766572796f6e652e2048656e63652065766572 | everyone. Hence ever
| 792065636f6c6f676963616c20617070726f6163 | y ecological approac
| 68206e6565647320746f20696e636f72706f7261 | h needs to incorpora
| 7465206120736f6369616c207065727370656374 | te a social perspect
| 6976652077686963682074616b657320696e746f | ive which takes into
| 206163636f756e74207468652066756e64616d65 | account the fundame
| 6e74616c20726967687473206f66207468652070 | ntal rights of the p
| 6f6f7220616e642074686520756e646572707269 | oor and the underpri
| 76696c656765642e20546865207072696e636970 | vileged. The princip
| 6c65206f6620746865207375626f7264696e6174 | le of the subordinat
| 696f6e206f6620707269766174652070726f7065 | ion of private prope
| 72747920746f2074686520756e6976657273616c | rty to the universal
| 2064657374696e6174696f6e206f6620676f6f64 | destination of good
| 732c20616e642074687573207468652072696768 | s, and thus the righ
| 74206f662065766572796f6e6520746f20746865 | t of everyone to the
| 6972207573652c206973206120676f6c64656e20 | ir use, is a golden
| 72756c65206f6620736f6369616c20636f6e6475 | rule of social condu
| 637420616e6420e2809c74686520666972737420 | ct and the first
| 7072696e6369706c65206f66207468652077686f | principle of the who
| 6c65206574686963616c20616e6420736f636961 | le ethical and socia
| 6c206f72646572e2809d2e3c61206e616d653d22 | l order .<a name="
| 5f66746e726566373122207469746c653d222220 | _ftnref71" title=""
| 687265663d22235f66746e3731223e5b37315d3c | href="#_ftn71">[71]<
| 2f613e205468652043687269737469616e207472 | /a> The Christian tr
| 61646974696f6e20686173206e65766572207265 | adition has never re
| 636f676e697a6564207468652072696768742074 | cognized the right t
| 6f20707269766174652070726f70657274792061 | o private property a
| 73206162736f6c757465206f7220696e76696f6c | s absolute or inviol
| 61626c652c20616e642068617320737472657373 | able, and has stress
| 65642074686520736f6369616c20707572706f73 | ed the social purpos
| 65206f6620616c6c20666f726d73206f66207072 | e of all forms of pr
| 69766174652070726f70657274792e205361696e | ivate property. Sain
| 74204a6f686e205061756c20494920666f726365 | t John Paul II force
| 66756c6c7920726561666669726d656420746869 | fully reaffirmed thi
| 73207465616368696e672c2073746174696e6720 | s teaching, stating
| 7468617420e2809c476f64206761766520746865 | that God gave the
| 20656172746820746f207468652077686f6c6520 | earth to the whole
| 68756d616e207261636520666f72207468652073 | human race for the s
| 757374656e616e6365206f6620616c6c20697473 | ustenance of all its
| 206d656d626572732c203c693e776974686f7574 | members, without
| 206578636c7564696e67206f72206661766f7572 | excluding or favour
| 696e6720616e796f6e653c2f693ee2809d2e3c61 | ing anyone .<a
| 206e616d653d225f66746e726566373222207469 | name="_ftnref72" ti
| 746c653d222220687265663d22235f66746e3732 | tle="" href="#_ftn72
| 223e5b37325d3c2f613e20546865736520617265 | ">[72]</a> These are
| 207374726f6e6720776f7264732e204865206e6f | strong words. He no
| 746564207468617420e2809c612074797065206f | ted that a type o
| 6620646576656c6f706d656e7420776869636820 | f development which
| 646964206e6f74207265737065637420616e6420 | did not respect and
| 70726f6d6f74652068756d616e20726967687473 | promote human rights
| 20e2809320706572736f6e616c20616e6420736f | personal and so
| 6369616c2c2065636f6e6f6d696320616e642070 | cial, economic and p
| 6f6c69746963616c2c20696e636c7564696e6720 | olitical, including
| 74686520726967687473206f66206e6174696f6e | the rights of nation
| 7320616e64206f662070656f706c657320e28093 | s and of peoples
| 20776f756c64206e6f74206265207265616c6c79 | would not be really
| 20776f72746879206f66206d616ee2809d2e3c61 | worthy of man .<a
| 206e616d653d225f66746e726566373322207469 | name="_ftnref73" ti
| 746c653d222220687265663d22235f66746e3733 | tle="" href="#_ftn73
| 223e5b37335d3c2f613e20486520636c6561726c | ">[73]</a> He clearl
| 79206578706c61696e6564207468617420e2809c | y explained that
| 7468652043687572636820646f657320696e6465 | the Church does inde
| 656420646566656e6420746865206c6567697469 | ed defend the legiti
| 6d61746520726967687420746f20707269766174 | mate right to privat
| 652070726f70657274792c206275742073686520 | e property, but she
| 616c736f2074656163686573206e6f206c657373 | also teaches no less
| 20636c6561726c79207468617420746865726520 | clearly that there
| 697320616c77617973206120736f6369616c206d | is always a social m
| 6f727467616765206f6e20616c6c207072697661 | ortgage on all priva
| 74652070726f70657274792c20696e206f726465 | te property, in orde
| 72207468617420676f6f6473206d617920736572 | r that goods may ser
| 7665207468652067656e6572616c20707572706f | ve the general purpo
| 7365207468617420476f64206761766520746865 | se that God gave the
| 6de2809d2e3c61206e616d653d225f66746e7265 | m .<a name="_ftnre
| 66373422207469746c653d222220687265663d22 | f74" title="" href="
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| 6e73657175656e746c792c206865206d61696e74 | nsequently, he maint
| 61696e65642c20e2809c6974206973206e6f7420 | ained, it is not
| 696e206163636f7264207769746820476f64e280 | in accord with God
| 997320706c616e20746861742074686973206769 | s plan that this gi
| 6674206265207573656420696e20737563682061 | ft be used in such a
| 207761792074686174206974732062656e656669 | way that its benefi
| 7473206661766f7572206f6e6c79206120666577 | ts favour only a few
| e2809d2e3c61206e616d653d225f66746e726566 | .<a name="_ftnref
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| 732063616c6c7320696e746f20736572696f7573 | s calls into serious
| 207175657374696f6e2074686520756e6a757374 | question the unjust
| 20686162697473206f6620612070617274206f66 | habits of a part of
| 2068756d616e6974792e3c61206e616d653d225f | humanity.<a name="_
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| 7265663d22235f66746e3736223e5b37365d3c2f | ref="#_ftn76">[76]</
| 613e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a | a> 
| 3c703e39342e20546865207269636820616e6420 | 94. The rich and
| 74686520706f6f72206861766520657175616c20 | the poor have equal
| 6469676e6974792c20666f7220e2809c74686520 | dignity, for the
| 4c6f726420697320746865206d616b6572206f66 | Lord is the maker of
| 207468656d20616c6ce2809d20283c693e50726f | them all (Pro
| 76203c2f693e32323a32292e20e2809c48652068 | v 22:2). He h
| 696d73656c66206d61646520626f746820736d61 | imself made both sma
| 6c6c20616e64206772656174e2809d20283c693e | ll and great (
| 576973203c2f693e363a37292c20616e6420e280 | Wis 6:7), and
| 9c6865206d616b6573206869732073756e207269 | he makes his sun ri
| 7365206f6e20746865206576696c20616e64206f | se on the evil and o
| 6e2074686520676f6f64e2809d20283c693e4d74 | n the good (Mt
| 203c2f693e20353a3435292e2054686973206861 |  5:45). This ha
| 732070726163746963616c20636f6e7365717565 | s practical conseque
| 6e6365732c20737563682061732074686f736520 | nces, such as those
| 706f696e746564206f7574206279207468652062 | pointed out by the b
| 6973686f7073206f662050617261677561793a20 | ishops of Paraguay:
| e2809c4576657279203c693e63616d706573696e | Every campesin
| 6f3c2f693e206861732061206e61747572616c20 | o has a natural
| 726967687420746f20706f737365737320612072 | right to possess a r
| 6561736f6e61626c6520616c6c6f746d656e7420 | easonable allotment
| 6f66206c616e642077686572652068652063616e | of land where he can
| 2065737461626c6973682068697320686f6d652c | establish his home,
| 20776f726b20666f722073756273697374656e63 | work for subsistenc
| 65206f66206869732066616d696c7920616e6420 | e of his family and
| 6120736563757265206c6966652e205468697320 | a secure life. This
| 7269676874206d7573742062652067756172616e | right must be guaran
| 7465656420736f20746861742069747320657865 | teed so that its exe
| 7263697365206973206e6f7420696c6c75736f72 | rcise is not illusor
| 7920627574207265616c2e2054686174206d6561 | y but real. That mea
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| 6865206f776e657273686970206f662070726f70 | he ownership of prop
| 657274792c20727572616c2070656f706c65206d | erty, rural people m
| 75737420686176652061636365737320746f206d | ust have access to m
| 65616e73206f6620746563686e6963616c206564 | eans of technical ed
| 75636174696f6e2c206372656469742c20696e73 | ucation, credit, ins
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| 0d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e39352e20 |  95.
