Respect for the Human Person

By George Calleja

06/08/2019 • View profile

The ‘Catechism of the Catholic Church’ paragraphs 1929 to 1933, refers to ‘Respect for the Human Person’. These paragraphs form part of Article 3 regarding ‘Social Justice’. I wonder what comes to your mind concerning respect for the human person? For sure we listen to a lot of debates and news items concerning the issue of respect for the human person. One can listen and read various ideas of what does it really mean regarding respect for the human person.

The way I see it, is that man was created by God. God being a loving Father, created man for a personal relationship with him. A personal relationship built on love. So, the answer is simple. Respect for the human person requires love. Paragraph 1931 of the ‘Catechism of the Catholic Church’ quotes that ‘Respect for the human person proceeds by way of respect for the principle that "everyone should look upon his neighbor (without any exception) as 'another self,' above all bearing in mind his life and the means necessary for living it with dignity." No legislation could by itself do away with the fears, prejudices, and attitudes of pride and selfishness which obstruct the establishment of truly fraternal societies. Such behavior will cease only through the charity that finds in every man a "neighbor," a brother.’

Every human person is to be loved as a neighbour. Everyone is to live in dignity, no matter from which country our neighbour comes from. God who created every neighbour we come across in our lives, asks us to love our neighbour as ‘another self’. Through this personal relationship between God and man, God through His abundance of love, showers man with His mercy, comfort and with unconditional love. God created man to live with ‘neighbours’ and through their respect towards each other, the love of God enriches their life, experiencing the tremendous love of the Holy Trinity.

Respect for the human person, is to love God.

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About the Author

George Calleja

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I am George Calleja from Malta; I am married and have two children. In 2009, I obtained my MBA through the University of Leicester.

During the years 1990 to 1996, I was a full-time missionary with ‘The International Catholic Programme for Evangelization - ICPE’ and have evangelized in various countries, such as Russia, Ghana, Poland, Germany, and Malta amongst others. Since 1997, I am an active member of the Focolare Movement in Malta.

Since June 2012, I created a website by the name of 'Peace and Unity in our lives', which provides inspiration and encouragement for life, and an opportunity for people around the globe to find courage by trusting God to be more present in their life.

I also am a Christian Author. My first book was Peace and Unity in our lives – Volume One (Nov. 2014). I published my second book (Jan. 2015), Volume Two of Peace and Unity in our lives (now in paperback). My third book ‘Yes… I will follow Him’, published in March 2015. I published a free ebook Evangelization (June 2015) through Social Networking Sites', which is also available in paperback for a minimal price.

Other Christian books of mine are:

September 2015 - ‘The Beatitudes… the blessings from the Sermon on the Mount’

January 2016 – ‘My little book of daily prayer’,

April 2016 – ‘Taste and see that the Lord is good’,

September 2016 – ‘The Light’

February 2017 – ‘Heal my Wounds’

July 2017 – ‘Waking up the sleeping giant’ a free ebook to download, which is also available for a minimal price as a paperback version,

December 2017 - 'Spiritual Reflections',

June 2018 - 'In His Image',

January 2019 - 'Her Silence',

October 2019 - 'Come To Me',

November 2020 - 'Emmaus... in today's society',