Objectives
At the end of the session, the
students can:
Discuss correctly the nature,
kinds and gravity of Sin
through a concept map;
Cite concrete ways of
overcoming the power of sin in
one’s life through hashtag
statement;
Pray for God’s grace to “deliver
us from all evils using the
Lord’s prayer.
BTI
The pre-service teachers can
develop & demonstrate the
following competencies:
Domain 1. Content Knowledge
and Pedagogy
1.1.1 Demonstrate content
knowledge and its application
within and/or across curriculum
teaching areas.
Introduction
If we have lost the sense of sin then we have lost a sense
of the presence of God in our life; we no longer feel that God is
an essential element in our life.
More than that, we have also lost a sense of God’s
goodness and compassion, of how much we love God. We have
simply become lethargic about evil.
“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and there
is no truth in us. If we confess our sins…God will forgive us.”
1John 1:8-9
Sin is first and foremost against God. Yet, we usually see it as
affecting only ourselves and others.
In this module, as we recognize the reality of Sin, we will journey
together to combat its power in our life.
Sin must be seen from the point of our covenant relationship
with God in Jesus Christ.
Since the covenant relationship is a relationship of love, SIN is
lovelessness.
SIN: the damaging or total rupturing of our love relationship
with God in Jesus.
Activity. Picture Analysis
Q:
How would you relate the picture to the
reality of SIN?
Capsoul of the Day
Acquisition of New Knowledge
Short story:
On the side of the mountain in the Rockies
lies what is left of a huge tree.
Botanists say that it was several hundred
years old.
By examining the tree, scientists were also
able to tell that in the course of those years,
it has weathered several natural disasters,
such as storms, ice damage, avalanches
and being struck by lightning, all of which
had failed to kill it.
But a horde of beetles attacked the tree. The beetles ate into the bark and cut off the tree’s
ability to distribute to the root system the food it had manufactured in the leaves; its inner
life was destroyed. And so, this forest giant that had withstood all the nature could throw at
it for hundreds of years was felled by beetles so small that they could easily be crushed in
one’s fingers.
What is the message of the story?
How would you relate the story to the reality of sin?
Q: What is sin?
How does Sin destroy relationships?
“For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I do. Now if I do what I do not
want, it is no longer I that do it, but sin that dwells within me.”
– Rom. 7:19-20We are made in the image and likeness of God and sin robs us of this
relationship, of this likeness. (CCC705)
Definition of Sin
Sin is an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience. It is an utterance, a deed, or a
desire contrary to the eternal law. It is an offense against God; saying NO to God, to love,
to personal growth, and to others. It is evil intentionally committed. It is a bad free human
decision.
Concept of Sin in the Old Testament
Sin is a transgression of God’s law and will and rejection of His love.It is “missing the mark”
(failure to keep the covenant). Sin is a disobedience against the Decalogue of
God (Dt. 28:15-68). Sin is considered as forgetfulness of God, a turning away
from Him, and as ingratitude (Num 1-3, Ex. 16:5a, Is1:2-4)
3 Main Conceptions of Sin
(a)Sin is a defilement or stain, the sense of being unclean before the face of God.
(b)Sin is a crime, an internal violation of Yahweh’s covenant relationship (Is 59:2-8).
(c)Sin is a personal rejection of a love relationship.
Concept of Sin in the New Testament
Sin is an ungrateful desertion of the Lord (Lk. 15:11-32). Sin is an antithesis of charity, an
offense against love (Luke 7:47). Sin is a desecration of a person’s own body because
his/her body which is the temple of the Holy Spirit is destroyed by immorality. Sin is an
utterance, a deed (commission or omission) or a desire contrary to the eternal law. Sin is
to love oneself inordinately, not open to God and to one’s fellowmen. Sin is lawlessness
and unrighteousness.
Lack of belief is the most radical sin: “Every sin will be forgiven, but the blasphemy against the
Spirit will not be forgiven (Mt. 12:31).
We are still responsible for sins committed by others:
1. when we cooperate in them by participating directly and voluntarily with them;
2. ordering, advising, praising, or approving them;
3. not disclosing or not hindering them when we have an obligation to do so;
4. protecting evildoers
Sins give rise to social situations and institutions that are contrary to the divine goodness.
“Structures of sin” are the expression and effect of personal sins. Personal sins constitute a
“social sin”
By committing “personal or private sins” we dirty & stain the society which should be clean
INTERNAL SINS
Internal sins are: Mental Complacency, Evil Desire, Sinful Joy and Sinful Regret
delectatio morosa, i.e. the pleasure taken in a sinful thought or imagination even without
desiring it;
gaudium, i.e. dwelling with complacency on sins already committed; and
desiderium, i.e. the desire for what is sinful.
CLASSIFICATIONS OF SIN
Sins are classified into three:
1. Personal Sin – is a sin committed by the individual person, but always in relation to
others and the community (e.g. lying, cheating, backbiting, stealing, etc.).
2. Social Sin – is a sin which affects other people and the whole community. They are
negative attitude and acts or failures to act that are common to a community.
3. Structural sin - refers to social groups, institutions, organizations or economic
systems that produce injustice, harm and ultimately suffering (e.g. graft and corruption,
jobless, homeless, crimes etc.)
Besides the personal sin of individuals (such as thoughts and desires of lust and
jealousy), and interpersonal sins corrupting relationships (e.g., gossip, adultery), there
are societal sins located in the social structures, situations and groups which oppress
persons, violate their human dignity, stifle freedom and foster inequality.
GRAVITY/DEGREE OF SIN
1. Mortal sin (sin unto death) - is a grievous offense against the law of God by which
we seriously fail in our duties towards God, towards our neighbor, or towards ourselves.
It kills our basic love relationship with God and others. It is the greatest of all evil.
For a sin to be "MORTAL”, it must be a grave matter; there must be sufficient
knowledge and full consent.
2. Venial sin - is a lesser transgression of the divine Law, by which we slightly fail in
some duty towards God, towards our neighbor, or towards ourselves. It does not involve
our fundamental core freedom but undermines and weakens our love relationship with
God and with others.
EFFECTS OF SIN.
It has disastrous effects in human life, but the world often makes sinful deeds seem very
attractive.