| 546865206e61747572616c20656e7669726f6e6d | The natural environm
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| 662065766572796f6e652e204966207765206d61 | f everyone. If we ma
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| 3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c70 |  <p
| 3e39382e204a65737573206c6976656420696e20 | >98. Jesus lived in
| 66756c6c206861726d6f6e792077697468206372 | full harmony with cr
| 656174696f6e2c20616e64206f74686572732077 | eation, and others w
| 65726520616d617a65643a20e2809c5768617420 | ere amazed: What
| 736f7274206f66206d616e20697320746869732c | sort of man is this,
| 2074686174206576656e207468652077696e6473 | that even the winds
| 20616e642074686520736561206f626579206869 | and the sea obey hi
| 6d3fe2809d20283c693e4d74203c2f693e20383a | m? (Mt 8:
| 3237292e2048697320617070656172616e636520 | 27). His appearance
| 776173206e6f742074686174206f6620616e2061 | was not that of an a
| 736365746963207365742061706172742066726f | scetic set apart fro
| 6d2074686520776f726c642c206e6f72206f6620 | m the world, nor of
| 616e20656e656d7920746f2074686520706c6561 | an enemy to the plea
| 73616e74207468696e6773206f66206c6966652e | sant things of life.
| 204f662068696d73656c6620686520736169643a | Of himself he said:
| 20e2809c54686520536f6e206f66204d616e2063 | The Son of Man c
| 616d6520656174696e6720616e64206472696e6b | ame eating and drink
| 696e6720616e642074686579207361792c20e280 | ing and they say,
| 984c6f6f6b2c206120676c7574746f6e20616e64 | Look, a glutton and
| 3c693e4d74203c2f693e31313a3139292e204865 | Mt 11:19). He
| 20776173206661722072656d6f7665642066726f | was far removed fro
| 6d207068696c6f736f7068696573207768696368 | m philosophies which
| 2064657370697365642074686520626f64792c20 | despised the body,
| 6d617474657220616e6420746865207468696e67 | matter and the thing
| 73206f662074686520776f726c642e2053756368 | s of the world. Such
| 20756e6865616c746879206475616c69736d732c | unhealthy dualisms,
| 206e6f6e657468656c6573732c206c6566742061 | nonetheless, left a
| 206d61726b206f6e206365727461696e20436872 | mark on certain Chr
| 69737469616e207468696e6b65727320696e2074 | istian thinkers in t
| 686520636f75727365206f6620686973746f7279 | he course of history
| 20616e6420646973666967757265642074686520 | and disfigured the
| 476f7370656c2e204a6573757320776f726b6564 | Gospel. Jesus worked
| 2077697468206869732068616e64732c20696e20 | with his hands, in
| 6461696c7920636f6e7461637420776974682074 | daily contact with t
| 6865206d61747465722063726561746564206279 | he matter created by
| 20476f642c20746f207768696368206865206761 | God, to which he ga
| 766520666f726d20627920686973206372616674 | ve form by his craft
| 736d616e736869702e2049742069732073747269 | smanship. It is stri
| 6b696e672074686174206d6f7374206f66206869 | king that most of hi
| 73206c6966652077617320646564696361746564 | s life was dedicated
| 20746f2074686973207461736b20696e20612073 | to this task in a s
| 696d706c65206c69666520776869636820617761 | imple life which awa
| 6b656e6564206e6f2061646d69726174696f6e20 | kened no admiration
| 617420616c6c3a20e2809c4973206e6f74207468 | at all: Is not th
| 6973207468652063617270656e7465722c207468 | is the carpenter, th
| 6520736f6e206f66204d6172793fe2809d20283c | e son of Mary? (<
| 693e4d6b203c2f693e20363a33292e20496e2074 | i>Mk 6:3). In t
| 686973207761792068652073616e637469666965 | his way he sanctifie
| 642068756d616e206c61626f757220616e642065 | d human labour and e
| 6e646f7765642069742077697468206120737065 | ndowed it with a spe
| 6369616c207369676e69666963616e636520666f | cial significance fo
| 72206f757220646576656c6f706d656e742e2041 | r our development. A
| 73205361696e74204a6f686e205061756c204949 | s Saint John Paul II
| 207461756768742c20e2809c627920656e647572 | taught, by endur
| 696e672074686520746f696c206f6620776f726b | ing the toil of work
| 20696e20756e696f6e2077697468204368726973 | in union with Chris
| 742063727563696669656420666f722075732c20 | t crucified for us,
| 6d616e20696e20612077617920636f6c6c61626f | man in a way collabo
| 726174657320776974682074686520536f6e206f | rates with the Son o
| 6620476f6420666f722074686520726564656d70 | f God for the redemp
| 74696f6e206f662068756d616e697479e2809d2e | tion of humanity .
