Religion 3Q PT

STRUGGLING WITH MORAL EVIL: SIN

• Personal Sin

• Social Sin

• Gravity of Sin

• Original Sin

• Originatefd Sin

Personal Sin

giving in to self-centered tendencies; choose what we know is morally evil; results from abuse of our free choice

• we are culpable for our own sin

• ALL OUR PERSONAL SINS HAVE CONSEQUENCES

SOCIAL SIN

• situation/structure supports evil

• rooted in personal sins (CSDC 17)

• standing against: conversion through liberating grace of Christ (CFC 1172)

GRAVITY OF SIN

Venial Sin vs Mortal Sin

Venial Sin

• w/o full reflection or consent

• can lead to mortal sin

• pardonable

  • gossiping

Mortal Sin

• WAY OF LIFE has rejected God & destroyed fundamental values

• 3 conditions: grave matter, full knowledge, and full consent (GFF)

• must be confessed

Original Sin

• state of sinfulness cz unang members of human race abused freedom

• manifests through capital sins

  • immediate effect: “Death makes its entrance into human history”(CCC 400)

  • loss of original holiness

ORIGINATED SIN

• we inherit the effects of the first sin– condition within us & society
  
  1. Concupiscence

  2. Sin of the World

Concupiscence

• inner attraction to sin

• obstacle to freedom

• NOT a sin in itself

• moral living presents itself as an internal tension between
  effects of grace and sin

Sin of the World

• makes choosing to do good a struggle bc of inner weakness and evil in society

LOVING OUR CHRISTIAN FAMILY

I. What is a Family?
II. Conditions Besetting the Filipino Family
III. Christian View of the Family
IV. 4th Commandment
V. Duties of Parents
VI. Duties of the Christian Family to Society
VII. Growing in Love

I. What is a Family?

• center & eart of the civilization of love (St. John Paul II)

• core of our identity

• foundation of a just & loving world

II. Conditions Besetting the Filipino Family

1. REDUCES RELATIONSHIPS

   marriages of convenience, domestic abuse, investment ang anak

2. MATERIALISM

   • caused by poverty

   • seasonal orphans

3. PARENTS NEGLECTING THEIR ROLE

   • some parents teach their children to accept and tolerate the realities

   • rationalize their corrupt practices

III. Christian View of the Family

a. as a Covenant Relationship
b. as a Domestic Church
c. as the First and Vital Cell of Society

a. as a Covenant Relationship

• begins with the parents’ fidelity and love they pledged to share with one another

• through our parents genuine concern; our best selves
  
  GOD ESTABLISHED HIS LOVE BY:

  • establishing a covenant with Abraham

  • renewing covenant with Moses and Israelites – covenantal law of love

  • sending us His Son, Jesus Christ, whom He established His new and everlasting covenant

b. as a Domestic Church

• first school of discipleship

• parents; first heralds of faith with regard to their children (Lumen Gentium)

c. as the First and Vital Cell of Society

• nurtured and trained to become good members of society

• through family,

  • society sustained

  • members grow in compassion, justice, social responsibility, & love of country

TRADITIONAL FILIPINO VALUES

• kasipagan

• katapatan

• pakikisama

• pakikipagkapwa

IV. 4th Commandment

“To honor one’s father and mother means to show proper gratitude, affection, respect, obedience, and care to parents” (CFC 1023)
- Scriptural meaning
- Obstacles in Honoring our Parents
- Our Duty to Care for the Elderly in Society
- Our Duty to Love our Brothers and Sisters

Scriptural meaning

• value aging parents

Obstacles in Honoring our Parents

1. Abusive and neglectful parents

2. Distancing from parents

3. Generation gap

Our Duty to Care for the Elderly in Society

• Israelites’ freedom had to be founded on love and respect for human dignity regardless of age

• PH CULTURE: respect and concern for elderly; preferring that they live with us

Our Duty to Love our Brothers and Sisters

• the love we show in our everyday experiences with our siblings affirms the genuineness of our love for our parents

