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Reflection 324  Based on the 1965 Vatican II document: 
Decree on Religious Life
- Article 14

(Comments welcome here)

 

This article speaks about the vow of obedience, which here in fact means "blind obedience"

Jesus was obedient to his Father, and to Joseph and Mary.
But he was not obedient to the scribes and Pharisees...because they had lost the plot

Civil "disobedience" is sometimes necessary to bring about change in society....c.f. Martin Luther King, Gandhi

Religious "disobedience" is sometimes necessary to bring about change in the Church

c.f. Hans Kung: Call for revolution

and: Prophetic obedience

Disobedient Jesus, please give courage to people who are being "disobedient" for the sake of the Good News!