1. Sin alienates us from God, from other people and from ourselves.
2. Sin brings with it shame and shamelessness (Rm.6:21; Prov.21:29).
3. Sin robs the body and soul of strength (Ps.38:4).
4. Sin destroys reputation, honor and fame (Prov.10:7; Sir.10:28-29).
5. Sin is a kind of sickness that damages the personality of the sinner. Sin is addictive.
THE SEVEN CAPITAL SINS
They are called capital because they are the sources from which all other sins take their rise or
beginning:
1. Pride excessive love for oneself.
2. Avarice - inordinate love of worldly goods.
3. Lust inordinate sexual desires
4. Anger destructive aggressiveness, angry feelings towards others
5. Envy –
sorrow over another’s good fortune or success
6. Gluttony - unregulated love for food
7. Sloth –
laziness in keeping the faith, neglecting to do one’s duty
“The worst thing in the world, is not sin; it is the denial of sin by false conscience – for that
attitude makes forgiveness impossible.”
The only sin that God cannot forgive is the sin for which we don’t want to be forgiven, and that
is the worst thing we can allow to happen to us…
Bishop Fulton Sheen
All sin is reprehensible.
All sin damages our relationship with God, weakens our love and sets us up for a definitive
break, the destruction of our inner life.
All sin requires forgiveness.
We are human, and sin simply follows us in our human behavior patterns.
Thus giving in to ourselves in small things will eventually develop into a bad habit, a drift into
selfishness that will, in the long run, lead us away from God.
Here are some ways that we can avoid falling into it and to overcome sin:
1. Put God above everything else.
2. Love others the way we love ourselves.
3. Keep away from occasions of sin.
4. Take part in the Eucharist on Sundays and other holy days.
5. Receive the sacraments frequently.
6. Pray often.
Application
1. Make a concept map that will present a correct discussion of the nature, kinds and gravity of
Sin;
2. At the lower portion of your diagram, using a hashtag, cite 3 concrete ways of overcoming the
power of sin in your life;
3. Begin and end your task with a prayer asking for God’s grace to “deliver you from all evils.
Assessment ( Quiz)
References:
Primary Sources:
Knox, I. (2003). Theology for Teachers. U.P Box 4, Diliman 1101 Quezon City, Philippines.
Clarentian Publications
Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994). Manila, Philippines: ECCE Word & Life Publications.
Secondary Sources:
Reyes, R.C, (2009) Revised. Ground and Norm of Morality: Ethics for College Students. Loyola
Heights, Quezon City. Ateneo De Manila University Press
Reyes, R.C, (1089). Ground and Norm of Morality: Ethics for College Students. Loyola Heights,
Quezon City. Ateneo De Manila University Press
Alora, R.A. (2004). A Handbok in Bioethics. 264-A Pablo Ocampo Sr. Ave. Bookmark.Inc
Reyes, J. (2018). Moral Theology, A Basic Study on Christian Morality. Unpublished book
Objectives
At the end of the session, the
students can:
Relate to one’s life the moral
dimensions in the spirituality of
Marcellin Champagnat through
a guided reflection;
Cite concrete ways of following
the ways of Marcellin in living a
moral life through a poem;
Thank God in prayer by
praying the 5 calls.
BTI
The pre-service teachers can
develop & demonstrate the
following competencies:
Domain 1. Content Knowledge
and Pedagogy
1.1.1 Demonstrate content
knowledge and its application
within and/or across curriculum
teaching areas.
Introduction
You might be admiring someone for a reason. For sure,
there is something about him/her that attracts you. That person
serves as an inspiration that gives meaning to your existence.
Same in the case of St. Marcellin. He is admired by many for his
way of life and his extra ordinary faith expressions.
Who is Saint Marcellin Champagnat, by the way?
We know that he was a priest of the Society of Mary, and
the founder of its Little Brothers of Mary, recognized worldwide
today as the Institute of the Marist Brothers. Yes, he was all of
those things, but he
was also so much
Capsoul of the Day
more. This lesson sets
out to uncover the
message that his life
and mission hold for us
today. The story of this
young priest takes us
back to late eighteenth
and early nineteenth
century France. Get
ready to walk its roads,
and to cherish the
terrain he so loved, to
meet the people who
shaped him, to suffer through the adversity that strengthened
him, and, in the end, to be seized by the God who was at the
center of
his life.
Activity. If you are to organize an event
about St. Marcelin, what would it be called
and what special things/ feature about him
would you like to highlight?
Acquisition of New Knowledge
Marcelin’s early education
Education suffered at the hands of the revolution. More than twenty years of insurrection and
external wars had done little to secure the place of teaching and learning in the overall scheme
of things. Marcellin attended school for a very brief time. He failed to demonstrate much of a
capacity for formal schoolwork; the brutal treatment that teachers meted out to students also
worked against his settling in. By age eleven, he had decided that he preferred farm work to the
world of books. When Marcellin set out for the seminary at age sixteen, he took with him his lack
of education. This deficiency was to be a cross for him throughout his life.
Call to be a priest
After the revolution, the power of the Catholic Church in France was greatly diminished. Napoleon
Bonaparte eventually gave the Church greater freedom but for a specific reason: he planned to
use the Church as a prop for his regime. In 1803, Bishop Joseph Fesch, an uncle of Napoleon,
was asked to head the archdiocese of Lyons. Finding his priests devastated by the ravages of
the Revolution of 1789, he set out energetically to renew the strength of the clergy. Part of his
plan called for new minor seminaries. To fill them with candidates, the new bishop encouraged
staff at the major and minor seminaries to devote some of their vacation time to recruiting
vocations. As a result, in 1803 a priest arrived in Marlhes seeking suitable young men for the
seminary. Father Allirot, the parish priest, confessed that he could think of none. After a few
moments of thought, however, he suggested that his visitor might try the Champagnat family.
Among the boys at home at the time, Marcellin alone showed any interest when the proposal to
train for the priesthood was presented. However, the young man was almost functionally illiterate.
While he expressed himself freely in the dialect common around Marlhes, his reading and writing
knowledge of French, a necessary prerequisite for the study of Latin and other subjects, was
rudimentary at best.
Building Notre Dame de l’Hermitage
By 1824, Marcelin’s Institute had grown to such an extent that he needed the assistance
of another priest. The Archiepiscopal Council voted on May 12th to send Father Courveille to help
out.
The priest’s arrival freed Marcellin for a project that had long been close to his heart: the
construction of a building spacious enough to house the ever-increasing number of brothers. He
purchased a piece of property, five acres in size, in a sheltered section of the valley of the Gier
River.
Bounded on east and west by steep mountain slopes, it contained a grove of oak trees
and was well irrigated by water from the river. Late in May, Vicar General Cholleton blessed the
cornerstone; construction was soon underway.
Marcellin Champagnat Marcellin and his young brothers worked steadily throughout the
six months of summer and early autumn in 1824. They quarried and carried the stones for the
building, dug sand, made mortar, and assisted the professional tradesmen, who had been hired
for the skilled work.
