A common criticism of Catholic social teaching from businesspeople is that it remains too vague or abstract to provide concrete guidance for daily practice. There’s a new blog at CatholicCulture.org, where Peter Mirus, as a businessman, reflects on the moral dimensions of various aspects of his work. Here, for example, is a thoughtful one on being truthful. “At my company,” he says,
some our greatest successes in consulting have come through telling a current or potential client the hard facts. That decision hasn’t always resulted in revenue, but it has always moved our company in the right direction.
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Good message, Kevin. My first several bolg entries at my blog site were on the false gospel of social justice that so many Catholics have endeared themselves with. They think that they can bring about the Kingdom of God on Earth by having Caesar feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, etc.
http://commentarius-ioannis.blogspot.com/2009/03/our-judas-iscariots-and-gospel-of.html
http://commentarius-ioannis.blogspot.com/2009/03/false-gospel-of-social-justice.html
http://commentarius-ioannis.blogspot.com/2009/03/more-on-social-justice.html
Paul W. Primavera
November 20, 2009
11:23 am
I will add that it’s utterly arrogant to think that we can create the Kingdom of God. The New Heaven and the New Earth happen when Jesus Himself establishes them, wiping out the old Heaven and the old Earth. At least that’s how my Bible (a Catholic one) reads (and so do the Protestant translations). Conversion and Repentance come BEFORE social justice, NOT afterwards.
Paul W. Primavera
November 20, 2009
11:26 am