Posts Tagged ‘logic of gift’

Engaging Economic Subsidiarity: embracing the struggle between Freedom and Equality

May 13, 2011

One’s perspective on issues determines what one sees. Broader perspectives engulf more than narrower ones. Retrieving the most fundamental perspective, at least for believers in God, entails acknowledgment that all is gift, all is grace. This is a creation perspective. Everything that we have and we possess is a gift from God. Taking gift/gratuity seriously ... Read more

In Passion for Justice | Tagged equality, Fr. Sebastian MacDonald, freedom, logic of gift, mondragon, subsidiarity

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Christmas Reflection

Dec 19, 2009

Readings: (For Christmas morning) Isaiah 62:11-12. Zion-Jerusalem is no longer forsaken but will be called “frequented,” because of the swarming number of the Lord’s holy people. Titus 3:4-7. When the kindness and love of God appeared, he save us because of his mercy through the baptism of new birth and our renewal by ... Read more

In Lectionary Reflections | Tagged Christmas, gift, global solidarity, God, Isaiah. Luke, logic of gift, logic of the market, Pope Benedict XVI, Titus

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