Lodged in an old rented house on the opposite bank of the Gier, the group came together
for morning Mass in a small shed in an oak grove. This spot came to be known as the Chapel in
the Woods.
A chest of drawers served as the altar; a bell, suspended from a tree branch, called the
community to prayer. What heady days for all involved: the young men found support in one
another; they were also proud of their achievement.
Throughout construction of the five-story building, the founder set an example for his
brothers.
He was the first to start work each day and the last to put it aside at night. While the
brothers appreciated Marcellin’s efforts, some of his fellow clergy were less enthusiastic.
They did not take kindly to the sight of a priest wearing dusty clothing, whose hands were
rough from manual labor.
Marcellin’s parishioners, though, stood by him.
They loved him as a pastor of souls, and being working people themselves, they admired
him as a laborer and builder. The new building was ready for occupancy by the end of winter
1825.
In May of that year, the brothers from La Valla took up residence at Notre Dame de
l’Hermitage. Marcellin now had a Mother House for his Institute. Throughout the period of
construction, the founder did not neglect the formation of his brothers. Until October 1824, he still
fulfilled his duties as parish curate.
Despite his fatigue after a day of construction work, Marcellin continued the brothers’
religious and professional education. He spent his evenings instructing them about religious life
and advancing their formation as teachers. In addition to building the Hermitage, Marcellin
established several new foundations during 1824, including Charlieu and Chavanay. He was also
eager to gain legal authorization for his Institute.
He pursued this goal relentlessly but without success for the rest of his days.
Unfortunately, the King’s Council of State had become more and more reluctant to authorize
religious educators, especially those from congregations of men. Marcellin’s ongoing struggle for
authorization sorely tried his patience and sapped his strength.
Prayer to Saint Marcellin Champagnat
O Risen Saviour Living among us today, We come to you by the way of
Saint Marcellin Champagnat To ask you to cure _________________
(mention name/favor requested) Faith in your Name cured The paralytic
in the temple When Saint Peter interceded for him. We believe in the
power of your Name; Sustain and increase our faith.
Hear the prayer of the your servant, Marcellin, Joined to that of Mary,
Your Mother, and grant us the grace For which we ask you. Amen. Saint
Marcellin Champagnat, Intercede for us and all those who are sick.
Concluding Prayer based on the 5 Calls of the FMS (Marist Brothers) 22nd
General Chapter
Transform us Jesus, and send us as a global charismatic family,
a beacon of hope in this turbulent world, to be the face and
hands of your tender mercy. Inspire our creativity to be bridgebuilders, to journey with children and young people on the
margins of life, and to respond boldly to emerging needs.
Application: Reflection questions
1. Who are the people who have helped you shape your life’s dream and encouraged you to live
it out? In what specific ways did they help?
2. What events in your life gave you a sense of God’s dream for you? The Lord mapped out a
journey for you, what milestones along the road helped you find your way?
3. How does the moral dimension in the Spirituality of St. Marcellin inspire you as a person?
Assessment
Poem writing:
Instruction: Write a free-verse poem about Marcellin. Highlight 5 ways of following his way of life.
References
Water from the rock: Marist Spirituality following in the tradition of St. Marcellin
https://www.champagnat.org/shared/documenti_maristi/AcquaRoccia_EN.pdf
Champagnat, a Man for Our Times
https://www.champagnat.org/e_maristas/marcelino_biografia/
Champagnat_Sean_HeartNoBounds_en.pdf
Love of God | The First Three Commandments
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Objectives
At the end of the session, the
students can:
Show correct understanding of
the meaning, values, commands
and implications of the first
three commandments through a
chart.
Cite concrete ways of keeping
one’s fidelity to the
commandments through a
commitment statement;
Pray for God’s grace of
perseverance in keeping the
commandment.
Introduction
Another name for the Ten Commandments is the Decalogue
or “Ten Words.” The text of the Commandments is found in two
places in the Bible. In Exodus 20:1-17, God speaks these words
after the people of Israel have consecrated themselves at Mount
Sinai. They are inscribed on two tablets of the covenant, “written
with the finger of God,” the first and most important part of the
Law of God, and they are a gift of God to the people of Israel—
and through them to the whole of humankind.
In this module, we will
discuss the content of
Capsoul of the Day
the
10
Commandments
especially the first
three
commandments.
BTI
The pre-service teachers can
develop & demonstrate the
following competencies:
Domain 1. Content Knowledge
and Pedagogy
1.1.1 Demonstrate content
knowledge and its application
within and/or across curriculum
teaching areas.
Activity. List down 5 House rules you have at home. Which one
did you find hard/challenging? Support your answer.
Acquisition of New Knowledge
First 3 commandments call us to right relationship with God
The first three of the Ten Commandments point to the primacy of God in our lives, summed up
by Jesus as he quotes the central teaching of the Hebrew Scriptures, “You shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
mind.”
Since God the Father created and sustains us, because Jesus
saves and forgives us, with the indwelling of the Holy Spirit within
us, our love relationship with the Lord is our origin, our purpose
and our destiny. God has an absolute claim on us as his adopted
children and we will only discover joy, peace, love and eternal life
in union with him.
Jesus saves
and forgives
us, with the
indwelling of
the Holy Spirit
within us…
Throughout the history of Israel, the people periodically abandon
authentic worship and turn to idols. The clearest example of this
occurs in Exodus Chapter 32 when Moses is on Mount Sinai,
speaking to the Lord and receiving the Ten Commandments, while the people below become
impatient with waiting. Under Aaron’s leadership, they make and worship a golden calf, created
from their own jewelry. The first commandment is a prohibition against idolatry and a call to
worship the living God.
What are the idols in our lives? When we tire of the seeming obscurity and silence of God, how
do we try to fill the aching void within?
Work, entertainment, money, alcohol, busyness, food, an unhealthy relationship, just about
anything can become an idol for us, if we try to make it the meaning and purpose of our lives.
A good question to ask ourselves is what do I so fill my time with, when I have no energy or desire
for prayer, Scripture reading, relationships, volunteer work or the Eucharist? The spiritual life
demands a constant purification of our motives, desires, attitudes and actions, in order to let God
be God, the center and purpose of everything.
The second commandment forbids us to take the name of the Lord in vain. For the Jewish people,
God’s name was so sacred that it could not be fully uttered or written down.
“God confides his name to those who believe in him; he reveals himself to them in his personal
mystery. The gift of a name belongs to the order of trust and intimacy. The Lord’s name is holy.
For this reason man must not abuse it.”
When we come to know God through our personal experience, we respond with an everdeepening reverence, awe, joy and respect for the holiness, mystery and love of God. We reflect
this relational stance through our speech and actions.
