Law bases itself on order, and gives a guideline. But it cannot ensure goodness. It is up to us whether we learn to do good. Good may differ in its intensity and kind. So, we need to be guided by wisdom. Wisdom itself is a fruit of our active attentiveness to our experiences. Wisdom is also a gift where grace has been present in those moments.
'Learn to do good' begins in a deliberate decision to 'cease to do evil.' It is must when it is volitional. At least in intention, it must be addressed when evil remains as a weakness. Learning to do good, as an effort and by grace will help us in 'cease to do evil.'
Where do we find freedom to learn to do good unless we seek justice? Justice is not just one's due. It is attending to one's potential for flourishing. That is the righteousness of the kingdom of God. There is no goodness learned, nor justice sought, if a person, a nation, a community is not attended to one's potential to flourish. Instead, there is evil affirmed and constructed.
Compromising to these affirmed and constructed evils is well justified by the capacity of law, because they can be well settled within the matter of order without ensuring goodness. Our Kingdom is well imagined within cognitive, legal/canonical frameworks of the divine being and action, and similarly human being and actions. Compassion, mercy, and love can extend only from the felt need of the other, whatever it may be, as one's own need. It calls for responsible and committed efforts, so we take recourse on the judicial goodness which can bring about very less of our living or the divine life.
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