Social Justice Contact
Meeting
14 – 16 May 2014
Morning reflection
Theme: “I have come that all may
have life and have it to the full.”
John 10:10
I have come that all may have life and have it to the full.
We pause in silence as we reflect and pray…
Isaiah invites us to find comfort and rest in the mysterious and
enfolding Presence who is always with us –
In quietness and trust shall be your strength… Isaiah 30:15
I have come that all may have life and have it to the full.
Sink into the word resounding in the whole of creation…plants and birds and
stones and trees and sun… melt quietly into the word and become one with it…
I have come that all may have life and have it to the full.
Breathe peace into our troubled world and our frantic lives.
I have come that all may have life and have it to the full.
Celebrate the sacredness of life…
It is the most central and clearest reflection of God among us.
I have come that all may have life and have it to the full.
All of us must care
for life, cherish life,
with tenderness and
warmth…to give life
is to open our heart,
and to care for life is
to give oneself in
tenderness and
warmth for others, to
have concern in my
heart for others.
Pope Francis
I have come that all may have life and have it to the full.
No one can strip us of the
dignity bestowed upon us
by Jesus’ boundless and
unfailing love. With a
tenderness which never
disappoints, but is always
capable of restoring our
joy, he makes it possible
for us to lift up our heads
and to start anew. May
nothing inspire more than
his life, which impels us
onwards.
Pope Francis
I have come that all may have
life and have it to the full.
We touch with our hands
the humiliation, the
suffering, the inhuman
and degrading treatment
inflicted on women, men
and children by modern
day slavery. We cannot
remain indifferent to this
reality…
Estrella Castalone, FMA Coordinator
Talitha Kum, International Network of
Consecrated Life Against Trafficking in
Persons
I have come that all may have life and have it to the full.
We dedicate ourselves to the
healing, recovery and
reconstruction of their lives
and work such that no human
being will be subjected to
such outrageous offense that
tramples upon the dignity of
the human person.
This is the conviction that lies
at the basis of our
commitment to work against
trafficking in persons.
Estrella Castalone, FMA
Coordinator, Talitha Kum
I have come that all may have life and have it to the full.
I have always been
distressed at the lot of those
who are victims of various
kinds of human trafficking …
Where is your brother or
sister who is enslaved?
Where is the brother and
sister whom you are killing
each day in clandestine
warehouses, in rings of
prostitution, in children
used for begging, in
exploiting undocumented
labour. Let us not look the
other way.
Pope Francis Evangelii Gaudiem
24 November 2013
I have come that all may have life and have it to the full.
On 24 April 2013, Rana Plaza,
Bangladesh. Death toll 1100+ with
2,500 injured.
A headline that really
struck me on the day of the
tragedy in Bangladesh was
'Living on 38 euros a
month'. That is what the
people who died were
being paid. This is called
slave labour. Today in the
world this slavery is being
committed against
something beautiful that
God has given us – the
capacity to create, to work,
to have dignity…
Pope Francis
We hold in prayer the
thousands of
Bangladeshi people
affected by the
collapse of Rana
Plaza…
I have come that all may have life and have it to the full.
... an estimated
300,000 children
are serving as
soldiers for both
rebel groups and
government forces
in current armed
conflicts.
We hold in prayer
children forced to
become soldiers.
I have come that all may have life and have it to the full.
Let us hold in
prayer the
women and men
who have the
courage to move
through the court
system.
Boarders beaten, kept as prisoners
May 17, 2013
What is called for, then, is a
shared sense of responsibility and
firmer political will to gain victory
on this front. Responsibility is
required towards those who have
fallen victim to trafficking in order
to protect their rights, to
guarantee their safety and that of
their families, and to prevent the
corrupt and criminals from
escaping justice and having the
last word over the lives of others.
Address of Pope Francis to new
Ambassadors to the Vatican
We hold in prayer the need for
firmer political will and a
shared sense of
responsibility…
13th December 2013
I have come that all may have life and have it to the full.
We realize the need to pool
our resources, to create
networks of collaboration
among ourselves, drawing
energies from the fact that by
virtue of our significant
presence all over the world,
we are in an advantageous
position for doing so. At the
same time we recognize our
need to establish linkages with
the other sectors of our
society.
Estrella Castalone, FMA
Coordinator - Talitha Kum
Let us hold in prayer all
those who work together
that ‘all may have life
and have it to the full’.
ALL:
Gracious God, Source of all Life,
May our minds be alive to arenas
that invites us to new frontiers, to
risk being disturbed and changed.
Inspire our collective efforts to
safeguard human rights as we work
in the name of the Gospel that ‘all
may have life and have it to the
full’.
We ask this Source of All Being,
Eternal Word and Holy Spirit.
Amen.