Consequentially, a Christian refrains from lies, deception, malice, blasphemy, cursing and
swearing, for any speech or action that is violent, false, disrespectful, vulgar or abusive does not
glorify God, serve our neighbor or respect ourselves as children of God.
Take away violence, swearing and illicit sex from television and movies today and you would be
left with very little of substance. Living the second commandment in our culture at this moment is
challenging and difficult, but also prophetic and transformative. If you simply refrain from
swearing, telling off-color jokes and gossiping, you will probably be considered a saint by your coworkers and friends.
The third commandment bids us to keep holy the Sabbath. For Christians, this observance falls
on Sunday for it is the day of the Lord’s resurrection. We keep this day holy by celebrating the
Eucharist, the ultimate expression and experience of our relationship with God through Jesus’
life, death and resurrection.
Imagine how different the world would be if every Catholic went to Mass every Sunday! It’s just
an hour a week to praise and thank the Lord for myriad of glorious gifts we have received. We
continue to keep Sunday holy by refraining from unnecessary work, shopping and regular
activity. Ideally, this day of rest is marked by holy leisure, time spent with family and friends,
praying and reading, sharing a festive meal, taking a nap or going for a walk.
As spiritual people, we need time to feed and replenish our minds, hearts and spirits. Even in the
Middle Ages, the harsh lot of the serfs in the fields was mitigated by observance of the church’s
many holy days and feasts, sacred times when they did not have to work. In our insomniac,
workaholic, 24-7 society, maybe one of the greatest ways we can evangelize others is to simply
keep holy the Sabbath.
These first three commandments of the Decalogue call us to right relationship with God as the
source and foundation of right relationship with others, expressed in the following seven
commandments. When we truly desire and attempt to love God with every fiber of our being, life
becomes full for us and we discover joy, love and peace. God’s rules exist only to make us happy
and bring us to the glory of eternal life. The Ten Commandments serve as an infallible road map
to heaven. (words By The Catholic Herald Aug 8, 2013)
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT (CCC 2084-2131)
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of
bondage. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a
graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth
beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve
them.3
It is written: "You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve."
I.
"YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND HIM ONLY SHALL YOU
SERVE"
Negative Form: You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for
yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on
the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to
them or worship them (Ex 20:3-5)
Positive Form: Recognize, accept and worship only the One, True God.
Explanation: This commandment is more than an affirmation that there is but one God. It asserts
that this one God is unique, transcendent. Through revealed in and through human history, this
God is in fact the Lord of history, the Lord of life. The commandment requires us to recognize that
this one God has offered us a special and unique relationship, a continuing presence in every
aspect of life. Not only must we accept and recognize this but we “pay attention” to God and do
nothing to sully the relationship.
Faith
The first commandment requires us to nourish and protect our faith with prudence and vigilance,
and to reject everything that is opposed to it. There are various ways of sinning against faith:
Voluntary doubt about the faith disregards or refuses to hold as true what God has revealed and
the Church proposes for belief. Involuntary doubt refers to hesitation in believing, difficulty in
overcoming objections connected with the faith, or also anxiety aroused by its obscurity. If
deliberately cultivated doubt can lead to spiritual blindness.
Hope
When God reveals Himself and calls him, man cannot fully respond to the divine love by his own
powers. He must hope that God will give him the capacity to love Him in return and to act in
conformity with the commandments of charity. Hope is the confident expectation of divine blessing
and the beatific vision of God; it is also the fear of offending God's love and of incurring
punishment.
Charity
CCC 2093 Faith in God's love encompasses the call and the obligation to respond with sincere
love to divine charity. The first commandment enjoins us to love God above everything and all
creatures for him and because of him.
IN BRIEF
CCC 2133 "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with
all your strength" (Deut 6:5).
CCC 2134 The first commandment summons man to believe in God, to hope in him, and to love
him above all else.
CCC 2135 "You shall worship the Lord your God" (Mt 4:10). Adoring God, praying to him, offering
him the worship that belongs to him, fulfilling the promises and vows made to him are acts of the
virtue of religion which fall under obedience to the first commandment.
CCC 2136 The duty to offer God authentic worship concerns man both as an individual and as a
social being.
CCC 2137 "Men of the present day want to profess their religion freely in private and in public"
(DH 15).
CCC 2138 Superstition is a departure from the worship that we give to the true God. It is
manifested in idolatry, as well as in various forms of divination and magic.
CCC 2139 Tempting God in words or deeds, sacrilege, and simony are sins of irreligion forbidden
by the first commandment.
CCC 2140 Since it rejects or denies the existence of God, atheism is a sin against the first
commandment.
CCC 2141 The veneration of sacred images is based on the mystery of the Incarnation of the
Word of God. It is not contrary to the first commandment.
THE SECOND COMMANDMENT (CCC 2142- 2165)
You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
You have heard that it was said to the men of old, "You shall not swear falsely. . But I say
to you, Do not swear at all.
I. THE NAME OF THE LORD IS HOLY
The second commandment prescribes respect for the Lord's name. Like the first commandment,
it belongs to the virtue of religion and more particularly it governs our use of speech in sacred
matters.
Among all the words of Revelation, there is one which is unique: the revealed name of God. God
confides his name to those who believe in him; he reveals himself to them in his personal mystery.
The second commandment forbids the abuse of God's name, i.e., every improper use of the
names of God, Jesus Christ, but also of the Virgin Mary and all the saints.
Promises made to others in God's name engage the divine honor, fidelity, truthfulness, and
authority. They must be respected in justice. To be unfaithful to them is to misuse God's name
and in some way to make God out to be a liar.
Blasphemy is directly opposed to the second commandment. It consists in uttering against God inwardly or outwardly - words of hatred, reproach, or defiance; in speaking ill of God; in failing in
respect toward him in one's speech; in misusing God's name. St. James condemns those "who
blaspheme that honorable name [of Jesus] by which you are called." The prohibition of blasphemy
extends to language against Christ's Church, the saints, and sacred things. It is also blasphemous
to make use of God's name to cover up criminal practices, to reduce peoples to servitude, to
torture persons or put them to death. The misuse of God's name to commit a crime can provoke
others to repudiate religion.
IN BRIEF
CCC 2160 "O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth" (Ps 8:1)!
CCC 2161 The second commandment enjoins respect for the Lord's name. The name of the Lord
is holy.
CCC 2162 The second commandment forbids every improper use of God's name. Blasphemy is
the use of the name of God, of Jesus Christ, of the Virgin Mary, and of the saints in an offensive
way.
