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THE ADOLESCENT AND THE SOCIO- ECONOMIC CLIMATE IN THE PHILIPPINES
SPIRITUALITY OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION
HOW CAN SINFULNESS BE OVERCOME?
1. Acknowledgment of Sinfulness
2. Conversion and Social Transformation
3. Following Jesus- in- Mission
SPIRITUALITY OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONConfrontation with Sinfulness as Root Problem
3 FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF PHILIPPINE SOCIETY- MARXIST
ROOT CAUSE OF HUMAN SUFFERING
1. Exploitation of the poor2. Selfish use of economic and
political power3. Sinful social structures
SINFULNESS
Root of our socio- economic and political problems.
Sin- true name of the problems
Our inequality is a moral evil.
NO. OF RICH/ POORRESOURCES
TWO TYPICAL SINFUL ATTITUDES
1. All- consuming desire for profit
2. Thirst for power, with the intention of imposing one’s will upon others
SPIRITUALITY OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONConversion and Social Transformation
CONVERSION
We are pilgrims journeying toward the Kingdom of God
The acknowledgment of sinfulness as the root cause of our social problems must lead to conversion and social transformation.
The proclamation of the Kingdom of God is a call to a change of heart, metanoia, a profound transformation of one’s way of life so that it would be in accord with the Gospel.
Conversion requires the renewal people’s relationships and their social structures.
SPIRITUALITY OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONFollowing Jesus- in- Mission
Conversion and social transformation- a life- long task, striving from the less perfect to the ever fuller life.
Jesus- the model that we must pattern ourselves after
- The Way, the Truth, and the Life His message of transformation and liberation
in the Kingdom of God is concretized in His own life and death.
SPIRITUALITY OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONSome Characteristics of Following Jesus
SPIRITUALITY
Our way of life Our radical living of what we preach1. Marked by an enduring and intimate
commitment to Jesus, a love for Him that does not count the cost.
2. Inspired by such preferential love3. Seeking of the Kingdom as the primary rule4. Hunger and thirst for justice5. A spirituality that shares Good News in the
midst of deprivation, hope in situations of cynicism and pessimism
6. A faith that listens to and heed God’s Word
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