Morality Commandments 1-3

What are the first three commandments about (in general)? Why is this important?

Love of God. If we don’t love God we can’t love others

What are the seven remaining commandments about (in general)?

Loving your neighbor

What is another name for the 10 Commandments?

decalogue

When did God reveal the 10 Commandments, and to whom?

On mount sinai to moses

What does the Church see the 10 Commandments as?

A loving response to God’s free invitation to enter into relationship with him

Are the commandments optional?

no

What does the CCC say about breaking one commandment?

If you break one you break them all

What are the three theological virtues that can help us to live the first commandment of loving God above all else?

Faith, hope, and charity

What is faith?

It empowers us to to say “yes” to God and to believe in his revelation to man

What is one way we can grow in the virtue of faith?

• Through prayer

• reading Scriptures

• celebrating the sacraments

• studying our faith

• being a part of a faith-filled community

• giving of ourselves through acts of service and love

• avoiding temptations and sins that threaten to destroy the gift of faith

What does hope give us?

Confidence that God will keep his promise of a life in heaven with him if we live a good and faithful life

What are two ways we can grow in the virtue of hope?

• By asking for an increase of this virtue in prayer

• by thanking God for what he has given us

• receiving the Eucharist

• trusting in God and his goodness even when things are difficult

What is charity?

A form of agape love, which is selfless, self-giving love

What does St. Thomas Aquinas call charity?

“The mother of all virtues”

What are two things that charity involves?

• Obedience

• sacrifice

• beginning

• rooting out sin

Know what at least two sins are against the first commandment, and WHY those are sins (likely a short answer requiring an explanation!)

• idolatry because you’re allowing something else to take the place of God

• superstition divination and magic because they imply that God is not in control of our futures

• irreligion because that means you distrust him

• sacrilege because it is belittling special things that are especially important to God

• simony because it is belittling special things that are especially important to God

• atheism and agnosticism because it is saying that God’s existence cannot be proved

Why shouldn’t we take the Lord’s name in vain?

It is disrespecting His holy name and belittling its importance

Know what at least one sin is against the second commandment, and WHY it is a sin (likely a short answer requiring an explanation!)

• breaking promises made in God’s name because it makes God out to be a liar

• blasphemy because it is speaking against God or the Church

• taking the Lord’s name in vain or swearing because his name is holy and using it to swear is disrespectful to Him

Why is the Lord’s Day holy?

It is the day Christ rose from the dead

What is the purpose of keeping the Sabbath holy?

Jesus Himself commanded that we break bread in His name so we have to honor his demands

What kind of obligation is it (i.e. what day must we keep the Sabbath)?

Sunday obligation

When did the practice of keeping the Sabbath begin?

 It started when the Jews started celebrating the Sabbath on Saturdays

Is there any legitimate excuse for not attending Mass? If so, what is it?

Yes, being sick or too weak to attend Mass in person

Who does Jesus love?

everyone

What kind of love is necessary to love others? Why?

Genuine self-love, if we believe we have dignity and should be respected then we believe other people have dignity and should be respected

When do we lose our value and worth?

We never lose our value and worth

What are two ways we can grow in the virtue of self-esteem?

• Pray for the gift of faith to know and believe that God loves you unconditionally

• look at the crucifix and see how much you are loved

• think about and maybe make a list of all the people who you can be yourself around without pretending and who accept you for who you are