CCC 2163 False oaths call on God to be witness to a lie. Perjury is a grave offence against the
Lord who is always faithful to his promises.
CCC 2164 "Do not swear whether by the Creator, or any creature, except truthfully, of necessity,
and with reverence" (St. Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises, 38).
CCC 2165 In Baptism, the Christian receives his name in the Church. Parents, godparents, and
the pastor are to see that he be given a Christian name. The patron saint provides a model of
charity and the assurance of his prayer.
CCC 2166 The Christian begins his prayers and activities with the Sign of the Cross: "in the name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."
CCC 2167 God calls each one by name (cf. Isa 43:1).
THE THIRD COMMANDMENT (CCC 2168 – 2195)
I. THE SABBATH DAY
CCC 2168 The third commandment of the Decalogue recalls the holiness of the sabbath: "The
seventh day is a sabbath of solemn rest, holy to the LORD."
In speaking of the sabbath Scripture recalls creation: "For in six days the LORD made heaven
and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed
the sabbath day and hallowed it."
Scripture also reveals in the Lord's day a memorial of Israel's liberation from bondage in Egypt:
"You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God
brought you out thence with mighty hand and outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God
commanded you to keep the sabbath day."
God entrusted the sabbath to Israel to keep as a sign of the irrevocable covenant. The sabbath
is for the Lord, holy and set apart for the praise of God, his work of creation, and his saving actions
on behalf of Israel.
God's action is the model for human action. If God "rested and was refreshed" on the seventh
day, man too ought to "rest" and should let others, especially the poor, "be refreshed." The
sabbath brings everyday work to a halt and provides a respite. It is a day of protest against the
servitude of work and the worship of money.
The Gospel reports many incidents when Jesus was accused of violating the sabbath law. But
Jesus never fails to respect the holiness of this day. He gives this law its authentic and
authoritative interpretation: "The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath." With
compassion, Christ declares the sabbath for doing good rather than harm, for saving life rather
than killing. The sabbath is the day of the Lord of mercies and a day to honor God. "The Son of
Man is lord even of the sabbath."
The Sunday obligation
The precept of the Church specifies the law of the Lord more precisely: "On Sundays and other
holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass." "The precept of
participating in the Mass is satisfied by assistance at a Mass which is celebrated anywhere in a
Catholic rite either on the holy day or on the evening of the preceding day."
"If because of lack of a sacred minister or for other grave cause participation in the celebration
of the Eucharist is impossible, it is specially recommended that the faithful take part in the Liturgy
of the Word if it is celebrated in the parish church or in another sacred place according to the
prescriptions of the diocesan bishop, or engage in prayer for an appropriate amount of time
personally or in a family or, as occasion offers, in groups of families."
A day of grace and rest from work
Just as God "rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had done," human life has a
rhythm of work and rest. The institution of the Lord's Day helps everyone enjoy adequate rest and
leisure to cultivate their familial, cultural, social, and religious lives.
Sanctifying Sundays and holy days requires a common effort. Every Christian should avoid
making unnecessary demands on others that would hinder them from observing the Lord's Day.
Traditional activities (sport, restaurants, etc.), and social necessities (public services, etc.), require
some people to work on Sundays, but everyone should still take care to set aside sufficient time
for leisure. With temperance and charity the faithful will see to it that they avoid the excesses and
violence sometimes associated with popular leisure activities. In spite of economic constraints,
public authorities should ensure citizens a time intended for rest and divine worship. Employers
have a similar obligation toward their employees.
In respecting religious liberty and the common good of all, Christians should seek recognition of
Sundays and the Church's holy days as legal holidays. They have to give everyone a public
example of prayer, respect, and joy and defend their traditions as a precious contribution to the
spiritual life of society. If a country's legislation or other reasons require work on Sunday, the day
should nevertheless be lived as the day of our deliverance which lets us share in this "festal
gathering," this "assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven.
IN BRIEF
CCC 2189 "Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy" (Deut 5:12). "The seventh day is a sabbath
of solemn rest, holy to the Lord" (Ex 31:15).
CCC 2190 The sabbath, which represented the completion of the first creation, has been replaced
by Sunday which recalls the new creation inaugurated by the Resurrection of Christ.
CCC 2191 The Church celebrates the day of Christ's Resurrection on the "eighth day," Sunday,
which is rightly called the Lord's Day (cf. SC 106).
CCC 2192 "Sunday . . . is to be observed as the foremost holy day of obligation in the universal
Church" (CIC, can. 1246 § 1). "On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are
bound to participate in the Mass" (CIC, can. 1247).
CCC 2193 "On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound . . . to abstain
from those labors and business concerns which impede the worship to be rendered to God, the
joy which is proper to the Lord's Day, or the proper relaxation of mind and body" (CIC, can. 1247).
CCC 2194 The institution of Sunday helps all "to be allowed sufficient rest and leisure to cultivate
their familial, cultural, social, and religious lives" (GS 67 § 3).
CCC 2195 Every Christian should avoid making unnecessary demands on others that would
hinder them from observing the Lord's Day.
Application/Assessment
Using the table below, show correct understanding of the meaning, values, commands and
implications of the first three commandments by supplying the needed information.
Meaning
Values
Commands
Implications to
highlighted
one’s life
First
Commandment
Second
Commandment
Third
Commandment
In a statement, express your commitment to keeping the commandments of God especially the
first three.
References
https://catholicherald.org/local/first-3-commandments-call-us-to-right-relationship-with-god/
The Commandments
Love of God
1. The First Commandment
2. The Second Commandment
Objectives
Introduction
At the end
of the
session,
the
3. The
Third
Commandment
students can:
Parenting is an awesome responsibility in any society. It is
also
a skill often learned and perfected over the years.
Show correct understanding of
the meaning, values, commands
Wags have suggested that friends are God’s way of
and implications of the fourth
apologizing
for one’s family. We receive our family, somewhat
commandment through a chart.
ready-made, but for better or worse have the chance to choose
friends.
Cite concrete ways of keeping
one’s fidelity to the
commandment through a
commitment statement;
The Fourth Commandment explicitly demands that we give
our parents honor and
CAPSOUL OF THE LESSON
respect. Curiously, in the
understanding of early Israel,
Pray for all families around the
that obligation was primarily
globe.
for adults since children prior
to the rite of bar Mitzvah for
boys age 13 and bat Mitzvah for girls age 12 were not
understood as subject to the commandments!
BTI
The pre-service teachers can
develop & demonstrate the
following competencies:
Domain 1. Content Knowledge
and Pedagogy
1.1.1 Demonstrate content
knowledge and its application
within and/or across curriculum
teaching areas.
