Religion 9 T2 chap: 1-3

Spiritual Experiences

Begin in childhood, the desire to do good, wonder at nature, a moment when someone feels close to God

Teenagers inner goodness can be stirred by

developing personal ideals, being inspired, desiring inner harmony and peace

How people develop spiritually

Relating with God, Striving to become more like God, Developing Virtues

Relating with God

involves prayer, reflecting on God’s prescence and trying to live in Harmony with God;'‘s will

Striving to become more like God

expressed through living by personal and ideals and virtues that reflect God’s nature

Virtues

A virtue is a habit of doing what is good

develping virtues

All habits must be developed they form the foundation of Christian moral life, influence spiritual and moral decisions, practise ideals

Prudence

making wise choices and thinking carefully before acting

Justice

treating and everyone fairly and giving people what they deserve

Fortitude

having courage and strength to do what is right even when its hard

Temperance

having self control and not going to extremes

Spirituality

how people connect with God, others and the world, living in a conscious relationship with God

Character

‘Character’ means that a person is so strong in one or more virtues that others can rely on them to behave in good ways. it can be developed when strong virtues become apart of personality

self mastery

self mastery means being strong-willed enough to have control over one’s thoughts, emotions and feelings.

Soul

The ‘soul’ is the immortal spirit in each living human person. The human soul is the principle of life source of life

Heaven

eternal happiness with God for those who lived with love and goodness.

Purgatory

Final purification before heaven for those with imperfection

Free will

People can choose not to relate with God and choose to follow or reject God’s commandments

Communicating with God

Prayer: personal communication with God the, holy spirit helps express thoughts and feelings even without words.

Communicating with Mary and the Saints

Catholics ask Mary and the saints to pray for them (receive blessings) St Angela Merici are admired for courage and service

challenges affecting spiritual growth

peer pressure, overactive lifestyle, emotional turmoil

consequences of not relating to God

stress, confusion, poor decisions and spiritual weaknesses

Seven Deadly/capital sins

Pride- arrogance

Envy- jealous resentment

Anger- violence

Lust- sexuality misuse

Avarice- hoarding, no sharing

Gluttony- binging

Sloth- laziness

Sins effects

hamper moral and spiritual growth Overcome by prayer, virtues, sacramnets and guidance

Hell

Separation/broken relationship from God for those who rejected him

Original sin

inherited human tendency to disobey God, damges the human relatioship with God and makes spiritual growth difficult

cardinal virtues

The word ‘cardinal’ comes from Latin word for ‘hinge’. development of all other virtues hinges on the cardinal virtues.