The Adolescent and the Socio- Economic Climate in the Philippines

1. THE ADOLESCENT AND THE
SOCIO- ECONOMIC
CLIMATE IN THE
PHILIPPINES

2. SPIRITUALITY OF SOCIAL
TRANSFORMATION

3. HOW CAN SINFULNESS BE
OVERCOME?
1. Acknowledgment of Sinfulness
2. Conversion and Social
Transformation
3. Following Jesus- in- Mission

4. SPIRITUALITY OF SOCIAL
TRANSFORMATION
Confrontation with Sinfulness as Root Problem

5. 3 FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEMS OF
PHILIPPINE SOCIETY- MARXIST

6. ROOT CAUSE OF HUMAN
SUFFERING
1. Exploitation of the poor
2. Selfish use of economic and
political power
3. Sinful social structures

7. SINFULNESS
Root of our socio- economic
and political problems.
Sin- true name of the
problems
Our inequality is a moral
evil.

8. NO. OF RICH/ POOR
RESOURCES

9. TWO TYPICAL SINFUL ATTITUDES
1. All- consuming desire for profit
2. Thirst for power, with the
intention of imposing one’s will
upon others

10. SPIRITUALITY OF SOCIAL
TRANSFORMATION
Conversion and Social Transformation

11. 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.

12. SPIRITUALITY OF SOCIAL
TRANSFORMATION
Following Jesus- in- Mission

13.  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.

14. SPIRITUALITY OF SOCIAL
TRANSFORMATION
Some Characteristics of Following Jesus

15. SPIRITUALITY
 Our way of life
 Our radical living of what we preach
1. Marked by an enduring and intimate
commitment to Jesus, a love for Him that does
not count the cost.
2. Inspired by such preferential love
3. Seeking of the Kingdom as the primary rule
4. Hunger and thirst for justice
5. 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