San Roque Catholic School

Center for Christian Formation & Integral Evangelization

LEARNING MODULE
Christian Living Education and values Education / Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao (CLE-EsP/VE)

Name of learner: ________________________________________ Date: _______________________

Grade and Section: ________________________________________

I. LESSON TITLE: Human Morality: How can I follow Jesus?

II. General Objectives:

After accomplishing this module, the learner must be able to:
Doctrine: Distinguish and understand the key concept of (Christian) Catholic Moral teaching
pertaining to key issues of today and the need to live-out these values in day-to-
day life.
Morals: Live a life of respect, mutual love and service towards others.
Worship: Sing with reverence the Our Father prayer as the perfect prayer of (Christian) unity.

III. Materials and References:

a. Holy Bible (John 1:17, 8:12, Gal. 5:1, Mt. 19:21, / Ex. 19:5-6)
b. CCC (1750, 1953, 1954 (Natural Law), 1959, 1968 and 1969, 2046,
c. Veritatis splendor (Encyclical on Morality) / Vatican.va
d. Veritatis Splendor and the Human person by Rev. Jack Healy (1994) / Marquette.edu
e. Morality / United States Conference of Catholic Bishops / usccb.org
f. Lumen Gentium / On the People of God / ¶11

IV. Concept / Discussion:

a. Introduction (Recall / Motivation):
Video Presentation: Pura Luka Video: (downloaded / Googledrive)
Ama namin remix. / Transgender

Analysis: What are your thoughts and feelings regarding the video presented?
Survey: Is it offensive or not? Why or why not?
How would you approach such acts when you?
Beyond the acts, the Catholic Church teaches to love others just as how one abounds to be
loved. For love is our common calling. To act with love is the only resonating call. But
does that mean we will let the act pass through? A moral issue is at hand that needs to be
addressed.
A question of what is good and what is evil.

VS ¶12, 13 and 14: If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments (Mt. 19:17)
How do we determine what is good? God, who is all good, is the ultimate arbiter. Only God can
answer the question about the good, because he is the Good. (sent. 1) Again how? Through
God’s laws, the laws outlined in the Ten Commandments as summarized by the Great
Command: To love God and to love others. These “command” calls all to protect and safeguard
the good of every individual, who is the image of God.

For Additional reading: CBCP statement on the issue:

https://philippines.licas.news/2023/07/16/we-planted-the-weeds/

b. Content (Discussion):
Christian Morality, as defined by the Catholic Church is humanity recognizing his existence as made in
the image of God. Being made in His image, man has dignity (CCC 1700) and to fulfill his vocation to
love and serve others. As stated:
The dignity of the human person is rooted in his creation in the image and likeness of God (article 1); it is fulfilled in his
vocation to divine beatitude (article 2). It is essential to a human being freely to direct himself to this fulfillment (article
3). By his deliberate actions (article 4), the human person does, or does not, conform to the good promised by God and
attested by moral conscience (article 5). Human beings make their own contribution to their interior growth; they make
their whole sentient and spiritual lives into means of this growth (article 6). With the help of grace they grow in virtue
(article 7), avoid sin, and if they sin they entrust themselves as did the prodigal son1 to the mercy of our Father in heaven
(article 8). In this way they attain to the perfection of charity. – CCC 1700

Through this statement, we address the key issue that is being presented to us today, right before our
very eyes: The meaning of what is Good and Evil in the eyes of Jesus. Morality there of is rooted in the
sense of Love for God and Love for Others. This, being the Divine Law, the greatest of the commands
teaches us to practice Love for God and Love for Neighbor in an interchangeable and interconnected
way. One cannot be separated from the other.

Sources of Morality of human acts depends on three components: (CCC 1750)

1. The Object Chosen
2. The End in view or the intention
3. The Circumstances of the Action

The first deals with the good towards which the act will be directed. It is acted upon by one’s
conscience. The second deals with reason of the act and concerns with the goal. While the last is the
resulting consequence of the act. Morality is defined by such principles.

Example: (Story)
a. Robinhood steals from government coffers so that money is distributed to the people accordingly.
(Justifiable? No. For rule scenario one (stealing) is against the Commandment (7th)
b. Destruction of coral reef systems and virgin forest in ecologically important mountain ranges to be
reclaimed for development and human habitation or theme parks. (Justifiable? No. Laudato Si
(2015) calls us to be stewards of creation. Creation is God’s gift for man to be nurtured and
sustained. Humanity’s move to destroy the environment endangers the very existence of our own.)
c. Euthanasia: ending a life of an old sick person because of non-availability of any viable treatment to
sustain his/her life. (Justifiable? No. For rule of protecting life from conception to natural death.)
d. Homosexual marriage: Unions between the two persons of the same gender.
(Justifiable? No. For marriage (strictly speaking in the language of the Church) is an inalienable act
of which man and woman is share an exclusive bond towards communion, in order to cooperate
with God in the act of creation (procreation) and upbringing new human lives. The Church acts in
such a way to promote and protect the basis of humanity. (Congregation for the Doctrine of the
Faith / On Homosexual unions / Card. Ratzinger , 2003)

As stated in CCC 1750 and 1753, the end does not justify the means.

In the Philippine context, we are a people born out of immense love for our brothers and sister both in
the faith and outside it being a multicultural nation. Born with different social castes and beliefs spread
out in more than 7600 islands, we are all different. But what remains certain and true is the definition of
what is Good and Evil, in this context, as defined in the eyes of Jesus.

We are plagued by different “thoughts” that are innately not Filipino. Though, we can sum all of these
up with two words: Fundamental Freedoms.

