MORAL COURAGE IN CHURCH

GROUP 2
Discuss recent examples where you se evidence of
moral courage in the respective community.
 Helping a member of the church, even though you don't have much yourself.
 Following the doctrines of the church, even though there are many people around you
who oppose your beliefs.
 People who give warnings to those that are noisy inside the church.
 People who volunteer to fix the line when it is not in a proper way.
 Observing good etiquettes like not arriving late, being respectful etc.
 Following church rules such as wearing appropriate/decent clothes.
 Teaching and leading people to God. Like encouraging others and sharing the word of
God.
 Commitment in serving God and people. Having a smile always in doing chores,
serving and helping others, even in the difficult situation or in their hard times.
Discuss recent examples which show evidence that
moral courage is lacking.

Talking during the mass

■ For example, your friend talk to you inside the church about important
matter. Then your voices become louder that is distract other people who
were listening to the mass and the preaching. The moral courage of you
and your friend is lacking because you are choosing to talk that certain
matter even though you are inside the church. You are unconcerned to the
appropriate behavior that must be practiced inside the church.
Discuss recent examples which show evidence that
moral courage is lacking.

Using mobile devices inside the church.

■ As an example, a person answered his or her phone calls because it is so
important. That person's moral courage is lacking inside the church
because he chose to answer his important phone calls rather than listening
to the priest. He/she was unconcerned about the distraction and noise
he/she might cause to the other.
Discuss recent examples which show evidence that
moral courage is lacking.

Eating and drinking snacks inside the church

■ Eating and drinking in church is both shows disrespectful and distracting to
others. It demonstrates a lack of moral courage for the reason of, you
chose to eat because you are hungry and you are unconcerned about the
people who require a peaceful environment to pray and reflect.
Discuss recent examples which show evidence that
moral courage is lacking.

Taking something that doesn’t belong to you.

■ Example, you go to church and notice a brand-new umbrella, or a bag, or a
money that is accidentally left by someone. There is no one watching and
you are in need therefore you didn’t report it and instead you take it and
bring it home with you. There’s a high chance that you can return it but you
refuse to do so. It shows lack of moral courage because you know that
stealing is wrong, especially you perform it inside the church.
Discuss recent examples which show evidence that
moral courage is lacking.

Corruption inside the church

■ For example, they collected too many offerings and it is for the church
instead of buying things for church or for emergencies they spend it for
their own good and buys unnecessary thing. It is lacking of moral courage
because instead of saving the money they used the money to buy
unnecessary things and they know that is stealing and wrong.
Discuss recent examples which show evidence that
moral courage is lacking.

Not staying still

■ Making unnecessary movements while the mass is ongoing is kind of
disrespectful and there’s a possibility that the other listeners will be
distracted and they can’t focus.
■ It’s lack of moral courage because when you are at the church, you must
stay still and listen on the preaching of word God and must do things that
are appropriate.
Discuss recent examples which show evidence that
moral courage is lacking.

Making unwanted doings inside the church

■ A good example for this one is gossiping inside the church. it is strictly
prohibited since the church must be a sanctuary place where we meditate
or give respect to our God. We attend masses to lend our ear to the priest
or pastor for us to learn more about the word of God, not to talk about
people that has done nothing wrong in our lives. According to Titus 3:2, The
Lord told “do not speak of evil to one”.
Discuss recent examples which show evidence that
moral courage is lacking.

Not having a unity inside the church

■ We can relate the word church for gathering or assembly. When we are
attending masses, we sometimes tend to not listen to the priest. The priest
or pastor is the what we call the messengers of God. They know about the
Bible, they read Bible a lot of times before actually understanding it. So, if
we not listen to what they say about God, it is like we are not having unity
at the first place. And what is the sense of attending the mass if you are not
listening to the word of God.
Think about what characteristics of the community
contribute to its lack of moral courage

■ Being Impolite -for examples talking during the mass, the moral courage is
lacking because they are not paying attention while the pastor/father is
preaching. It shows there that they're impolite because. They did not respect the
father who shares the word of our God and they made interruption to others.
Think about what characteristics of the community
contribute to its lack of moral courage

■ Lack of discipline -eating and drinking snacks inside the church, the moral
courage is lacking because. They knew that eating and drinking inside the
church are not allowed but there are stubborn people do that.
Think about what characteristics of the community
contribute to its lack of moral courage

■ Defensive – People in nature are defensive. Sometimes we get to so much

length to defend what religion we believe in and along its course, we forget what
being morally courageous is. we are only concerned with what was taught to us
by the preacher and we try to suppress the sound of the other by being in
defense to what we think is right by the religion.
Think about what characteristics of the community
contribute to its lack of moral courage

■ Aggressive – Extremists go at great length to fight for the supremacy of their

religion over the other. They carve the way into it, and even kill people for it but,
it is not what being morally courageous means.
Think about what characteristics of the community
contribute to its lack of moral courage

■ Selfishness - for example, reducing the 10% of giving tithes and offering and
thinking about yourself what to buy and what to do to the left money for the
ungodly doings, this is lack of moral courage because the point of giving is more
about generosity and stewardship where we need to bring back the glory
proactively not just when have some leftover.
Think about what characteristics of the community
contribute to its lack of moral courage

■ Criticism - for example the pastor/preacher preached a message where you

were hit hard and made it negative thinking you are the one who's been
criticized and now you turn the situation so bad, by finding any mistakes in the
preacher. This is lack of moral courage because you’re letting your mind control
over you without balancing the essence of the heart and proving them your
behavior is as bad as what the message says.
Brainstorm with your group about the characteristics
of the morally courageous persons in your community

■ Confident - a morally courageous person is confident and believes in himself

because he knows that the Almighty has a greater plan for him. They know what
they stand for and they are willing to fight for what they believe is right in
accordance to what is write in the eyes of the Lord.
Brainstorm with your group about the characteristics
of the morally courageous persons in your community

■ Conviction - morally courageous person stay firm on what they stand for as
long as it is written in the book of life. They have their own perception and
decision about a certain matter in guidance with the gospel and does not follow
worldly things and actions that majority of the people do, nowadays.
Brainstorm with your group about the characteristics
of the morally courageous persons in your community

a) Integrity - morally courageous people can differentiate things between what is

right and wrong based on the word of the Lord. Everything that is right in the
eyes of the Lord is automatically considered correct.
Brainstorm with your group about the characteristics
of the morally courageous persons in your community

■ Compassion - aside from having a firm belief, a morally courageous person is

also compassionate with the people because this is one of the things that the
Lord Almighty always teach.
Brainstorm with your group about the characteristics
of the morally courageous persons in your community

■ Embrace the unknown - a morally courageous person is not afraid of changes

and the unknown. Instead, he stays faithful to his Lord and trust His plans for
him because trusting the Lord means that you are already winning.
Brainstorm with your group about the characteristics
of the morally courageous persons in your community

■ Commitment - a morally courageous person has an availability in church even

its sounds like obligations but it’s an opportunity to become faithful in God. He is
also busy in many things but if he had a commitment to God’s work then he
achieved what he wanted in life because God is provider.