If this is the duty of adults,
therefore, more is included
than blind obedience without
mutual conversation.
Moreover, the ancient notion
of family was far more expansive than the narrower nuclear
focus on parents and children which is so often contemporary
experience, at least in Europe and the United States today. Their
extended families, including “in-laws,” often lived together under
one roof and shared all the tasks of communal life.
Even in our culture, however, one does marry the whole family,
not merely the personal object of one’s individual affection.
Inevitably, while dancing at one’s wedding, the conversation
between newlyweds includes curiosity about an odd person or other on the edge of the festivities
… an Uncle Louie, perhaps, or the inevitable Aunt Mary … eliciting the smiling response, “It’s a
long story; I’ll tell you about it someday!”
In this lesson, we will explore on the teachings of God on the fourth commandment as we
try to examine our relationship with our parents and the authorities around us.
.
Activity. Video Analysis:
Watch this documentary about Tatay kong kargador.
https://youtu.be/0x_du2fUtgY
A. How would you describe a “father’s love”?
B. What important did you realize from the video?
Acquisition of New Knowledge
Families are the focal point of our lives as we mature. The earliest understanding of the
covenant on Sinai, (Ex 24:6-8), was Israel’s belief that God had adopted them as members of his
own family with all the blessings and obligations entailed in that gift. Even our relationship to God
has a family character.
Husband and wife, mother and father, parents and children, all within the extended gaggle of
relatives are where we ideally begin our lives, where we learn the basic lessons of human
existence and where we mature.
In the family, values are passed from one generation to another; service to the needs of others is
learned and perfected; expressions of faith and piety are absorbed. Parents are our first and most
important teachers. Only as we age do we begin to understand how much like our parents we
have become!
In a healthy family, infants learn to move from an initially petulant “mine!” to recognizing “yours”
before finally sharing “ours.”
In the family, profitable lessons of shared responsibility for household tasks gradually take root
as well (hopefully) as daily examples of how to disagree respectfully, cooperate helpfully and deal
with inevitable mistakes. The differences between masculine and feminine approaches to life can
be seen and appreciated.
No one should be forced to live in a dangerous environment, but the negative consequences of
facile divorce in our contemporary society abound. They are serious.
Christian obedience is never a simple, one directional affair. It presumes an effort to make
expectations reasonable and, if at all possible, discussed and shared. The dynamic is inevitably
different, of course, if the younger partner is 6 years old or 16.
Pushing the boundaries is part of the maturing process, but so often also is unstated gratitude on
the part of the same adolescents for the limits enforced! Moreover, with great wisdom Paul’s letter
to the Ephesians warns parents, particularly fathers, “not to nag their children” (6:4)!
No one can ever begin to estimate the blessings of a healthy family environment while growing
up. Good parents, even with whatever quirks and baggage they may bring to the task of parenting
as a result of their own experiences, are God’s way of showing care.
With good reason the family is called “the domestic church” because everything which church
implies is already present in some way in the daily give and take, as well as the growth and life of
a normal family: growth, service, trust, responsibility and love.
The Fourth Commandment recognizes that reality by asking honor, not merely obedience, for
parents and those who stand in their place. It also promises long life and prosperity in the land
(Ex 20:12; Dt 5:16).
The longer one lives, the smarter one’s parents seem to become. The Fourth Commandment is
gift, grace and treasure.
By The Catholic Herald|Aug 22, 2013|Bishop Richard J. Sklba
Biblical Grounding:
Honor your father and your mother so that you may have long life in the land that Yahweh your
God has given to you. (Ex. 20: 12)
My son, take care of your father when he is old; grieve him not as long as he lives. Even if his
mind fail, be considerate with him; revile him not in the fullness of your strength. (Sir. 3:12f )
How are parents to be given such respect?
* not because of their actual competence, productivity, or natural virtues, but simply on their status
as parents;
* not just for the good of the individual family, but as necessary for the community itself; equally
to both father and mother.
The Fourth Commandment enjoins parents to care for and respect their children as persons in
their own right. They have the duty to provide the needs for their children as far as they can,
especially for their proper education as Christians.
Family
A “Covenant relationship,” established by God in creation, bringing out the “more” of family love.
Family
the first and vital cell of society and the Church.
Family as a Covenant
The family is a community of love: of brothers and sisters with one another
of relatives and other members of the households
Commands
⚫ To honor our parents. We must love, respect, and obey our parents, because from them
we receive our life. God said: With all your heart honor your father, never forget the
birthpangs of your mother. Remember that you owe your birth to them; how can
you repay them for what they have done for you? (Ecc.7:27f)
⚫ To honor the religious and civil authority. Jesus commands us to respect our priests,
teachers and civil authorities, because every authority comes from God. Scripture says:
You must all obey the governing authorities…. (Rom.13:1f).
Forbids
To dishonor and disobey our parents. God said: Children, be obedient to your parents
always (Col.3:20). Whoever abandons his own parents in their old age, will have to give a
bitter account on the judgment day.
To love our parents more than God. This is true especially for those who are called to
the priestly and religious vocation. Jesus said: Anyone who prefers father or mother to me
is worthy of me (Mt.10:37).
To obey an evil authority. We must disobey our parents, teachers, and superiors when
they order us to do something against the will of God. For example, we have to disobey
the civil authorities when they allow us to commit abortion, divorce and artificial birth
control. God said: Obedience to God comes before obedience to men (Acts5:29).
Text from the CCC:
THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the Lord
your God gives you.
He was obedient to them.
The Lord Jesus himself recalled the force of this "commandment of God."The Apostle
teaches: "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 'Honor your father and
mother,' (This is the first commandment with a promise.) 'that it may be well with you and
that you may live long on the earth."'
The fourth commandment opens the second table of the Decalogue. It shows us the order of
charity. God has willed that, after him, we should honor our parents to whom we owe life and who
have handed on to us the knowledge of God. We are obliged to honor and respect all those whom
God, for our good, has vested with his authority. 2197
This commandment is expressed in positive terms of duties to be fulfilled. It introduces the
subsequent commandments which are concerned with particular respect for life, marriage, earthly
goods, and speech. It constitutes one of the foundations of the social doctrine of the Church. 2198
The fourth commandment is addressed expressly to children in their relationship to their father
and mother, because this relationship is the most universal. It likewise concerns the ties of kinship
between members of the extended family. It requires honor, affection, and gratitude toward elders
and ancestors. Finally, it extends to the duties of pupils to teachers, employees to employers,
subordinates to leaders, citizens to their country, and to those who administer or govern it. 2199
This commandment includes and presupposes the duties of parents, instructors, teachers,
leaders, magistrates, those who govern, all who exercise authority over others or over a
community of persons.