| 3c61206e616d653d225f66746e72656637392220 | <a name="_ftnref79"
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| 703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e39392e20496e20 | p> 99. In
| 7468652043687269737469616e20756e64657273 | the Christian unders
| 74616e64696e67206f662074686520776f726c64 | tanding of the world
| 2c207468652064657374696e79206f6620616c6c | , the destiny of all
| 206372656174696f6e20697320626f756e642075 | creation is bound u
| 70207769746820746865206d797374657279206f | p with the mystery o
| 66204368726973742c2070726573656e74206672 | f Christ, present fr
| 6f6d2074686520626567696e6e696e673a20e280 | om the beginning:
| 9c416c6c207468696e6773206861766520626565 | All things have bee
| 6e20637265617465642074686f7567682068696d | n created though him
| 20616e6420666f722068696de2809d20283c693e | and for him (
| 436f6c203c2f693e313a3136292e3c61206e616d | Col 1:16).<a nam
| 653d225f66746e726566383022207469746c653d | e="_ftnref80" title=
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| 305d3c2f613e205468652070726f6c6f67756520 | 0]</a> The prologue
| 6f662074686520476f7370656c206f66204a6f68 | of the Gospel of Joh
| 6e2028313a312d3138292072657665616c732043 | n (1:1-18) reveals C
| 6872697374e28099732063726561746976652077 | hrist s creative w
| 6f726b2061732074686520446976696e6520576f | ork as the Divine Wo
| 726420283c693e4c6f676f733c2f693e292e2042 | rd (Logos). B
| 7574207468656e2c20756e65787065637465646c | ut then, unexpectedl
| 792c207468652070726f6c6f67756520676f6573 | y, the prologue goes
| 206f6e20746f2073617920746861742074686973 | on to say that this
| 2073616d6520576f726420e2809c626563616d65 | same Word became
| 20666c657368e2809d20283c693e4a6e203c2f69 | flesh (Jn </i
| 3e313a3134292e204f6e6520506572736f6e206f | >1:14). One Person o
| 6620746865205472696e69747920656e74657265 | f the Trinity entere
| 6420696e746f2074686520637265617465642063 | d into the created c
| 6f736d6f732c207468726f77696e6720696e2068 | osmos, throwing in h
| 6973206c6f7420776974682069742c206576656e | is lot with it, even
| 20746f207468652063726f73732e2046726f6d20 | to the cross. From
| 74686520626567696e6e696e67206f6620746865 | the beginning of the
| 20776f726c642c2062757420706172746963756c | world, but particul
| 61726c79207468726f7567682074686520696e63 | arly through the inc
| 61726e6174696f6e2c20746865206d7973746572 | arnation, the myster
| 79206f662043687269737420697320617420776f | y of Christ is at wo
| 726b20696e20612068696464656e206d616e6e65 | rk in a hidden manne
| 7220696e20746865206e61747572616c20776f72 | r in the natural wor
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| 7574207468657265627920696d70696e67696e67 | ut thereby impinging
| 206f6e20697473206175746f6e6f6d792e203c2f | on its autonomy. </
| 703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e31 | p> 1
| 30302e20546865204e65772054657374616d656e | 00. The New Testamen
| 7420646f6573206e6f74206f6e6c792074656c6c | t does not only tell
| 207573206f66207468652065617274686c79204a | us of the earthly J
| 6573757320616e64206869732074616e6769626c | esus and his tangibl
| 6520616e64206c6f76696e672072656c6174696f | e and loving relatio
| 6e7368697020776974682074686520776f726c64 | nship with the world
| 2e20497420616c736f2073686f77732068696d20 | . It also shows him
| 726973656e20616e6420676c6f72696f75732c20 | risen and glorious,
| 70726573656e74207468726f7567686f75742063 | present throughout c
| 72656174696f6e2062792068697320756e697665 | reation by his unive
| 7273616c204c6f7264736869703a20e2809c466f | rsal Lordship: Fo
| 7220696e2068696d20616c6c207468652066756c | r in him all the ful
| 6c6e657373206f6620476f642077617320706c65 | lness of God was ple
| 6173656420746f206477656c6c2c20616e642074 | ased to dwell, and t
| 68726f7567682068696d20746f207265636f6e63 | hrough him to reconc
| 696c6520746f2068696d73656c6620616c6c2074 | ile to himself all t
| 68696e67732c2077686574686572206f6e206561 | hings, whether on ea
| 727468206f7220696e2068656176656e2c206d61 | rth or in heaven, ma
| 6b696e672070656163652062792074686520626c | king peace by the bl
| 6f6f64206f66206869732063726f7373e2809d20 | ood of his cross
| 283c693e436f6c203c2f693e313a31392d323029 | (Col 1:19-20)
| 2e2054686973206c6561647320757320746f2064 | . This leads us to d
| 6972656374206f75722067617a6520746f207468 | irect our gaze to th
| 6520656e64206f662074696d652c207768656e20 | e end of time, when
| 74686520536f6e2077696c6c2064656c69766572 | the Son will deliver
| 20616c6c207468696e677320746f207468652046 | all things to the F
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| 64206d61792062652065766572797468696e6720 | d may be everything
| 746f206576657279206f6e65e2809d20283c693e | to every one (
| 3120436f72203c2f693e31353a3238292e205468 | 1 Cor 15:28). Th
| 75732c2074686520637265617475726573206f66 | us, the creatures of
| 207468697320776f726c64206e6f206c6f6e6765 | this world no longe
| 722061707065617220746f20757320756e646572 | r appear to us under
| 206d6572656c79206e61747572616c2067756973 | merely natural guis
| 6520626563617573652074686520726973656e20 | e because the risen
| 4f6e65206973206d7973746572696f75736c7920 | One is mysteriously
| 686f6c64696e67207468656d20746f2068696d73 | holding them to hims
| 656c6620616e6420646972656374696e67207468 | elf and directing th
| 656d20746f77617264732066756c6c6e65737320 | em towards fullness
| 617320746865697220656e642e20546865207665 | as their end. The ve
| 727920666c6f77657273206f6620746865206669 | ry flowers of the fi
| 656c6420616e6420746865206269726473207768 | eld and the birds wh
| 696368206869732068756d616e20657965732063 | ich his human eyes c
| 6f6e74656d706c6174656420616e642061646d69 | ontemplated and admi
| 72656420617265206e6f7720696d627565642077 | red are now imbued w
| 697468206869732072616469616e742070726573 | ith his radiant pres
| 656e63652e3c2f703e200d0a3c7020616c69676e | ence. CHAPTER TH
| 5245453c2f703e200d0a3c7020616c69676e3d22 | REE THE
| 2048554d414e20524f4f5453204f462054484520 | HUMAN ROOTS OF THE
| 45434f4c4f474943414c204352495349533c2f62 | ECOLOGICAL CRISIS</b
| 3e3c2f703e200d0a3c7020616c69676e3d226c65 | > 1
| 30312e20497420776f756c6420686172646c7920 | 01. It would hardly
| 62652068656c7066756c20746f20646573637269 | be helpful to descri
| 62652073796d70746f6d7320776974686f757420 | be symptoms without
| 61636b6e6f776c656467696e6720746865206875 | acknowledging the hu
| 6d616e206f726967696e73206f66207468652065 | man origins of the e
| 636f6c6f676963616c206372697369732e204120 | cological crisis. A
| 6365727461696e20776179206f6620756e646572 | certain way of under
| 7374616e64696e672068756d616e206c69666520 | standing human life
| 616e642061637469766974792068617320676f6e | and activity has gon
| 6520617772792c20746f2074686520736572696f | e awry, to the serio
| 75732064657472696d656e74206f662074686520 | us detriment of the
| 776f726c642061726f756e642075732e2053686f | world around us. Sho
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| 20636f6e736964657220746869733f2041742074 | consider this? At t
| 6869732073746167652c20492070726f706f7365 | his stage, I propose
| 207468617420776520666f637573206f6e207468 | that we focus on th
| 6520646f6d696e616e7420746563686e6f637261 | e dominant technocra
| 74696320706172616469676d20616e6420746865 | tic paradigm and the
| 20706c616365206f662068756d616e206265696e | place of human bein
| 677320616e64206f662068756d616e2061637469 | gs and of human acti
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| 200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3c623e |  
| 492e20544543484e4f4c4f47593a204352454154 | I. TECHNOLOGY: CREAT
| 495649545920414e4420504f5745523c2f623e3c | IVITY AND POWER<
| 2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e | /p> 
| 3130322e2048756d616e6974792068617320656e | 102. Humanity has en
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| 68696368206f757220746563686e6963616c2070 | hich our technical p
| 726f77657373206861732062726f756768742075 | rowess has brought u
| 7320746f20612063726f7373726f6164732e2057 | s to a crossroads. W
| 6520617265207468652062656e65666963696172 | e are the beneficiar
| 696573206f662074776f2063656e747572696573 | ies of two centuries
| 206f6620656e6f726d6f7573207761766573206f | of enormous waves o
| 66206368616e67653a20737465616d20656e6769 | f change: steam engi
| 6e65732c207261696c776179732c207468652074 | nes, railways, the t
| 656c6567726170682c20656c6563747269636974 | elegraph, electricit
| 792c206175746f6d6f62696c65732c206165726f | y, automobiles, aero
| 706c616e65732c206368656d6963616c20696e64 | planes, chemical ind
| 757374726965732c206d6f6465726e206d656469 | ustries, modern medi
| 63696e652c20696e666f726d6174696f6e207465 | cine, information te
| 63686e6f6c6f677920616e642c206d6f72652072 | chnology and, more r
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| 732c2062696f746563686e6f6c6f676965732061 | s, biotechnologies a
| 6e64206e616e6f746563686e6f6c6f676965732e | nd nanotechnologies.
