LESSON NUMBER 12

DATES October 4-8, 2021

SUBJECT CLE/ESP 9
ACTIVITY TITLE Being Human, Being Moral
LEARNING TARGETS  Identify and understand the meaning of our
humanity
REFERENCE(S) Called to follow Christ in True freedom, CFC
SOURCE(S) Gaudium et Spes, Bible
AUTHORS Noel P. Miranda
Life-link:

Christ, who is made in the image the invisible God” (Col. 1:15), is himself the perfect
man who was restored in us that likeness to God which had been disfigured ever
since the first sin. Human nature…has been raised in us also to a dignity beyond
compare. For, by His incarnation, Christ the Son of God, has in a certain way united
himself with each man. He worked with human hands, he thought with a human
mind. He acted with a human will, and with a human heart he loved.

-Gaudium et Spes 22
Being Human Being Moral

• For us Filipinos, the word tao is rich with meaning. It can be used to
refer simply to a human person: May taong nakatira sa bahay na iyan.
• It may be used to described a person’s integrity: hanga ako sa kanya.
• Siya ay isang totoong tao, it can also mean having a sense of
compassion for others.
• Siya isang makataong abogado.
• On yet another level, it can refer to the process of becoming more human:
Madali maging tao, mahirap magpakatao
• Clearly, our many uses of the word tao reveal how Filipinos understand and
value human persons.

• Moral living entails an understanding of and respect for human persons.

• All our rights and duties, our ,moral choices and characters are basically a
response to the question “Who am I?” (CFC 628).
• For example, we have the right to a good education and the corresponding
duty to value our studies because as a persons, we need to develop in many
ways- intellectually, spiritually, socially.
• When others treat us unjustly, we demand to be treated with the respect due
individual: Tao rin ako!
• Sometimes we hear people who have done inhuman acts being referred to as hayop,
highlighting what we think is acceptable and unacceptable for us human beings.
Who am I?

• Outside the Temple of Delphi, where the Oracle of Apollo prophesied, is an

inscription: “Know thyself.”
• It was an important reminder to all that our acts and decisions are shaped by
how we answer these questions: “ Who am I? what does it mean to be a
human person?”

• The answer to the question “Who am I?” comes in great part from our
continual interactions with others—our family, our friends, and our Church.
• True self-knowledge recognizes that we are “not an island” but rather are
beings intrinsically related to others by a common humanity that transcends
our individual differences.
• With the critical use of reason illumined by faith in discerning human experience and
revelation, we can arrive at a realistic and liberating understanding of what it means
to be a human person.
• Often, however, our answers to the fundamental questions mentioned above are
shaped by other factors.
• While media and other value systems do reveal many truths about who we are, we
also realize that there is more to life than the latest trend or fad
• For example, many television commercials market products and services in a way
that presumes that human life is all about looking younger or prettier, owning the
latest technological gadget
• Hanging out with the popular crowd, or doing things “ my way.”
• But if we reflect on our experiences, we realize that, through the use of our critical
reason illumined by faith in Christ, we can arrive at a deeper level of understanding
that becomes the objective ground for our moral living.
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