The socio economic climate

THE ADOLESCENT AND THE SOCIO- ECONOMIC CLIMATE IN THE PHILIPPINES

SPIRITUALITY OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

HOW CAN SINFULNESS BE OVERCOME?

1. Acknowledgment of Sinfulness

2. Conversion and Social Transformation

3. Following Jesus- in- Mission

SPIRITUALITY OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONConfrontation with Sinfulness as Root Problem

3 FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF PHILIPPINE SOCIETY- MARXIST

ROOT CAUSE OF HUMAN SUFFERING

1. Exploitation of the poor2. Selfish use of economic and

political power3. Sinful social structures

SINFULNESS

Root of our socio- economic and political problems.

Sin- true name of the problems

Our inequality is a moral evil.

NO. OF RICH/ POORRESOURCES

TWO TYPICAL SINFUL ATTITUDES

1. All- consuming desire for profit

2. Thirst for power, with the intention of imposing one’s will upon others

SPIRITUALITY OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONConversion and Social Transformation

CONVERSION

We are pilgrims journeying toward the Kingdom of God

The acknowledgment of sinfulness as the root cause of our social problems must lead to conversion and social transformation.

The proclamation of the Kingdom of God is a call to a change of heart, metanoia, a profound transformation of one’s way of life so that it would be in accord with the Gospel.

Conversion requires the renewal people’s relationships and their social structures.

SPIRITUALITY OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONFollowing Jesus- in- Mission

Conversion and social transformation- a life- long task, striving from the less perfect to the ever fuller life.

Jesus- the model that we must pattern ourselves after

- The Way, the Truth, and the Life His message of transformation and liberation

in the Kingdom of God is concretized in His own life and death.

SPIRITUALITY OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONSome Characteristics of Following Jesus

SPIRITUALITY

Our way of life Our radical living of what we preach1. Marked by an enduring and intimate

commitment to Jesus, a love for Him that does not count the cost.

2. Inspired by such preferential love3. Seeking of the Kingdom as the primary rule4. Hunger and thirst for justice5. A spirituality that shares Good News in the

midst of deprivation, hope in situations of cynicism and pessimism

6. A faith that listens to and heed God’s Word