Healing a Broken World - Society of Jesus
Healing a Broken World - Society of Jesus
Healing a Broken World - Society of Jesus
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<strong>Healing</strong> a <strong>Broken</strong> <strong>World</strong><br />
First, GC 35 makes a comparison between reconciliation and right<br />
relationships, that is, it introduces the idea <strong>of</strong> reconciliation into the faithjustice<br />
dyad; and second, it establishes an intrinsic and indissoluble unity<br />
among the three types <strong>of</strong> relationships (with God, with others, and with<br />
creation).<br />
Relation<br />
with<br />
Creation<br />
Relation<br />
with God<br />
Relation<br />
with<br />
Others<br />
39] On the basis <strong>of</strong> a novel understanding <strong>of</strong> a ―right‖ or just relationship,<br />
Decree 3 presents a synthesis <strong>of</strong> the Jesuit mission as the call to establish<br />
right or just relationships with God, with other human beings, and with<br />
creation (D 3, no. 18). Our concern for ecology and creation has to be seen<br />
primarily in the context <strong>of</strong> two other sets <strong>of</strong> relationships: with God and<br />
with others. In other words, restoration <strong>of</strong> a new relationship with creation<br />
must be seen as a consequence <strong>of</strong> our commitment to establish a just<br />
relationship with God (our commitment to faith), and with other human<br />
beings (our commitment to justice). The decree makes it amply clear that the<br />
fulfilment <strong>of</strong> our mission requires that the rightness (the justice component)<br />
<strong>of</strong> the three types <strong>of</strong> relationship is actualised simultaneously.<br />
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