Living Out the Commandments: Choosing Life
CHAPTER 5 We are called to choose life.
When the young man in the Gospel of Matthew told Jesus that he had followed the Commandments, what did Jesus respond? Why? “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” To point out that the new law fulfills, refines, surpasses, and leads the Old Law to its perfection. Jesus explained to his disciples that he had not come to do away with the Law that God had given to Moses, but to fulfill it. What does this mean? What did Jesus teach? Jesus taught his disciples to live out the commandments as an expression of love for God, or themselves, and for their neighbors. When Jesus called his disciples to be perfect, what was he calling them to do? To try to be as perfect and merciful as Jesus We live out the Fourth Commandment. –In Commandments 4-10 , what do we recognize? To love and respect our neighborsWhat is the Fourth Commandment? Honor your Father and Mother. Name 5 ways to live out the Fourth Commandment. Obeying parents, guardians, and family members |Be grateful for what your parents have given you.|Supporting our families and helping to care for them in an old age.|Respect your elders and their wisdom|Listen and respect your parents and those who are guardians What is civil authority? The rights we have as a citizen that everyone has. We live out the Fifth Commandment. What is the Fifth Commandment? You shall not kill. When does the right to life begin? When you are born Abortion – The direct termination of the life of an unborn baby. Euthanasia – mercy killing Murder – The deliberate taking of life is not our right Suicide – The taking of one’s own life. Terrorism – violence that intentionally targets innocents. War – a last resort in order to solve human conflicts Death penalty – death punishment by committing something terrible, barely happens anymore Domestic violence – People who violate their family in their own home Environmental waste and pollution – The destruction of those things in creation that God gave us to support life. Scandal – An attitude or behavior that leads another person to do evil. What are some positive ways of dealing with anger? Pray to God and know that it is all part of his plan for us. We live out the Sixth Commandment What is the Sixth Commandment? “You shall not commit adultery” Adultery – the infidelity in marriage, unfaithfulness to one’s husband or wife. Chastity – the use of our human sexuality in a responsible and faithful way, a way in which we integrate our sexuality and our spirituality in a unity of body and spirit Who is our model of chastity for us all? Explain. Jesus is because he lived his whole life without sexual interactions. CHAPTER 6: Name the Seventh Commandment You shall not steal Define stealing and how does it relate to justice? Deliberately taking others’ things that are rightfully theirs Name ways that the Seventh Commandment gives people the things that are rightfully theirs. Universal Destination of Created Goods Not only does the Seventh Commandment commands us not to steal, it also refers to what sins? Stealing money like lowering wages and price gouging Name the Eighth Commandment. You shall not bear false witness agsaint your neighbor What does it mean to give witness? To know and see something that happed What does the Eighth Commandment oblige us to do? Tell the truth What does the Eighth Commandment forbid us to do? To Lie Lie – to speak or act falsely with the intention of deceiving others Rash judgment – assuming things about another person Detraction – telling, without reason, another persons faults and failings to those who do not know Calumny – making false claims about someone to ruin their reputation Boasting – to brag about something some doesn’t have but that you have Sarcasm – lying in a joke form to make fun of others Gossip – spreading rumors false or not to those who do not know Rumors – claims about someone false or not spreading around Why is lying such a bad thing? Lying makes everything worse How does the Eighth Commandment teach us to keep promises? If the secret is directed to harm then tell someone that could stop it What is the Ninth Commandment? You shall not covet your neighbor wife Temptation – the attraction to choose sin Covet – to wrongly desire someone or something Temperance – moderates the attraction of pleasures and helps us to bring our desires into balance Modesty – thinking, speaking, acting, and dressing in ways that show respect for ourselves and others Pure of Heart – living in the love of God. our Father, just as his Son, Jesus Christ, calls us to do, and allowing the Holy Spirt to fill us with goodness and love What is the Tenth Commandment? You shall not covet your neighbor’s house nor anything else that belongs to him How does the Tenth Commandment relate to the Seventh Commandment? Do not take or be jealous about anything that is not yours The Tenth Commandment obliges us to do what? Not covet things that don’t belong to us What are greed and envy? How do they relate to the Tenth Commandment? Greed – Excessive desire to own things Envy – the feeling of sadness when someone has something we what but don’t have What does it mean to be poor in spirit? Depending on God and making god important over everything else