| 20497420697320726967687420746f2072656a6f | It is right to rejo
| 69636520696e20746865736520616476616e6365 | ice in these advance
| 7320616e6420746f206265206578636974656420 | s and to be excited
| 62792074686520696d6d656e736520706f737369 | by the immense possi
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| 636f6e74696e756520746f206f70656e20757020 | continue to open up
| 6265666f72652075732c20666f7220e2809c7363 | before us, for sc
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| 6f722075736566756c20707572706f7365732068 | or useful purposes h
| 61732064697374696e6775697368656420746865 | as distinguished the
| 2068756d616e2066616d696c792066726f6d2074 | human family from t
| 686520626567696e6e696e673b20746563686e6f | he beginning; techno
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| 737365732074686520696e6e65722074656e7369 | sses the inner tensi
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| 63686e6f6c6f6779206861732072656d65646965 | chnology has remedie
| 6420636f756e746c657373206576696c73207768 | d countless evils wh
| 696368207573656420746f206861726d20616e64 | ich used to harm and
| 206c696d69742068756d616e206265696e67732e | limit human beings.
| 20486f772063616e207765206e6f74206665656c | How can we not feel
| 2067726174697475646520616e64206170707265 | gratitude and appre
| 63696174696f6e20666f7220746869732070726f | ciation for this pro
| 67726573732c20657370656369616c6c7920696e | gress, especially in
| 20746865206669656c6473206f66206d65646963 | the fields of medic
| 696e652c20656e67696e656572696e6720616e64 | ine, engineering and
| 20636f6d6d756e69636174696f6e733f20486f77 | communications? How
| 20636f756c64207765206e6f742061636b6e6f77 | could we not acknow
| 6c656467652074686520776f726b206f66206d61 | ledge the work of ma
| 6e7920736369656e746973747320616e6420656e | ny scientists and en
| 67696e656572732077686f20686176652070726f | gineers who have pro
| 766964656420616c7465726e6174697665732074 | vided alternatives t
| 6f206d616b6520646576656c6f706d656e742073 | o make development s
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| 3e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3130332e20546563 | > 103. Tec
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| 6c2064697265637465642c2063616e2070726f64 | l directed, can prod
| 75636520696d706f7274616e74206d65616e7320 | uce important means
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| 66726f6d2075736566756c20646f6d6573746963 | from useful domestic
| 206170706c69616e63657320746f206772656174 | appliances to great
| 207472616e73706f72746174696f6e2073797374 | transportation syst
| 656d732c20627269646765732c206275696c6469 | ems, bridges, buildi
| 6e677320616e64207075626c6963207370616365 | ngs and public space
| 732e2049742063616e20616c736f2070726f6475 | s. It can also produ
| 63652061727420616e6420656e61626c65206d65 | ce art and enable me
| 6e20616e6420776f6d656e20696d6d6572736564 | n and women immersed
| 20696e20746865206d6174657269616c20776f72 | in the material wor
| 6f2074686520776f726c64206f66206265617574 | o the world of beaut
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| 20616e64206d75736963206e6f77206d616b6520 | and music now make
| 757365206f66206e657720746563686e6f6c6f67 | use of new technolog
| 6965732e20536f2c20696e207468652062656175 | ies. So, in the beau
| 747920696e74656e64656420627920746865206f | ty intended by the o
| 6e652077686f2075736573206e65772074656368 | ne who uses new tech
| 6e6963616c20696e737472756d656e747320616e | nical instruments an
| 6420696e2074686520636f6e74656d706c617469 | d in the contemplati
| 6f6e206f662073756368206265617574792c2061 | on of such beauty, a
| 207175616e74756d206c656170206f6363757273 | quantum leap occurs
| 2c20726573756c74696e6720696e20612066756c | , resulting in a ful
| 66696c6d656e7420776869636820697320756e69 | filment which is uni
| 7175656c792068756d616e2e3c2f703e200d0a3c | quely human. <
| 703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3130342e205965 | p> 104. Ye
| 74206974206d75737420616c736f206265207265 | t it must also be re
| 636f676e697a65642074686174206e75636c6561 | cognized that nuclea
| 7220656e657267792c2062696f746563686e6f6c | r energy, biotechnol
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| 736f757263657320746f20757365207468656d2c | sources to use them,
| 20616e20696d707265737369766520646f6d696e | an impressive domin
| 616e6365206f766572207468652077686f6c6520 | ance over the whole
| 6f662068756d616e69747920616e642074686520 | of humanity and the
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| 6861732068756d616e6974792068616420737563 | has humanity had suc
| 6820706f776572206f76657220697473656c662c | h power over itself,
| 20796574206e6f7468696e6720656e7375726573 | yet nothing ensures
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| 686f772069742069732063757272656e746c7920 | how it is currently
| 6265696e6720757365642e205765206e65656420 | being used. We need
| 627574207468696e6b206f6620746865206e7563 | but think of the nuc
| 6c65617220626f6d62732064726f707065642069 | lear bombs dropped i
| 6e20746865206d6964646c65206f662074686520 | n the middle of the
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| 7220746865206172726179206f6620746563686e | r the array of techn
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| 486f6c79205370697269742063616e2062652073 | Holy Spirit can be s
| 61696420746f20706f737365737320616e20696e | aid to possess an in
| 66696e69746520637265617469766974792c2070 | finite creativity, p
| 726f70657220746f2074686520646976696e6520 | roper to the divine
| 6d696e642c207768696368206b6e6f777320686f | mind, which knows ho
| 7720746f206c6f6f73656e20746865206b6e6f74 | w to loosen the knot
| 73206f662068756d616e20616666616972732c20 | s of human affairs,
| 696e636c7564696e6720746865206d6f73742063 | including the most c
| 6f6d706c657820616e6420696e73637275746162 | omplex and inscrutab
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| 72656174696e67206120776f726c6420696e206e | reating a world in n
| 656564206f6620646576656c6f706d656e742c20 | eed of development,
| 476f6420696e20736f6d652077617920736f7567 | God in some way soug
| 687420746f206c696d69742068696d73656c6620 | ht to limit himself
| 696e20737563682061207761792074686174206d | in such a way that m
| 616e79206f6620746865207468696e6773207765 | any of the things we
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| 7265616c6974792070617274206f662074686520 | reality part of the
| 7061696e73206f66206368696c64626972746820 | pains of childbirth
| 7768696368206865207573657320746f20647261 | which he uses to dra
| 7720757320696e746f2074686520616374206f66 | w us into the act of
| 20636f6f7065726174696f6e2077697468207468 | cooperation with th
| 652043726561746f722e3c61206e616d653d225f | e Creator.<a name="_
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| 613e20476f6420697320696e74696d6174656c79 | a> God is intimately
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| 67206f6e20746865206175746f6e6f6d79206f66 | g on the autonomy of
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| 6e7375726573207468652073756273697374656e | nsures the subsisten
| 636520616e642067726f777468206f6620656163 | ce and growth of eac
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| 6f6ee2809d2e3c61206e616d653d225f66746e72 | on .<a name="_ftnr
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| 686520537069726974206f6620476f6420686173 | he Spirit of God has
| 2066696c6c65642074686520756e697665727365 | filled the universe
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| 616e64207468657265666f72652c2066726f6d20 | and therefore, from
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| 206279207468652065766f6c7574696f6e206f66 | by the evolution of
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| 61696e74204672616e636973206f662041737369 | aint Francis of Assi
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| 617070656172616e6365206f662065636f737973 | appearance of ecosys
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| 203c2f703e200d0a3c703e34312e20496e207472 |  41. In tr
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| 63617265206f6620746869732066616d696c792e | care of this family.
