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Lesson 1: Building Blocks 1-3 (why we are doing this act)

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Christian Morality: - Subject element of a moral act. The intention for doing the act
- Before the early sixteenth The Faith
century. Lived
lies within us.
M O R A L I T Y
good intention
- is a principle concerning the distinction between good and evil. - never make an intrinsically evil act good.
- particular system of values and principles of conduct.
bad intention
- turn a good deed into an evil one.
- Living moral lives in the light of the Christian Faith.
- The Faith lived in the daily circumstances of life.
- It focuses on man's response to God who created him out of love
- Can and do contribute to increasing and diminishing goodness
and keeps on loving him unconditionally.
or evil of the act.
NO.1: Created in the Image of God
NO.5: Formation of Conscience

- The spiritual power of cognition; knowing reality in a nonmaterial

way.
- faculty to distinguish between good and evil.
- It is possessed by human beings, disembodied souls, and spirits
(both angelic and demonic).
- judgment of reason whereby the human person recognizes the
moral quality of a concrete act he is going to perform, is in the
process of performing or has already completed.

- Voice of true conscience; law written in the core of our being

- God created man a rational being, conferring on him the dignity of
by God.
a person who can initiate and control his own actions. "God willed that
man should be 'left in the hand of his own counsel,' so that he might
of his own accord seek his Creator and freely attain his full and 8 TYPES OF CONSCIENCE
blessed perfection by cleaving to Him

NO.2: Created for the Beatitude or Happiness - one that has made a sincere effort to discover the truth, Word
- The Vocation to Beatitude "confronts us with decisive moral choices”. of God and teaching of Church.

NO.3: Responsible Use of Freedom

- Its contrary to God“s word and teaching of the Church.
- Freedom makes man responsible for his acts to the extent that they
are voluntary. (CCC 1734)
- Every act directly willed is imputable to its author. (CCC 1736)
- It doesn’t even inquired about what is right or wrong.
- An action can be indirectly voluntary when it results from negligence
regarding something one should have known or done; for example,
an accident arising from ignorance of traffic laws. - know what is right but has not the spiritual power to do it;
- The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church of the Second Vatican
Council teaches: “God willed that man should be “left in the hand of
his own counsel,“ so that he might of his own accord seek his Creator - Frequently thinks that it is sinning when in fact it is not.
and freely attain his full and blessed perfection by cleaving to him“
(Gaudium et Spes, 17).
- Insensitive to the good that ought to be done and the evil that

ought to be shunned.
Lesson 2: Building Blocks 4-5

NO.4: Three Elements of a Moral Act - Shows a little or no respect for Church teaching.

(what we do)
- the object, or what we are doing must be objectively good. - Sought to inform and educate itself about a particular moral

issue.
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- “The education of conscience is a lifelong task. - Catechism“

- “A human being must always follow the certain judgment of - Excessive and ongoing eating of food or drink.

his conscience. If he were to deliberately act against it, - 1 Corinthians 10:31

he would condemn himself.”
S O C I A L S I N

Lesson 3: Building Blocks 6 - resides within a group or a community of people.

- exists within any structure in society that oppresses human

NO.6: Reality of Sin and God’s Mecry beings, violates human dignity, stifles freedom and/or imposes

great inequity.

- It is our failure to live the Great Commandment to love God,

others and self. G O D ‘ S M E R C Y
- • It includes breaking God“s laws by doing what is wrong,
- “Where sin increased, grace abounded all the more” (Rom
or unrighteous, in God’s sight. (1 John 3:4; 5: 17)
5:18)

- One of the best ways to deepen our sense of God’s mercy is to

- It destroys charity in the heart of man... it turns us away from God.
meditate on the wonderful mercy stories on the scripture (Lk
A mortal sin requires three conditions
7:36-50, 15: 1-32, 23:39-43)
Grave matter: e.g., murder, adultery, rape, torture
Full knowledge: we clearly know that our action is gravefully sinful. - To receive God“s mercy we must first sincerely repent of sin.

