Lord,
make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;where there is injury, pardon;where there is doubt, faith;where there is despair, hope;where there is darkness, light;and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seekto be consoled as to console;to be understood as to understand;to be loved as to love.For it is in giving that we receive;it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.
—St. Francis of Assisi
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O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seekto be consoled as to console;to be understood as to understand;to be loved as to love.For it is in giving that we receive;it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.
—St. Francis of Assisi
For Further Information, please contact info@philoiglobal.org
protecting Human Rights
Human Rights Day is observed every year on 10 December — the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
The Christian understanding of Human rights begins with the creation of the world. When creating the male and female God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” Gen 1:26.
We believe our rights are not rooted in the natural order but in His creation. Our rights are not justified based on natural law, but it is grounded in His image “IMAGO DEI”.
God has given dignity to every human being that no one should violate. We are responsible for protecting human rights and the social conditions necessary for human dignity. This does not mean the argument of rights are superior to the Scriptural values, and it requires reflection and understanding of the Scripture to interpret the human rights expectations.
We increasingly hear the argument that Scriptural values are in fundamental conflict with Human Rights, whether human rights or Christian values, interconnecting civil and political, economic and social, individual and collective human rights with our Scriptural values will help us form our spiritual formation.
The Christian understanding of Human rights begins with the creation of the world. When creating the male and female God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” Gen 1:26.
We believe our rights are not rooted in the natural order but in His creation. Our rights are not justified based on natural law, but it is grounded in His image “IMAGO DEI”.
God has given dignity to every human being that no one should violate. We are responsible for protecting human rights and the social conditions necessary for human dignity. This does not mean the argument of rights are superior to the Scriptural values, and it requires reflection and understanding of the Scripture to interpret the human rights expectations.
We increasingly hear the argument that Scriptural values are in fundamental conflict with Human Rights, whether human rights or Christian values, interconnecting civil and political, economic and social, individual and collective human rights with our Scriptural values will help us form our spiritual formation.