Law Quest

What does good law do? 

Keeps us on track and helps to know the boundaries we need o stay within to be safe, happy, holy, and healthy

What is the principle of relativism? 

What is true for you is TRUE; what is true for me is TRUE. It’s true that there is no universal truth

What is the difference between objective truth and subjective truth? 

Objective- facts; true for ALL people

Subject- opinions/ preference

What does a lack of law do to us? Why does this matter? 

Without law, we can do whatever we want, as much as we want, however we want. The lack of law dehumanizes us.

Eternal law

 has its source in God

Natural law

the light of understanding God has placed within us

Revealed law

the Old and New Law revealed by God throughout scripture and radiation

Civil and church Law

duly appointed civil and Church leaders who are given the authority to make and enforce laws from God, who is the source of all authority

Should laws always be announced? Does God announce his laws? 

Yes for both- he reveals himself through scripture and tradition to help us and guide us in his way. 

What can we use to understand Natural Law? 

Reason and looking at our human experience and the world around us

What is the core principle of Natural Law? 

Do good and avoid evil

What are the three basic human drives/needs we see in Natural Law? 

* Preserving life
* Developing individuals
* Sharing life with others

Where is the Natural Law written? 

In our hearts

Can Natural Law change? 

No; it is permanent, universal, and unchanging throughout all of human history. 

Why do we struggle to know and understand the Natural Law? 

Sin 

Why did Moses give the Israelites the Old Law?

Because of their hardness of heart and concupiscence 

What do we have today that they did not? 

the sacraments

What does the New Law ultimately do? 

Helps us to strengthen our friendship with Christ and one another.

Simply put, what are the precepts of the Church? 

Minimum effort to show that we are a practicing catholic

What are the six precepts of the Church

* Attendance of mass on sundays and holy days of -obligation
* Attend reconciliation at least once a year
* Reception of the Holy Eucharist at least during the Easter season
* Keep holy days of obligation holy 
* Observe the prescribed days of fasting and abstinence 
* Provide for the material needs of the Church, each according to his or her abilities 

What does “the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand” mean? 

Heaven is here on earth, because to be in heaven is to be with God, and GOD is here

What is repentance? 

Turning away from sin and death and turning to God

What does Jesus give us to help follow his law of avoiding sin? 

The church who dispenses the sacraments to help us be filled with the life of Christ, and to come to know him personal

God doesn’t owe us anything, but gives us the free gift of being a part of his family. Does this mean I do not have to cooperate with God’s grace, and do not have to do anything on my part? 

No, we have to cooperate with the graces God gives us so that we can partake in the reward he gives us

Justification

the gift of this HS’s grave that cleanses us fromour sin through conversion, faith in Jesus Christ , Baptism; makes us right with God

Grace

makes us a part of God’s family

Merit

“what is owed to us”- a reward or punishment because we did something that helps or harms our relationship with God, others, or ourselves

Prayer

how we can keep union with God- it is a conversation with him and helps us to come to know him

discipleship

vocation of all Christians to be followers of Christ by living upright, morallives, or charity that announce the good news of God’s love and attract others to the Gospel

Union with God is union with what thing that we all long for? 

love

Which sacrament is the primary way in which we have direct contact and union with God? 

Eucharist

Which sacrament helps us to reconcile our relationship with God? 

Reconciliation

Which sacrament washes away Original Sin and initially brings me into the family of God? 

Baptism