Observing the fourth commandment brings its reward: "Honor your father and your mother, that
your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you." Respecting this
commandment provides, along with spiritual fruits, temporal fruits of peace and prosperity.
Conversely, failure to observe it brings great harm to communities and to individuals. 2200
I. THE FAMILY IN GOD'S PLAN
The nature of the family
The conjugal community is established upon the consent of the spouses. Marriage and the family
are ordered to the good of the spouses and to the procreation and education of children. The love
of the spouses and the begetting of children create among members of the same family personal
relationships and primordial responsibilities. 2201
A man and a woman united in marriage, together with their children, form a family. This institution
is prior to any recognition by public authority, which has an obligation to recognize it. It should be
considered the normal reference point by which the different forms of family relationship are to be
evaluated. 2202
In creating man and woman, God instituted the human family and endowed it with its fundamental
constitution. Its members are persons equal in dignity. For the common good of its members and
of society, the family necessarily has manifold responsibilities, rights, and duties. 2203
The Christian family
"The Christian family constitutes a specific revelation and realization of ecclesial communion,
and for this reason it can and should be called a domestic church." It is a community of faith, hope,
and charity; it assumes singular importance in the Church, as is evident in the New Testament.
2204
The Christian family is a communion of persons, a sign and image of the communion of the Father
and the Son in the Holy Spirit. In the procreation and education of children it reflects the Father's
work of creation. It is called to partake of the prayer and sacrifice of Christ. Daily prayer and the
reading of the Word of God strengthen it in charity. The Christian family has an evangelizing and
missionary task. 2205
The relationships within the family bring an affinity of feelings, affections and interests, arising
above all from the members' respect for one another. The family is a privileged community called
to achieve a "sharing of thought and common deliberation by the spouses as well as their eager
cooperation as parents in the children's upbringing."2206
THE DUTIES OF FAMILY MEMBERS
The duties of children
The divine fatherhood is the source of human fatherhood; this is the foundation of the honor owed
to parents. The respect of children, whether minors or adults, for their father and mother is
nourished by the natural affection born of the bond uniting them. It is required by God's
commandment. 2214
Respect for parents (filial piety) derives from gratitude toward those who, by the gift of life, their
love and their work, have brought their children into the world and enabled them to grow in stature,
wisdom, and grace. "With all your heart honor your father, and do not forget the birth pangs of
your mother. Remember that through your parents you were born; what can you give back to
them that equals their gift to you?"2215
Filial respect is shown by true docility and obedience. "My son, keep your father's commandment,
and forsake not your mother's teaching. . . . When you walk, they will lead you; when you lie down,
they will watch over you; and when you awake, they will talk with you." "A wise son hears his
father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke."2216
As long as a child lives at home with his parents, the child should obey his parents in all that they
ask of him when it is for his good or that of the family. "Children, obey your parents in everything,
for this pleases the Lord." Children should also obey the reasonable directions of their teachers
and all to whom their parents have entrusted them. But if a child is convinced in conscience that
it would be morally wrong to obey a particular order, he must not do so. 2217
As they grow up, children should continue to respect their parents. They should anticipate their
wishes, willingly seek their advice, and accept their just admonitions. Obedience toward parents
ceases with the emancipation of the children; not so respect, which is always owed to them. This
respect has its roots in the fear of God, one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
The fourth commandment reminds grown children of their responsibilities toward their parents.
As much as they can, they must give them material and moral support in old age and in times of
illness, loneliness, or distress. Jesus recalls this duty of gratitude.
For the Lord honored the father above the children, and he confirmed the right of the
mother over her sons. Whoever honors his father atones for sins, and whoever glorifies
his mother is like one who lays up treasure. Whoever honors his father will be gladdened
by his own children, and when he prays he will be heard. Whoever glorifies his father will
have long life, and whoever obeys the Lord will refresh his mother.
O son, help your father in his old age, and do not grieve him as long as he lives; even if
he is lacking in understanding, show forbearance; in all your strength do not despise him.
. . . Whoever forsakes his father is like a blasphemer, and whoever angers his mother is
cursed by the Lord.2218
Filial respect promotes harmony in all of family life; it also concerns relationships between
brothers and sisters. Respect toward parents fills the home with light and warmth. "Grandchildren
are the crown of the aged." "With all humility and meekness, with patience, [support] one another
in charity." 2219
For Christians a special gratitude is due to those from whom they have received the gift of faith,
the grace of Baptism, and life in the Church. These may include parents, grandparents, other
members of the family, pastors, catechists, and other teachers or friends. "I am reminded of your
sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I
am sure, dwells in you." 2220
The duties of parents
The fecundity of conjugal love cannot be reduced solely to the procreation of children, but must
extend to their moral education and their spiritual formation. "The role of parents in education is
of such importance that it is almost impossible to provide an adequate substitute." The right and
the duty of parents to educate their children are primordial and inalienable.2221
Parents must regard their children as children of God and respect them as human persons.
Showing themselves obedient to the will of the Father in heaven, they educate their children to
fulfill God's law. 2222
Parents have the first responsibility for the education of their children. They bear witness to this
responsibility first by creating a home where tenderness, forgiveness, respect, fidelity, and
disinterested service are the rule. The home is well suited for education in the virtues. This
requires an apprenticeship in self-denial, sound judgment, and self-mastery - the preconditions of
all true freedom. Parents should teach their children to subordinate the "material and instinctual
dimensions to interior and spiritual ones." Parents have a grave responsibility to give good
example to their children. By knowing how to acknowledge their own failings to their children,
parents will be better able to guide and correct them:
He who loves his son will not spare the rod. . . . He who disciplines his son will profit by
him.
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and
instruction of the Lord. 2223
The home is the natural environment for initiating a human being into solidarity and communal
responsibilities. Parents should teach children to avoid the compromising and degrading
influences which threaten human societies. 2224
Through the grace of the sacrament of marriage, parents receive the responsibility and privilege
of evangelizing their children. Parents should initiate their children at an early age into the
mysteries of the faith of which they are the "first heralds" for their children. They should associate
them from their tenderest years with the life of the Church. 34 A wholesome family life can foster
interior dispositions that are a genuine preparation for a living faith and remain a support for it
throughout one's life. 2225
Education in the faith by the parents should begin in the child's earliest years. This already
happens when family members help one another to grow in faith by the witness of a Christian life
in keeping with the Gospel. Family catechesis precedes, accompanies, and enriches other forms
of instruction in the faith. Parents have the mission of teaching their children to pray and to
discover their vocation as children of God. The parish is the Eucharistic community and the heart
of the liturgical life of Christian families; it is a privileged place for the catechesis of children and
parents. 2226
Children in turn contribute to the growth in holiness of their parents. Each and everyone should
be generous and tireless in forgiving one another for offenses, quarrels, injustices, and neglect.
