{"id":3572,"date":"2017-08-16T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T08:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/augustinianheartblog.wordpress.com\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2017-08-16T10:00:15","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T08:00:15","slug":"day-23-freedom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/augustinian-heart-blog\/34-days\/day-23-freedom\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 23 &#8211; Freedom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1339\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agostinjani.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/023-freedom.png?resize=3145%2C2123&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"023 - freedom.png\" width=\"3145\" height=\"2123\" \/>Day 23<\/strong><strong> &#8211; Freedom <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">The concept of freedom is perhaps, like \u201clove\u201d, one of the ideas most affected by philosophical pluralism. Despite the varied and sometimes even divergent explanations of it, one can trace at least three basic notions: (a) self-possession, or the capacity of the subject to invest oneself in a given project; (b) self-definition, or the power of the subject to realize his\/her possibilities, and (c) the capacity to choose among different options towards a goal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">All these notions are found in the Catechism\u2019s definition of freedom: Freedom is the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that (c), and so to perform deliberate actions on one\u2019s own responsibility (a). By free will one shapes one\u2019s own life (b). (n. 1731, cf. 1744) Excluded is any equation between freedom and licentiousness or between freedom and \u201cacting according to one\u2019s whims and caprices.\u201d Freedom after all, is related to the idea of \u201cself-rule\u201d inherent in the notion of self-possession. To be ruled by another, whether a person, or even one\u2019s own drives and instincts is slavery.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\">The Gospel proclaims freedom. St. Paul tells the Galatians: \u201cFor freedom, Christ has set us free.\u201d (Gal. 5:1) John the Evangelist proclaims: \u201cIf the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.\u201d (John 8:36) This freedom results from the Christians\u2019 new status as sharers in Christ\u2019s sonship, a new dignity received from God\u2019s grace. If freedom is self-rule, then what is the \u201crule?\u201d By what does the self rule itself? Classical philosophy points to the natural law. Christian conviction while not denying this, responds that above the natural law, there is Christ\u2019s commandment of love: My brothers, you were called, as you know, to freedom; but be careful, or this freedom will provide an opening for self-indulgence. Serve one another, rather, in works of love, since the whole of the Law is summarized in a single command: Love your neighbour as yourself. (Gal. 5:13-14)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Day 23 &#8211; Freedom The concept of freedom is perhaps, like \u201clove\u201d, one of the ideas most affected by philosophical pluralism. Despite the varied and sometimes even divergent explanations of it, one can trace at least three basic notions: (a) self-possession, or the capacity of the subject to invest oneself in a given project; (b) self-definition, or the power of the subject to realize his\/her possibilities, and (c) the capacity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-34-days"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"gform-image-choice-sm":false,"gform-image-choice-md":false,"gform-image-choice-lg":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Provin\u010bja Agostinjana","author_link":"https:\/\/agostinjani.org\/mt\/author\/agostinjani\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Day 23 &#8211; Freedom The concept of freedom is perhaps, like \u201clove\u201d, one of the ideas most affected by philosophical pluralism. 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