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My wife is studying Familiaris Consortio for her Familia class and keeps running into the term “disintersted” and disinterstedness". She asked for my thoughts on what he means by this, and I’m kinda confused myself. Anyone know what John Paul II means by this term?
Here are some examples:
“…In addition to these characteristics, it cannot be forgotten that the most basic element, so basic that it qualifies the educational role of parents, is parental love, which finds fulfillment in the task of education as it completes and perfects its service of life: as well as being a source, the parents’ love is also the animating principle and therefore the norm inspiring and guiding all concrete educational activity, enriching it with the values of kindness, constancy, goodness, service, disinterestedness and self-sacrifice that are the most precious fruit of love.” (FC 36)
“…In a society shaken and split by tensions and conflicts caused by the violent clash of various kinds of individualism and selfishness, children must be enriched not only with a sense of true justice, which alone leads to respect for the personal dignity of each individual, but also and more powerfully by a sense of true love, understood as sincere solicitude and disinterested service with regard to others, especially the poorest and those in most need…” (FC 37)
“…By respecting and fostering personal dignity in each and every one as the only basis for value, this free giving takes the form of heartfelt acceptance, encounter and dialogue, disinterested availability, generous service and deep solidarity…” (FC 43)
“…The Christian family is thus called upon to offer everyone a witness of generous and disinterested dedication to social matters, through a “preferential option” for the poor and disadvantaged. …” (FC 47)
If it helps to put these in the context of the whole document, here is the link (in case you have 4 hrs to read it
) :
vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_19811122_familiaris-consortio_en.html
Thanks,
ahs
Here are some examples:
“…In addition to these characteristics, it cannot be forgotten that the most basic element, so basic that it qualifies the educational role of parents, is parental love, which finds fulfillment in the task of education as it completes and perfects its service of life: as well as being a source, the parents’ love is also the animating principle and therefore the norm inspiring and guiding all concrete educational activity, enriching it with the values of kindness, constancy, goodness, service, disinterestedness and self-sacrifice that are the most precious fruit of love.” (FC 36)
“…In a society shaken and split by tensions and conflicts caused by the violent clash of various kinds of individualism and selfishness, children must be enriched not only with a sense of true justice, which alone leads to respect for the personal dignity of each individual, but also and more powerfully by a sense of true love, understood as sincere solicitude and disinterested service with regard to others, especially the poorest and those in most need…” (FC 37)
“…By respecting and fostering personal dignity in each and every one as the only basis for value, this free giving takes the form of heartfelt acceptance, encounter and dialogue, disinterested availability, generous service and deep solidarity…” (FC 43)
“…The Christian family is thus called upon to offer everyone a witness of generous and disinterested dedication to social matters, through a “preferential option” for the poor and disadvantaged. …” (FC 47)
If it helps to put these in the context of the whole document, here is the link (in case you have 4 hrs to read it
) :vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_19811122_familiaris-consortio_en.html
Thanks,
ahs