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| 20696e76656e746f7279206f6620746865207370 | inventory of the sp
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| 20696e666f726d6174696f6e206f7665726c6f61 | information overloa
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| 283c693e4c65763c2f693e2032353a3233292e3c | (Lev 25:23).<
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| 6c6f6e676572206477656c6c7320696e20746865 | longer dwells in the
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| 9d20283c693e47656e203c2f693e363a3133292e | (Gen 6:13).
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| 6f6e20746865206561727468e2809d20283c693e | on the earth (
| 47656e203c2f693e20363a36292c206e6f6e6574 | Gen 6:6), nonet
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| 706572736f6e20746f20726573746f726520686f | person to restore ho
| 70652120546865206269626c6963616c20747261 | pe! The biblical tra
| 646974696f6e20636c6561726c792073686f7773 | dition clearly shows
| 207468617420746869732072656e6577616c2065 | that this renewal e
| 6e7461696c73207265636f766572696e6720616e | ntails recovering an
| 642072657370656374696e672074686520726879 | d respecting the rhy
| 74686d7320696e7363726962656420696e206e61 | thms inscribed in na
| 74757265206279207468652068616e64206f6620 | ture by the hand of
| 7468652043726561746f722e2057652073656520 | the Creator. We see
| 746869732c20666f72206578616d706c652c2069 | this, for example, i
| 6e20746865206c6177206f662074686520536162 | n the law of the Sab
| 626174682e204f6e2074686520736576656e7468 | bath. On the seventh
| 206461792c20476f64207265737465642066726f | day, God rested fro
| 6d20616c6c2068697320776f726b2e2048652063 | m all his work. He c
| 6f6d6d616e6465642049737261656c20746f2073 | ommanded Israel to s
| 6574206173696465206561636820736576656e74 | et aside each sevent
| 6820646179206173206120646179206f66207265 | h day as a day of re
| 73742c2061203c693e20536162626174683c2f69 | st, a Sabbath</i
| 3e2c202863662e203c693e47656e203c2f693e32 | >, (cf. Gen 2
| 3a322d333b203c693e4578203c2f693e31363a32 | :2-3; Ex 16:2
| 333b2032303a3130292e2053696d696c61726c79 | 3; 20:10). Similarly
| 2c20657665727920736576656e2079656172732c | , every seven years,
| 2061207361626261746963616c20796561722077 | a sabbatical year w
| 61732073657420617369646520666f7220497372 | as set aside for Isr
| 61656c2c206120636f6d706c6574652072657374 | ael, a complete rest
| 20666f7220746865206c616e64202863662e203c | for the land (cf. <
| 693e4c65763c2f693e2032353a312d34292c2077 | i>Lev 25:1-4), w
| 68656e20736f77696e672077617320666f726269 | hen sowing was forbi
| 6464656e20616e64206f6e652072656170656420 | dden and one reaped
| 6f6e6c79207768617420776173206e6563657373 | only what was necess
| 61727920746f206c697665206f6e20616e642074 | ary to live on and t
| 6f2066656564206f6e65e280997320686f757365 | o feed one s house
| 686f6c64202863662e203c693e4c6576203c2f69 | hold (cf. Lev </i
| 3e32353a342d36292e2046696e616c6c792c2061 | >25:4-6). Finally, a
| 6674657220736576656e207765656b73206f6620 | fter seven weeks of
| 79656172732c20776869636820697320746f2073 | years, which is to s
| 617920666f7274792d6e696e652079656172732c | ay forty-nine years,
| 20746865204a7562696c6565207761732063656c | the Jubilee was cel
| 6562726174656420617320612079656172206f66 | ebrated as a year of
| 2067656e6572616c20666f72676976656e657373 | general forgiveness
| 20616e6420e2809c6c696265727479207468726f | and liberty thro
| 7567686f757420746865206c616e6420666f7220 | ughout the land for
| 616c6c2069747320696e6861626974616e7473e2 | all its inhabitants
| 809d202863662e203c693e4c6576203c2f693e32 | (cf. Lev 2
| 353a3130292e2054686973206c61772063616d65 | 5:10). This law came
| 2061626f757420617320616e20617474656d7074 | about as an attempt
| 20746f20656e737572652062616c616e63652061 | to ensure balance a
| 6e6420666169726e65737320696e207468656972 | nd fairness in their
| 2072656c6174696f6e7368697073207769746820 | relationships with
| 6f746865727320616e6420776974682074686520 | others and with the
| 6c616e64206f6e2077686963682074686579206c | land on which they l
| 6976656420616e6420776f726b65642e20417420 | ived and worked. At
| 7468652073616d652074696d652c206974207761 | the same time, it wa
| 7320616e2061636b6e6f776c6564676d656e7420 | s an acknowledgment
| 74686174207468652067696674206f6620746865 | that the gift of the
| 2065617274682077697468206974732066727569 | earth with its frui
| 74732062656c6f6e677320746f2065766572796f | ts belongs to everyo
| 6e652e2054686f73652077686f2074696c6c6564 | ne. Those who tilled
| 20616e64206b65707420746865206c616e642077 | and kept the land w
| 657265206f626c6967656420746f207368617265 | ere obliged to share
| 20697473206672756974732c2065737065636961 | its fruits, especia
| 6c6c7920776974682074686520706f6f722c2077 | lly with the poor, w
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| 616e6420666f726569676e65727320696e207468 | and foreigners in th
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| 6f6620796f7572206c616e642c20796f75207368 | of your land, you sh
| 616c6c206e6f74207265617020796f7572206669 | all not reap your fi
| 656c6420746f20697473207665727920626f7264 | eld to its very bord
| 65722c206e656974686572207368616c6c20796f | er, neither shall yo
| 75206761746865722074686520676c65616e696e | u gather the gleanin
| 6773206166746572207468652068617276657374 | gs after the harvest
| 2e20416e6420796f75207368616c6c206e6f7420 | . And you shall not
| 737472697020796f75722076696e657961726420 | strip your vineyard
| 626172652c206e656974686572207368616c6c20 | bare, neither shall
| 796f7520676174686572207468652066616c6c65 | you gather the falle
| 6e20677261706573206f6620796f75722076696e | n grapes of your vin
| 65796172643b20796f75207368616c6c206c6561 | eyard; you shall lea
| 7665207468656d20666f722074686520706f6f72 | ve them for the poor
| 20616e6420666f722074686520736f6a6f75726e | and for the sojourn
| 6572e2809d20283c693e4c6576203c2f693e2031 | er (Lev 1
