Promoting Social Justice for Healing, Wholeness, and Holiness PDF

PROMOTING SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR HEALING, WHOLENESS, AND HOLINESS SACRAMENTS OF HEALIN G GOD’S CALL FOR HEALING, WHOLENESS, AND HOLINESS IN OBJECTIVES D prove that every citizen has the responsibility to extend what is due to...

PROMOTING SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR HEALING, WHOLENESS, AND HOLINESS SACRAMENTS OF HEALIN G GOD’S CALL FOR HEALING, WHOLENESS, AND HOLINESS IN OBJECTIVES D prove that every citizen has the responsibility to extend what is due to every one of his/her “kapwa” or other; M analyze violations to social justice committed by secular and religious authorities and citizens. W pray wholeheartedly the prayer “Disturb us, Lord” by Francis Drake DESCRIB E IN 1 HELLO! WHAT ARE HOSPITA PLACES OF HEALING A PLACE WHERE STRANGERS TAKE CARE OF OTHER  WE OFTEN EQUATE STRANGERS WITH THE WORD  “OTHER” A TERM USED TO CAPTURE THE WAYS OTHER PEOPLE ARE  “OTHER” IT’S ALSO USED TO DESCRIBE THE PEOPLE WHO WE KEEP DISTANT FROM US BECAUSE WE  “OTHERING” OCCURS WHEN WE TURN FELLOW HUMANS INTO ABSTRACT ENTITIES WE CAN DISTANCE OURSELVES FROM OR TREAT AS LESS-THAN-  “OTHERING” THIS REDUCTION ENABLES THE HUMAN PERSON TO THINK THAT WE CAN HARM OTHER PEOPLE.  “OTHERING” IN OTHER WORDS IS A STEP TOWARDS EXCLUSION AND DEHUMANIZATION. THIS IS  2 STEPS OF “OTHERING” CATEGORIZING A GROUP OF PEOPLE ACCORDING TO PERCEIVED DIFFERENCES,  2 STEPS OF “OTHERING” IDENTIFYING THAT GROUP AS INFERIOR AND USING AN “US VS. THEM” MENTALITY TO ALIENATE  “OTHERING” CAN ALSO HAPPEN INDIVIDUALLY THAT IS WHY WE SEE VIOLENCE TOWARDS INDIVIDUALS BEING  “OTHERING” OTHERING INVOLVES ZEROING IN ON A DIFFERENCE AND USING THAT DIFFERENCE TO DISMANTLE A SENSE OF BUT HOW DO HOSPITALS AVOID THIS DESPITE TAKING IN VARIOUS  “KAPWA” KAPWA IS A RECOGNITION OF A SHARED IDENTITY, AN INNER SELF,  “KAPWA” “UNITY OF THE ONE- OF-US-AND-THE- OTHER” “PAKIKIPAGKAP WA” MEANS CONNECTING MYSELF WITH OTHERS, FEELING MYSELF IN THE OTHER AND “PAKIKIPAGKAPWA ” IT’S THE TRANSLATION IN OUR PARTICULAR CULTURE AND HISTORY OF A UNIVERSAL TRUTH THAT TELLS US TO TREAT OTHERS THE WAY WE OURSELVES WANT TO BE But as the “Ako” rose up, there has been a rise to violations against the other that happens everywhere. Sin ABUSE AND HURT ABUSE TOWARD THE FELLOW HUMAN BEING CAN BE SEEN BEING PERFORMED NOT JUST BY NORMAL PEOPLE, BUT PEOPLE WITH POWER, BOTH IN THE SIN DESTROYS THIS CONNECTEDNES S SIN DAMAGES SIN RUPTURES OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD AND ALSO WITH OTHER  “CLOSING OUR EYES TO OUR NEIGHBOR ALSO BLINDS US TO GOD” WHAT IS THE REMEDY WE TURN BACK TO GOD AND HIS  THE SACRAMEN TS OF AS HOSPITALS ARE FOR PHYSICAL ILLNESS AND INJURIES, THE CHURCH SERVES A SIMILAR PURPOSE, FOR THE SICKNESS THAT THE CHURCH HEALS IS SPIRITUAL  SACRAMENT OF PENANCE GOD OFFERS MERCY AND FORGIVENESS. IN RESPONSE TO THIS GIFT, WE ARE CALLED TO BECOME VEHICLES OF CHRIST’S LOVE, MAKING AMENDS AND RESTORING JUSTICE  SACRAMENT OF PENANCE HEALED AND FORGIVEN, WE ARE SENT TO WORK FOR PEACE, JUSTICE, AND LOVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND  SACRAMENT OF PENANCE RECONCILIATION ABSOLVES US OF OUR SIN, BUT IT DOES NOT REPAIR THE DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED. WE MUST DO WHAT IS POSSIBLE TO  According to the usage of St. Augustine, the Latin word,. “Confessiones” means not only “confessio peccati” (confession of sin),  A NEW COMMANDMENT I GIVE TO YOU, THAT YOU LOVE ONE ANOTHER: JUST AS I HAVE LOVED YOU, YOU ALSO ARE TO  WE ARE CALLED TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER, AND GIVE COMPASSION TO COMFORT THE DISTURBED AND TO DISTURB THE COMFORTABL Disturb us, Lord, when We are too well pleased with ourselves, When our dreams have come true Because we have dreamed too little, When we arrived safely Because we sailed too close to the shore. Disturb us, Lord, when With the abundance of things we possess We have lost our thirst For the waters of life; Having fallen in love with life, We have ceased to dream of eternity And in our efforts to build a new earth, We have allowed our vision Of the new Heaven to dim. Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly, To venture on wider seas Where storms will show your mastery; Where losing sight of land, We shall find the stars. We ask You to push back The horizons of our hopes; And to push into the future In strength, courage, hope, and love. Amen.