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Today's Gospel + short theological explanation
The "nature of nature" (Foundations of Law)
EDITORIAL TEAM evangeli.net (based on texts by Benedict XVI) (Città del Vaticano, Vatican)Today, we cannot hide from ourselves that even in this artificial world we are still covertly drawing upon God's "raw materials". Exactly as the irrational judge of the parable, who finally imparts justice to have peace (something which, in fact, actually comes from God).
How can the reason rediscover its true greatness, without being sidetracked into irrationality? The emergence of the ecological movement is symptomatic: we have come to realize that matter is not raw material for us to shape at will, but that the earth has a dignity of its own and that we must follow its directives. We must listen to the "language of nature" and we must answer accordingly. And there is also "ecology of man" because he has a nature that he cannot manipulate at will.
—I'm not only a self-created freedom. I am intellect and will, but also nature. My will is rightly ordered if I respect my nature, listen to it, and accept myself for who I am, and I admit that I've not created myself.
November 10th
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Gospel and commentary video
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