| 393a392d3130292e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c | 9:9-10). <
| 2f703e200d0a3c703e37322e2054686520507361 | /p> 72. The Psa
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| 6c6d73206672657175656e746c79206578686f72 | lms frequently exhor
| 7420757320746f2070726169736520476f642074 | t us to praise God t
| 68652043726561746f722c20e2809c77686f2073 | he Creator, who s
| 7072656164206f75742074686520656172746820 | pread out the earth
| 6f6e20746865207761746572732c20666f722068 | on the waters, for h
| 697320737465616466617374206c6f766520656e | is steadfast love en
| 647572657320666f722065766572e2809d20283c | dures for ever (<
| 693e5073203c2f693e203133363a36292e205468 | i>Ps 136:6). Th
| 657920616c736f20696e76697465206f74686572 | ey also invite other
| 2063726561747572657320746f206a6f696e2075 | creatures to join u
| 7320696e2074686973207072616973653a20e280 | s in this praise:
| 9c5072616973652068696d2c2073756e20616e64 | Praise him, sun and
| 206d6f6f6e2c207072616973652068696d2c2061 | moon, praise him, a
| 6c6c20796f75207368696e696e67207374617273 | ll you shining stars
| 21205072616973652068696d2c20796f75206869 | ! Praise him, you hi
| 67686573742068656176656e732c20616e642079 | ghest heavens, and y
| 6f75207761746572732061626f76652074686520 | ou waters above the
| 68656176656e7321204c6574207468656d207072 | heavens! Let them pr
| 6169736520746865206e616d65206f6620746865 | aise the name of the
| 204c6f72642c20666f7220686520636f6d6d616e | Lord, for he comman
| 64656420616e6420746865792077657265206372 | ded and they were cr
| 6561746564e2809d20283c693e5073203c2f693e | eated (Ps 
| 3134383a332d35292e20576520646f206e6f7420 | 148:3-5). We do not
| 6f6e6c7920657869737420627920476f64e28099 | only exist by God
| 73206d696768747920706f7765723b2077652061 | s mighty power; we a
| 6c736f206c69766520776974682068696d20616e | lso live with him an
| 64206265736964652068696d2e20546869732069 | d beside him. This i
| 73207768792077652061646f72652068696d2e3c | s why we adore him.<
| 2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e | /p> 
| 37332e205468652077726974696e6773206f6620 | 73. The writings of
| 7468652070726f706865747320696e7669746520 | the prophets invite
| 757320746f2066696e642072656e657765642073 | us to find renewed s
| 7472656e67746820696e2074696d6573206f6620 | trength in times of
| 747269616c20627920636f6e74656d706c617469 | trial by contemplati
| 6e672074686520616c6c2d706f77657266756c20 | ng the all-powerful
| 476f642077686f20637265617465642074686520 | God who created the
| 756e6976657273652e2059657420476f64e28099 | universe. Yet God
| 7320696e66696e69746520706f77657220646f65 | s infinite power doe
| 73206e6f74206c65616420757320746f20666c65 | s not lead us to fle
| 6520686973206661746865726c792074656e6465 | e his fatherly tende
| 726e6573732c206265636175736520696e206869 | rness, because in hi
| 6d20616666656374696f6e20616e642073747265 | m affection and stre
| 6e67746820617265206a6f696e65642e20496e64 | ngth are joined. Ind
| 6565642c20616c6c20736f756e64207370697269 | eed, all sound spiri
| 7475616c69747920656e7461696c7320626f7468 | tuality entails both
| 2077656c636f6d696e6720646976696e65206c6f | welcoming divine lo
| 766520616e642061646f726174696f6e2c20636f | ve and adoration, co
| 6e666964656e7420696e20746865204c6f726420 | nfident in the Lord
| 62656361757365206f662068697320696e66696e | because of his infin
| 69746520706f7765722e20496e20746865204269 | ite power. In the Bi
| 626c652c2074686520476f642077686f206c6962 | ble, the God who lib
| 65726174657320616e6420736176657320697320 | erates and saves is
| 7468652073616d6520476f642077686f20637265 | the same God who cre
| 617465642074686520756e6976657273652c2061 | ated the universe, a
| 6e642074686573652074776f20646976696e6520 | nd these two divine
| 77617973206f6620616374696e67206172652069 | ways of acting are i
| 6e74696d6174656c7920616e6420696e73657061 | ntimately and insepa
| 7261626c7920636f6e6e65637465643a20e2809c | rably connected:
| 4168204c6f726420476f64212049742069732079 | Ah Lord God! It is y
| 6f752077686f206d616465207468652068656176 | ou who made the heav
| 656e7320616e6420746865206561727468206279 | ens and the earth by
| 20796f757220677265617420706f77657220616e | your great power an
| 6420627920796f7572206f757473747265746368 | d by your outstretch
| 65642061726d21204e6f7468696e672069732074 | ed arm! Nothing is t
| 6f6f206861726420666f7220796f75e280a62059 | oo hard for you Y
| 6f752062726f7567687420796f75722070656f70 | ou brought your peop
| 6c652049737261656c206f7574206f6620746865 | le Israel out of the
| 206c616e64206f66204567797074207769746820 | land of Egypt with
| 7369676e7320616e6420776f6e64657273e2809d | signs and wonders
| 20283c693e4a65723c2f693e2033323a31372c20 | (Jer 32:17,
| 3231292e20e2809c546865204c6f726420697320 | 21). The Lord is
| 74686520657665726c617374696e6720476f642c | the everlasting God,
| 207468652043726561746f72206f662074686520 | the Creator of the
| 656e6473206f66207468652065617274682e2048 | ends of the earth. H
| 6520646f6573206e6f74206661696e74206f7220 | e does not faint or
| 67726f772077656172793b2068697320756e6465 | grow weary; his unde
| 727374616e64696e6720697320756e7365617263 | rstanding is unsearc
| 6861626c652e20486520676976657320706f7765 | hable. He gives powe
| 7220746f20746865206661696e742c20616e6420 | r to the faint, and
| 737472656e677468656e732074686520706f7765 | strengthens the powe
| 726c657373e2809d20283c693e49733c2f693e20 | rless (Is
| 34303a3238622d3239292e3c2f703e200d0a3c70 | 40:28b-29). <p
| 3e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e37342e2054686520 | > 74. The
| 657870657269656e6365206f6620746865204261 | experience of the Ba
| 62796c6f6e69616e206361707469766974792070 | bylonian captivity p
| 726f766f6b656420612073706972697475616c20 | rovoked a spiritual
| 637269736973207768696368206c656420746f20 | crisis which led to
| 64656570657220666169746820696e20476f642e | deeper faith in God.
