Gospel
text (Mathew 9,14-17):
John's disciples came to Jesus and said, «How is it that we and the Pharisees
fast on many occasions, but not your disciples?». Jesus answered them, «How can
you expect wedding guests to mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? Time
will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, then they will
fast. No one patches an old coat with a piece of unshrunken cloth, for the patch
will shrink and tear an even bigger hole in the coat. Besides you don't put new
wine in old wineskins. If you do, the wineskins will burst and the wine be
spilt. No, you put new wine in fresh skins; then both are preserved».
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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