V. Duties of Parents

1. support and care for the welfare of their children

2. respect the rights and dignity of their children as human persons

3. their moral education and over-all development

VI. Duties of the Christian Family to Society

• “salt of the earth” & “light of the world”

VII. Growing in Love

1. Learn to listen

2. Do things together

3. Learn to say “Sorry” and “I forgive you”

4. Learn to say “I love you”

5. Serve the poor as a family

CELEBRATING THE GIFT OF LIFE

I. How Precious is Human Life?
II. You Shall Not Kill
III. Christ, Our Life
IV. Anointing of the Sick
V. Blessed are the Peacemakers

CULTURE OF LIFE

• human life is sacred and should be protected from conception to natural death (Evangelium Vitae)

CULTURE OF DEATH

human life is not God’s gift, but an object or commodity that may disposed of when it is deemed unworthy to be lived/hinders a person’s  freedom and pursuit of pleasure

I. How Precious is Human Life?

A. FIlipinos: A life-loving People
B. Teenagers and the Gift of Life
C. Confronting the Culture of Death

B. Teenagers and the Gift of Life

life is a gift from God

C. Confronting the Culture of Death

1. worth of a person is based solely on efficiency, competence, or looks

2. violence when in conflict

II. You Shall Not Kill

A. Old Testament Significance
B. New Testament Significance

Old Testament Significance

• to dishonor the gift of life is to dishonor the giver of life

• for the israelites, the 5th commandment was a gift of life– forged to save life rather than promote suffering, oppression, and death

New Testament Significance

• identified anger as the sinful root of killing; challenged all people to control their emotions

• “Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him”

The Loving Concern of Jesus for Human Life

• Zacchaeus, The Samaritan Woman, A Woman Caught in Adultery

• hate the sin love the sinner

III. Christ, Our Life

• life is not a private possession

• the Holy Spirit strengthens us as “people of life”

IV. Anointing of the Sick

A. Jesus Christ, the Sacrament of God’s Healing
B. The Healing Church, the Sacrament of Christ’s Healing
C. The Sacrament of Anointing: An Empowering Sacrament

A. Jesus Christ, the Sacrament of God’s Healing

• He Himself is the sacrament of God’s healing; becoming God’s healing touch

B. The Healing Church, the Sacrament of Christ’s Healing

• intended to strengthen those suffering from serious illness; though not limited to those who are about to die

C. The Sacrament of Anointing: An Empowering Sacrament

• restoration of health, a deepening of one’s trust in God, and the strength to resist temptation

• also offers them the forgiveness of sins and completes the salutary penance

V. Blessed are the Peacemakers

• Christ does not mean avoid all conflict at the expense of fundamental values such as life, truth, and justice

• Christ teaches us to “make” peace by loving our enemies and follow the inner strength to walk with Him along the way

VIOLATIONS OF THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN LIFE

ABORTION
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
SUICIDE
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
EUTHANASIA

Abortion

1. Definition

• termination of pregnancy

• abortifacient

  • herbal pamparegla

2. Stand of the Church

   • “direct abortion always constitutes a grave moral disorder” (Evangelium Vitae 62)

   • reminds to turn to Mother Mary

Substance Ause

1. Definition

• overindulgence/dependence on an addictive substance, especially alcohol or drugs

2. Stand of the Church

   • we must respect our bodies as we are a temple of the Holy Spirit

Suicide

1. Definition

   • gravely immoral act (Evangelium Vitae 66)

     2. Stand of the Church

        • as salt of the earth & light of the world, help

Capital Punishment

1. Definition

   • society’s act of executing a person found guilty of committing a crime

2. Stand of the Church

   • if non-lethal means are sufficient to defend the life and safety of the people, the State should limit itself to such means

Euthanasia

1. Definition

   • action or omission which of itself and by intention causes death with purpose of eliminating all suffering  (Evangelium Vitae 65)

2. Stand of the Church

   • speaks strongly against this

   • deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person (EV 65)