| 204e6f7720686973206372656174697665206f6d | Now his creative om
| 6e69706f74656e63652077617320676976656e20 | nipotence was given
| 7072696465206f6620706c61636520696e206f72 | pride of place in or
| 64657220746f206578686f727420746865207065 | der to exhort the pe
| 6f706c6520746f2072656761696e207468656972 | ople to regain their
| 20686f706520696e20746865206d69647374206f | hope in the midst o
| 6620746865697220777265746368656420707265 | f their wretched pre
| 646963616d656e742e2043656e74757269657320 | dicament. Centuries
| 6c617465722c20696e20616e6f74686572206167 | later, in another ag
| 65206f6620747269616c20616e64207065727365 | e of trial and perse
| 637574696f6e2c207768656e2074686520526f6d | cution, when the Rom
| 616e20456d7069726520776173207365656b696e | an Empire was seekin
| 6720746f20696d706f7365206162736f6c757465 | g to impose absolute
| 20646f6d696e696f6e2c20746865206661697468 | dominion, the faith
| 66756c20776f756c64206f6e636520616761696e | ful would once again
| 2066696e6420636f6e736f6c6174696f6e20616e | find consolation an
| 6420686f706520696e20612067726f77696e6720 | d hope in a growing
| 747275737420696e2074686520616c6c2d706f77 | trust in the all-pow
| 657266756c20476f643a20e2809c477265617420 | erful God: Great
| 616e6420776f6e64657266756c2061726520796f | and wonderful are yo
| 75722064656564732c204f204c6f726420476f64 | ur deeds, O Lord God
| 2074686520416c6d696768747921204a75737420 | the Almighty! Just
| 616e6420747275652061726520796f7572207761 | and true are your wa
| 797321e2809d20283c693e5265763c2f693e2031 | ys! (Rev 1
| 353a33292e2054686520476f642077686f206372 | 5:3). The God who cr
| 65617465642074686520756e697665727365206f | eated the universe o
| 7574206f66206e6f7468696e672063616e20616c | ut of nothing can al
| 736f20696e74657276656e6520696e2074686973 | so intervene in this
| 20776f726c6420616e64206f766572636f6d6520 | world and overcome
| 657665727920666f726d206f66206576696c2e20 | every form of evil.
| 496e6a757374696365206973206e6f7420696e76 | Injustice is not inv
| 696e6369626c652e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c | incible. <
| 2f703e200d0a3c703e37352e2041207370697269 | /p> 75. A spiri
| 7475616c69747920776869636820666f72676574 | tuality which forget
| 7320476f6420617320616c6c2d706f7765726675 | s God as all-powerfu
| 6c20616e642043726561746f72206973206e6f74 | l and Creator is not
| 2061636365707461626c652e2054686174206973 | acceptable. That is
| 20686f7720776520656e6420757020776f727368 | how we end up worsh
| 697070696e672065617274686c7920706f776572 | ipping earthly power
| 732c206f72206f757273656c7665732075737572 | s, or ourselves usur
| 70696e672074686520706c616365206f6620476f | ping the place of Go
| 642c206576656e20746f2074686520706f696e74 | d, even to the point
| 206f6620636c61696d696e6720616e20756e6c69 | of claiming an unli
| 6d6974656420726967687420746f207472616d70 | mited right to tramp
| 6c6520686973206372656174696f6e20756e6465 | le his creation unde
| 72666f6f742e2054686520626573742077617920 | rfoot. The best way
| 746f20726573746f7265206d656e20616e642077 | to restore men and w
| 6f6d656e20746f20746865697220726967687466 | omen to their rightf
| 756c20706c6163652c2070757474696e6720616e | ul place, putting an
| 20656e6420746f20746865697220636c61696d20 | end to their claim
| 746f206162736f6c75746520646f6d696e696f6e | to absolute dominion
| 206f766572207468652065617274682c20697320 | over the earth, is
| 746f20737065616b206f6e6365206d6f7265206f | to speak once more o
| 662074686520666967757265206f662061204661 | f the figure of a Fa
| 746865722077686f206372656174657320616e64 | ther who creates and
| 2077686f20616c6f6e65206f776e732074686520 | who alone owns the
| 776f726c642e204f74686572776973652c206875 | world. Otherwise, hu
| 6d616e206265696e67732077696c6c20616c7761 | man beings will alwa
| 79732074727920746f20696d706f736520746865 | ys try to impose the
| 6972206f776e206c61777320616e6420696e7465 | ir own laws and inte
| 7265737473206f6e207265616c6974792e3c2f70 | rests on reality.</p
| 3e200d0a3c703e3c623e4949492e20544845204d | > III. THE M
| 595354455259204f462054484520554e49564552 | YSTERY OF THE UNIVER
| 53453c2f623e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f70 | SE </p
| 3e200d0a3c703e37362e20496e20746865204a75 | > 76. In the Ju
| 6461656f2d43687269737469616e207472616469 | daeo-Christian tradi
| 74696f6e2c2074686520776f726420e2809c6372 | tion, the word cr
| 656174696f6ee2809d2068617320612062726f61 | eation has a broa
| 646572206d65616e696e67207468616e20e2809c | der meaning than
| 6e6174757265e2809d2c20666f72206974206861 | nature , for it ha
| 7320746f20646f207769746820476f64e2809973 | s to do with God s
| 206c6f76696e6720706c616e20696e2077686963 | loving plan in whic
| 6820657665727920637265617475726520686173 | h every creature has
| 20697473206f776e2076616c756520616e642073 | its own value and s
| 69676e69666963616e63652e204e617475726520 | ignificance. Nature
| 697320757375616c6c79207365656e2061732061 | is usually seen as a
| 2073797374656d2077686963682063616e206265 | system which can be
| 20737475646965642c20756e64657273746f6f64 | studied, understood
| 20616e6420636f6e74726f6c6c65642c20776865 | and controlled, whe
| 72656173206372656174696f6e2063616e206f6e | reas creation can on
| 6c7920626520756e64657273746f6f6420617320 | ly be understood as
| 6120676966742066726f6d20746865206f757473 | a gift from the outs
| 74726574636865642068616e64206f6620746865 | tretched hand of the
| 20466174686572206f6620616c6c2c20616e6420 | Father of all, and
| 61732061207265616c69747920696c6c756d696e | as a reality illumin
| 6174656420627920746865206c6f766520776869 | ated by the love whi
| 63682063616c6c7320757320746f676574686572 | ch calls us together
| 20696e746f20756e6976657273616c20636f6d6d | into universal comm
| 756e696f6e2e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f70 | union. </p
| 3e200d0a3c703e37372e20e2809c427920746865 | > 77. By the
| 20776f7264206f6620746865204c6f7264207468 | word of the Lord th
| 652068656176656e732077657265206d616465e2 | e heavens were made
| 809d20283c693e5073203c2f693e33333a36292e | (Ps 33:6).
