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BEING HUMAN,
BEING MORAL
 Who Am I as a Person
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Make a timeline of the important events
that have shaped your character.

What does your timeline reveal about

who you are as a person?
 Objectives
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 have a genuine appreciation and a felt
understanding of the good news about our being
human—about our dignity and worth as persons—
which ultimately opens us up to a deeper respect,
compassion, and love for others; and
 understand and accept the Christian vision of the
human person, moving them to approach God in
prayer with praise and thanksgiving for the
wonderful, immeasurable gift of being human.
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Person for others
Person with others
Person by others
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 Our Worth as Persons
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 Use your imagination as you ponder on this
question:

What kind of a society might we have if

we measured our worth as persons
solely by the things we own or the
things we can do?
 The Good Samaritan
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The Philippines’ Good Samaritan

Who might be considered

Samaritans in our Philippine
context?
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Jesus Christ Reveals to Us the
Fullness of Our Dignity
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 Life
 Teachings
 Example

Human dignity is grounded on the love of God,

who sustains, redeems and empower us to love,
and calls us to share in His own eternal life.

 CCC 357
 We are Created in the Image
and Likeness of God
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 CCC 357

As the image of God, every

individual possesses the dignity of a
person; he or she is someone not just
something.
 We Have been Redeemed
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 Sin
 Love

By His Resurrection, Christ opened the

way so that we, too, may share in His
new life as adopted sons and daughters
of the Father.
 We are Empowered to Love by
the Holy Spirit
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 God is present everyday through His Holy Spirit
within us;
 God transforms and strengthens us as individuals to
grow in love and live according to our dignity as His
adopted children;
 Nurture our Christian virtues in order to make us
Holy as individuals and sanctifies the Christian
community.
 We are Destined to Share in
God’s Eternal Life
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ALL persons belong in God’s
family and destined to share in
the happiness and freedom of
God’s children.
 Values Processing
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Shares unconditionally and generously one’s
talents, time, and resources for those in need and
for the common good. ( CVGI-A2)

“This is My commandment, that you love one

another, just as I have loved you. Greater love has no
one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
(Jn. 15:12-13)
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 Body Prayer
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What is body prayer?
Do a bit of research to learn more about this
unique form of worship.
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