Full consent of the will: we freely and under duress choose to do the evil.

- Venial sin wounds but does not destroy our relationship with God.
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“All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that is not deadly”.
NO.7: Cardinal and Theological Virtues
- It is important to bear in mind that venial sins can easily lead to
mortal sin unless they are held in check.

7 C a p i t a l S i n s - a habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the

person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best of
himself.
- It is an excessive love of self or the desire to be better or more important - The virtuous person tends toward the good with all his sensory
than others. and spiritual powers; he pursues the good and chooses it in
- Jeremiah 9:23-24, concrete actions.
- habit of doing good and pursuing good.

- excessive pursuit of material goods. CARDINAL VIRTUES

- Hebrews 13:5

- disposes practical reason to discern our true good in every

- Intense desire to have an item that someone else possesses. circumstance and to choose the right means of achieving it;
- Proverbs 14:30 - "the prudent man looks where he is going."
- helps us to choose the right ways of achieving it.
- prudent person always seeks the most loving & just thing to do
- strong anger and hate towards another person in a given circumstance.
- Romans 12:19 - The exercise of conscience is always guided by PRUDENCE.
- It is the capacity for DISCERNMENT.
- being careful of making your choices, you think multiple times
- It is an excessive laziness or the failure to act and utilize one’s talents.
if it is right before doing the action.
- Proverbs 6:6

- consists in the constant and firm will to give their due to God
- intense desire, usually for sexual pleasure, but also for money,
and neighbor.
power or fame.
- The just man, often mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures, is
distinguished by habitual right thinking and the uprightness of
his conduct toward his neighbor.
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- fairness and justness and for the common good

- it is not justice if everyone not having it
TYPES OF JUSTICE
- Applies the Gospel message of Jesus to the structures,
systems, & laws of society in order to guarantee the rights of individuals.
- To contribute, participate in the social, political & economic
institutions of society.
- fairness in agreements & exchanges between individuals
- requires respect of persons in our economic transactions,
contracts or promises.
> You get what you pay for.
> It also obliges that you pay what you get.
> Responsibly fulfill our obligations
- how things such as rights, goods and well- being should be distributed
- It sees to the just distribution of the goods of creation that God
intends for us all to use & share; it involves sharing.
- we desire the kingdom of heaven and eternal life as our
happiness
- placing our trust in Christ's promises and relying not on our
own strength, but on the help of the grace of the Holy Spirit.
- responds to the aspiration to happiness which God has placed
in the heart of every man; it takes up the hopes that inspire men's
activities and purifies them so as to order them to the Kingdom
of heaven
- it keeps man from discouragement; it sustains him during
times of abandonment; it opens up his heart in expectation of
eternal beatitude.
- comes from latin word “caritas” which means “love”
- Charity is the theological virtue by which we love God above all
things.
- Fruit of the Spirit and fullness of the Law, charity keeps the
commandments of God and his Christ: "Abide in my love. If you
keep my commandments, you will abide in my love.“ Therefore,
charity is also LOVE.

- Requires that citizens obey the laws of society

- involves applying the principles of justice to the basic political goodluck !! padayon :>
institutions, the constitutional order, of society.

- ensures firmness in difficulties and constancy in the pursuit of the good.

- strengthens the resolve to resist temptations and to overcome obstacles
in the moral life.
- The virtue of fortitude enables one to conquer fear, even fear
of death, and to face trials and persecutions.
- disposes one even to renounce and sacrifice his life in defense of a
just cause.
- Consistently doing good

- moderates the attractions of pleasures and provides balance in - dianne :D

the use of created goods.
- pagtitimpi; not invalidating emotions but you must choose wisely
how you are going to respond to your emotions.

THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES

- we believe in God and believe all that he has said and revealed to us
- The gift of faith remains in one who has not sinned against it. But "faith
apart from works is dead": when it is deprived of hope and love, faith does
not fully unite the believer to Christ and does not make him a living member
of his Body.