| 20546869732074656c6c73207573207468617420 | This tells us that
| 74686520776f726c642063616d652061626f7574 | the world came about
| 2061732074686520726573756c74206f66206120 | as the result of a
| 6465636973696f6e2c206e6f742066726f6d2063 | decision, not from c
| 68616f73206f72206368616e63652c20616e6420 | haos or chance, and
| 74686973206578616c747320697420616c6c2074 | this exalts it all t
| 6865206d6f72652e20546865206372656174696e | he more. The creatin
| 6720776f72642065787072657373657320612066 | g word expresses a f
| 7265652063686f6963652e2054686520756e6976 | ree choice. The univ
| 6572736520646964206e6f7420656d6572676520 | erse did not emerge
| 61732074686520726573756c74206f6620617262 | as the result of arb
| 697472617279206f6d6e69706f74656e63652c20 | itrary omnipotence,
| 612073686f77206f6620666f726365206f722061 | a show of force or a
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| 3c693e576973203c2f693e31313a3234292e2045 | Wis 11:24). E
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| 792c2077652063616e20617363656e642066726f | y, we can ascend fro
| 6d2063726561746564207468696e677320e2809c | m created things
| 746f207468652067726561746e657373206f6620 | to the greatness of
| 476f6420616e6420746f20686973206c6f76696e | God and to his lovin
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| 0d0a3c703e37382e204174207468652073616d65 | 78. At the same
| 2074696d652c204a756461656f2d436872697374 | time, Judaeo-Christ
| 69616e2074686f756768742064656d7974686f6c | ian thought demythol
| 6f67697a6564206e61747572652e205768696c65 | ogized nature. While
| 20636f6e74696e75696e6720746f2061646d6972 | continuing to admir
| 6520697473206772616e6465757220616e642069 | e its grandeur and i
| 6d6d656e736974792c206974206e6f206c6f6e67 | mmensity, it no long
| 657220736177206e617475726520617320646976 | er saw nature as div
| 696e652e20496e20646f696e6720736f2c206974 | ine. In doing so, it
| 20656d70686173697a657320616c6c2074686520 | emphasizes all the
| 6d6f7265206f75722068756d616e20726573706f | more our human respo
| 6e736962696c69747920666f72206e6174757265 | nsibility for nature
| 2e2054686973207265646973636f76657279206f | . This rediscovery o
| 66206e61747572652063616e206e657665722062 | f nature can never b
| 652061742074686520636f7374206f6620746865 | e at the cost of the
| 2066726565646f6d20616e6420726573706f6e73 | freedom and respons
| 6962696c697479206f662068756d616e20626569 | ibility of human bei
| 6e67732077686f2c2061732070617274206f6620 | ngs who, as part of
| 74686520776f726c642c20686176652074686520 | the world, have the
| 6475747920746f2063756c746976617465207468 | duty to cultivate th
| 656972206162696c697469657320696e206f7264 | eir abilities in ord
| 657220746f2070726f7465637420697420616e64 | er to protect it and
| 20646576656c6f702069747320706f74656e7469 | develop its potenti
| 616c2e2049662077652061636b6e6f776c656467 | al. If we acknowledg
| 65207468652076616c756520616e642074686520 | e the value and the
| 66726167696c697479206f66206e617475726520 | fragility of nature
| 616e642c206174207468652073616d652074696d | and, at the same tim
| 652c206f757220476f642d676976656e20616269 | e, our God-given abi
| 6c69746965732c2077652063616e2066696e616c | lities, we can final
| 6c79206c6561766520626568696e642074686520 | ly leave behind the
| 6d6f6465726e206d797468206f6620756e6c696d | modern myth of unlim
| 69746564206d6174657269616c2070726f677265 | ited material progre
| 73732e20412066726167696c6520776f726c642c | ss. A fragile world,
| 20656e7472757374656420627920476f6420746f | entrusted by God to
| 2068756d616e20636172652c206368616c6c656e | human care, challen
| 67657320757320746f2064657669736520696e74 | ges us to devise int
| 656c6c6967656e742077617973206f6620646972 | elligent ways of dir
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| 6e64206c696d6974696e67206f757220706f7765 | nd limiting our powe
| 722e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a | r. 
| 3c703e37392e20496e207468697320756e697665 | 79. In this unive
| 7273652c20736861706564206279206f70656e20 | rse, shaped by open
| 616e6420696e746572636f6d6d756e6963617469 | and intercommunicati
| 6e672073797374656d732c2077652063616e2064 | ng systems, we can d
| 69736365726e20636f756e746c65737320666f72 | iscern countless for
| 6d73206f662072656c6174696f6e736869702061 | ms of relationship a
| 6e642070617274696369706174696f6e2e205468 | nd participation. Th
| 6973206c6561647320757320746f207468696e6b | is leads us to think
| 206f66207468652077686f6c65206173206f7065 | of the whole as ope
| 6e20746f20476f64e2809973207472616e736365 | n to God s transce
| 6e64656e63652c2077697468696e207768696368 | ndence, within which
| 20697420646576656c6f70732e20466169746820 | it develops. Faith
| 616c6c6f777320757320746f20696e7465727072 | allows us to interpr
| 657420746865206d65616e696e6720616e642074 | et the meaning and t
| 6865206d7973746572696f757320626561757479 | he mysterious beauty
| 206f66207768617420697320756e666f6c64696e | of what is unfoldin
| 672e20576520617265206672656520746f206170 | g. We are free to ap
| 706c79206f757220696e74656c6c6967656e6365 | ply our intelligence
| 20746f7761726473207468696e67732065766f6c | towards things evol
| 76696e6720706f7369746976656c792c206f7220 | ving positively, or
| 746f776172647320616464696e67206e65772069 | towards adding new i
| 6c6c732c206e657720636175736573206f662073 | lls, new causes of s
| 7566666572696e6720616e64207265616c207365 | uffering and real se
| 746261636b732e20546869732069732077686174 | tbacks. This is what
| 206d616b657320666f7220746865206578636974 | makes for the excit
| 656d656e7420616e64206472616d61206f662068 | ement and drama of h
| 756d616e20686973746f72792c20696e20776869 | uman history, in whi
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| 616e20626c6f73736f6d2c206f72206c65616420 | an blossom, or lead
| 746f7761726473206465636164656e636520616e | towards decadence an
| 64206d757475616c206465737472756374696f6e | d mutual destruction
| 2e2054686520776f726b206f6620746865204368 | . The work of the Ch
| 75726368207365656b73206e6f74206f6e6c7920 | urch seeks not only
| 746f2072656d696e642065766572796f6e65206f | to remind everyone o
| 6620746865206475747920746f20636172652066 | f the duty to care f
| 6f72206e61747572652c20627574206174207468 | or nature, but at th
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| 7573742061626f766520616c6c2070726f746563 | ust above all protec
| 74206d616e6b696e642066726f6d2073656c662d | t mankind from self-
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| 34375d3c2f613e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f | 47]</a> </
| 703e200d0a3c703e38302e2059657420476f642c | p> 80. Yet God,
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| 7769746820757320616e642077686f20636f756e | with us and who coun
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