Fundamental freedoms or rights are basic political, social, liberties required in a democracy. (Center for
Constitutional Studies). These allows individuals to express themselves, to believe and practice what
they choose (Canadian Civil Liberties Association). Freedom to choose, freedom to express yourself,
freedom to do whatever you want including freedom of conscience and religious affiliation.

Permeating today (particularly in Asia) are calls for recognition of homosexual unions, the promotion
of Abortion (and Euthanasia) as a way of controlling the population and the ideals that is of “my body,
my choice” and women’s right. Though these are old civil liberties in western countries, with the
advent of an enhanced media through the internet, these have reached the country with lawmakers
proposing and filing bills in congress.
 The Church stands firm in its teachings: All life is sacred. With this statement, the dignity of every
individual, heterosexual or LGBTQIA+, young or old, the unborn, migrants and itinerants, are valued
and share a common calling that is charity (caritas / love). The Church stands for all liberties, as long as
it is in line with the doctrines of the Church and moral law.

How do we approach these issues as a follower of Christ? To follow Christ in the ways of love. And to
live a life that is ordered in the ways of the truths revealed to us by Holy Spirit.

Developing Mastery:
Watch: Radical Love by ABS-CBN News (Documentary on Death penalty / Lenten Special /
Cherry Pie Picache mother murder story.
Part I. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDhMN6S-EOY
Part II. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0-VnkniibU

READ: LG ¶11 Fortified by so many and such powerful means of salvation, all the faithful, whatever their
condition or state, are called by the Lord, each in his own way, to that perfect holiness whereby the Father Himself
is perfect.

c. Application and Generalization:

Activity: 1 whole sheet of paper. (or in GoogleForm)
In your opinion, what is your stand on the position of the Church with the following:
1. Death penalty
2. Abortion and Contraception
3. Homosexual unions

Use the following rubrics as guide:

Answer in not less than five(5) sentences in paragraph form.
a. Content / Ideas presented 5
b. Grammar & Composition (punctuations, correct usage of language) 3
c. Cleanliness & Legibility 2

d. Conclusion: (Worship)

The Catechism is clear:

By living with the mind of Christ, Christians hasten the coming of the Reign of God, "a kingdom of
justice, love, and peace." They do not, for all that, abandon their earthly tasks; faithful to their
master, they fulfill them with uprightness, patience, and love. (CCC 2046).

Veritatis Splendor has this to say: ¶88

The attempt to set freedom in opposition to truth, and indeed to separate them radically, is the consequence,
manifestation and consummation of another more serious and destructive dichotomy, that which separates faith from
morality.

This separation represents one of the most acute pastoral concerns of the Church amid today's growing secularism,
wherein many, indeed too many, people think and live "as if God did not exist". We are speaking of a mentality which
affects, often in a profound, extensive and all-embracing way, even the attitudes and behaviour of Christians, whose
faith is weakened and loses its character as a new and original criterion for thinking and acting in personal, family and
social life. In a widely dechristianized culture, the criteria employed by believers themselves in making judgments and
decisions often appear extraneous or even contrary to those of the Gospel.

It is urgent then that Christians should rediscover the newness of the faith and its power to judge a prevalent and all-
intrusive culture. As the Apostle Paul admonishes us: "Once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk
as children of the light (for the fruit of the light is found in all that is good and right and true), and try to learn what is
pleasing to the Lord. Take no part in the unfruitful words of darkness, but instead expose them... Look carefully then
how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil" (Eph 5:8-11,
15-16; cf. 1 Th 5:4-8).
 To follow the standard set-up by Jesus is the only way for us to walk our lives in the world of
today. And so, our task can be surmised by the prayer that Jesus Christ himself thought us to pray.
The prayer that guides all our acts, the prayer which sets out as a command to a renewed way of
living: The Our Father. (CCC 1969 / 2761 / Tertullian, De Orat.)

Our Father, Who art in heaven, Recognize God

Hallowed be Thy Name.
Thy Kingdom come.
Thy Will be done,
on earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil. Amen.
We praise your Holy Name
May your plans and will happen
May we receive thy blessings from you
Call us to renewal so that we too love others
Lead us to what is true
So we may attain heaven with you.

May Christ lead us to what is true.

e. Activity and Evaluation:

Activity (for Out-campus / Online - Modular)
Essay writing:
Jesus came to give life (John 10:10). He worked for the good of the people who are oppressed and
forgotten by the society. His acts of love and mercy still is the same call and model all people who
believes and follows Him. As a follower of Jesus, what concrete acts can you contribute to give the
people (pro-LGBTQIA+, proponents of death penalty, abortion, etc.) as mentioned in our discussion
life? (Sa paanong paraan ka makakapagbigay ng buhay o mga gawa ng pagmamahal para sa mga
nabanggit na mga komunidad sa lipunan?)

Activity 2: (for In-Campus / Onsite)

Debate (rubrics guide) (from krishkamlesh/debate-rubrics)

Criteria 1 (poor) 2 (average) 3 (good) 4 (excellent) Total

Organization and Clarity
Use of Arguments
Use of Examples and Data
Effective Rebuttals
Presentation style
Total Score:
2 2
4 4
3 3
3 3
4 4
0 2 6 8 16 / 20

Topics:
1. Abortion and Contraception in the Philippines.
2. Support for Homosexual Unions in response to the Catholic Teaching.
3. Death penalty as last resort.

Prepared by:

Mr. Lorenzo C. Deocales

Religion Teacher

Checked by: Noted by:

Mr. Lorenzo C. Deocales Rev. Fr. Fidel G. Fabile

CCFIE Officer School Director / Chaplain