Ten

Commandments
 Ten Commandments

Idolatry
1. I am the Lord your God: You shall
not have other gods besides me.

 To worship God alone or to worship one God

 Faith in God
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2. You shall not take the name of the

Lord, your God, in vain.

 To respect the name of God

 To keep oaths and vows
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3. Remember to keep holy the

Sabbath day.
 To participate in the Holy Mass
 To attend Sunday Masses
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4. Honor your father and

your mother.

 To honor and respect our parents

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5. You shall not kill.

 To safeguard or protect life

 To respect our neighbor
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6. You shall not commit adultery.

 To be chaste – to use our sexuality according to the
will of God.
 Those who are married must love their spouse,
and children
 Those who are not married must abstain from
any sexual activity
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7. You shall not steal.

 To respect the property of our neighbor

 To share our goods with the poor
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8. You shall not bear false

witness against your neighbor.

 Truthfulness
 Honesty
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9. You shall not covet your

neighbor’s wife

 To love your own spouse

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10. You shall not covet your

neighbor’s goods.

 Spirit of poverty
 To give up everything and follow Jesus
Making Moral Decisions
 How do you make good decisions?

1)We need to follow the concrete good that

our conscience urges us to do.
2)We need to educate or form our conscience
so we can rightly judge the nature of the act,
the intentions involved, and the
circumstances at hand.
 Different ways people make Moral Decisions

1. St. Ignatius of Loyola

 the patron of retreats and prayer – The Spiritual
Exercises: a manual guide for prayer and discernment
in the context of a thirty-day retreat.
 He allowed chance to decide what he
should do
 Different ways people make Moral Decisions

2. “Bible-cutting”
Or randomly opening the Bible to a verse
and interpreting its message as God’s will
 Different ways people make Moral Decisions

3. There are those who make decisions while failing

to realize that we are all “persons-in-community”
 Different ways people make Moral Decisions

1) Extreme Individualists
 consider only their self-centered perspective without
listening to the wisdom of moral norms, Church teachings,
or others.
oThey selectively focus on those elements of the
moral situation that support their bias or prejudice
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2) Passive Conformists
 they decide merely based on what other people say
 they leave the decision making to their barkada or
authority figures
 Important Elements in
making Moral Decisions

Investigate
oOur conscience judges the moral goodness or
evil of the three dimensions of every moral act:
 Object or nature of the act
 It refers to what one has actually done or
is considering doing
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making Moral Decisions

 Intention of the act

 its interior, subjective aspect.
 it refers to the person’s intended goal for
committing the act.
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making Moral Decisions

 Circumstances of the act

 what are the other important factors involved in
the act?
 it answers the question: WHO, WHERE, HOW,
and WHEN
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making Moral Decisions

Inquire
About the moral norms affecting your act
We seek guidance of our families or peers
oBecause we know that the decisions we make
affect not only ourselves but also others
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making Moral Decisions

Imagine
Alternatives and consequences
We need to identify their immediate or short-term
consequences, as well as their long-term ones
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making Moral Decisions

Introspect
Listen to your emotions
“Gamitin mo ang utak mo, huwag ang puso”
oEmotions can help us grasp the full reality of the
actions intended
oIt helps us be more objective and responsible
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making Moral Decisions

Implore
God’s help in prayer
1) Reading and praying using the Bible
2) Visiting the Blessed Sacrament
3) Exercising the Examine of Consciousness
4) Journaling
 Cardinal Virtues
• Virtues
Any developed capacity of mind or will
to accomplish moral good (CFC)

1) Prudence
The virtue of good moral judgment or wisdom
2) Fortitude
The virtue of moral strength or courage
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3) Justice
The firm will to give persons their due
4)Temperance
The virtue of moderation or self-mastery
 Theological Virtues

1) Faith
The virtue of believing in God and seeking to know
and do His will
2) Hope
The virtue by which we desire and actively await
the promise of God’s Kingdom
3) Love
The mother of all virtues
 Performance Task 2

 Personal Ten Commandments

o Make a personal Ten Commandments
that presents the Basic Human Values
you want to uphold.
 CRITERIA
 Content (Values) - 20
 Originality - 15
 Creativity - 10
 Neatness - 5
TOTAL 50