Gospel
text (Mathew 13,24-30): Jesus
told his disciples another parable, «The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a
man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep, his enemy came
and sowed weeds among the wheat and left. When the plants sprouted and produced
grain, the weeds also appeared. Then the servants of the owner came to him and
said: ‘Sir, was it not good seed that you sowed in your field? Where did the
weeds come from?’. He answered them: ‘This is the work of an enemy’. They asked
him: ‘Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?’. He told them: ‘No, when you
pull up the weeds, you might uproot the wheat with them. Let them just grow
together until harvest; and at harvest time I will say to the workers: Pull up
the weeds first, tie them in bundles and burn them; then gather the wheat into
my barn’».
It is often found commentaries that describe common good as extremes of anarchy, as expressions that on one end present a justification for system interference and on the other as an idea of omnipotence over the people who is typically labeled as mediocre and incapable of deciding on their own about their matters and circumstances. However, common good is divine a mandate we all have as individuals; to aim for and to work towards. It is what defines the relationship between science and reason, because a science where its object is to benefit only the self or to enhance the egos of the recipients is what defies reason and so it segregates itself from faith which is what make us creatures of God with dignity, identity and individuality because care exists for our neighbor and peer. Common good cannot be taking or confiscating from some to give to others or to pretend that by robbing from the ones that have to presumably give to the have not, the issue is fairly addressed. On the contra...
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