Mutual affection suggests this. The charity of Christ demands it. 2227
Parents' respect and affection are expressed by the care and attention they devote to bringing up
their young children and providing for their physical and spiritual needs. As the children grow up,
the same respect and devotion lead parents to educate them in the right use of their reason and
freedom. 2228
As those first responsible for the education of their children, parents have the right to choose a
school for them which corresponds to their own convictions. This right is fundamental. As far as
possible parents have the duty of choosing schools that will best help them in their task as
Christian educators. Public authorities have the duty of guaranteeing this parental right and of
ensuring the concrete conditions for its exercise. 2229
When they become adults, children have the right and duty to choose their profession and state
of life. They should assume their new responsibilities within a trusting relationship with their
parents, willingly asking and receiving their advice and counsel. Parents should be careful not to
exert pressure on their children either in the choice of a profession or in that of a spouse. This
necessary restraint does not prevent them - quite the contrary from giving their children judicious
advice, particularly when they are planning to start a family. 2230
Some forgo marriage in order to care for their parents or brothers and sisters, to give themselves
more completely to a profession, or to serve other honorable ends. They can contribute greatly to
the good of the human family. 2231
IV. THE FAMILY AND THE KINGDOM
Family ties are important but not absolute. Just as the child grows to maturity and human and
spiritual autonomy, so his unique vocation which comes from God asserts itself more clearly and
forcefully. Parents should respect this call and encourage their children to follow it. They must be
convinced that the first vocation of the Christian is to follow Jesus: "He who loves father or mother
more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy
of me." 2232
Becoming a disciple of Jesus means accepting the invitation to belong to God's family, to live in
conformity with His way of life: "For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother,
and sister, and mother."
Parents should welcome and respect with joy and thanksgiving the Lord's call to one of their
children to follow him in virginity for the sake of the Kingdom in the consecrated life or in priestly
ministry. 2233
V. THE AUTHORITIES IN CIVIL SOCIETY
God's fourth commandment also enjoins us to honor all who for our good have received authority
in society from God. It clarifies the duties of those who exercise authority as well as those who
benefit from it. 2234
IN BRIEF
"Honor your father and your mother" (Deut 5:16; Mk 7:10). CCC 2247
According to the fourth commandment, God has willed that, after him, we should honor our
parents and those whom he has vested with authority for our good. 2248
The conjugal community is established upon the covenant and consent of the spouses. Marriage
and family are ordered to the good of the spouses, to the procreation and the education of
children. 2249
"The well-being of the individual person and of both human and Christian society is closely bound
up with the healthy state of conjugal and family life" (GS 47 § 1). 2250
Children owe their parents respect, gratitude, just obedience, and assistance. Filial respect fosters
harmony in all of family life. 2251
Parents have the first responsibility for the education of their children in the faith, prayer, and all
the virtues. They have the duty to provide as far as possible for the physical and spiritual needs
of their children. 2252
Parents should respect and encourage their children's vocations. They should remember and
teach that the first calling of the Christian is to follow Jesus. 2253
Public authority is obliged to respect the fundamental rights of the human person and the
conditions for the exercise of his freedom. 2254
It is the duty of citizens to work with civil authority for building up society in a spirit of truth, justice,
solidarity, and freedom. 2255
Citizens are obliged in conscience not to follow the directives of civil authorities when they are
contrary to the demands of the moral order. "We must obey God rather than men" (Acts 5:29).
2256
Every society's judgments and conduct reflect a vision of man and his destiny. Without the light
the Gospel sheds on God and man, societies easily become totalitarian. 2257
Application/Assessment
Using the table below, show correct understanding of the meaning, values, commands and
implications of the fourth commandment by supplying the needed information.
Meaning
Values
Commands
Implications to
highlighted
one’s life
Fourth
Commandment
In a statement, express your commitment to keeping the commandment of God especially the
fourth Comandment.
References
https://catholicherald.org/local/first-3-commandments-call-us-to-right-relationship-with-god/
Objectives
At the end of the session, the
students can:
Show correct understanding of
the meaning, values, commands
and implications of the fifth
commandment through a chart.
Cite concrete ways of upholding
the sanctity of life through an
advocacy statement;
Pray for peace and order within
your own community.
Introduction
The Gospel of life is at the heart of Jesus’ saving message
to the world. Through the Incarnation and birth of Christ, God
reveals to us the dignity of all human life. Human life, as a gift of
God, is sacred and inviolable.
The Son of God has united himself with every human being
and desires for us to share eternal life with him.
For this reason, direct attacks on human life, such as
abortion and euthanasia, are always unacceptable. Yet, sadly
we see new and expanding threats to human life emerging on
an alarming scale.
These new threats to life are often justified, protected by our
laws and culture. (Evangelium vitae)
Activity: Video Analysis
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrUFBNpqszk
BTI
The pre-service teachers can
develop & demonstrate the
following competencies:
Domain 1. Content Knowledge
and Pedagogy
1.1.1 Demonstrate content
knowledge and its application
within and/or across curriculum
teaching areas.
Q: Make a reflective statement about your reaction on the report
presented.
CapSoul of the Lesson
Acquisition of New
Knowledge
Q: If you’re a soldier serving
your country and you kill an
enemy during battle, is that a
sin? How does our faith play a
role in this kind of situation?
A: As we all know, the Fifth Commandment is, “Thou shall not
kill.” But for a soldier faced with an enemy in the midst of a battle,
the reality is kill or be killed. How do we reconcile the Fifth
Commandment with the duties of a soldier?
Let’s look at the duties of a soldier. The primary duty of any soldier is not to kill, but rather to bring
about peace. The primary duty of a police officer is not to kill, but rather to bring about security
and safety.
Unfortunately, there are times when, in the call of duty, soldiers and police officers must draw
their weapons and fire. Hopefully those weapons were fired for just reasons.
The distinction we need to make is between a justified killing and a murder. Murder is a sin. The
Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “By recalling the commandment, ‘You shall not kill,’ our
Lord asked for peace of heart and denounced murderous anger and hatred as immoral.” (CCC
2302). God forbids murder. The book of Exodus states, “The innocent and just you shall not put
to death” Ex 23:7.
The Catholic Church teaches that self-defense against an unjust aggressor is morally permitted
and the defense of others to protect them from the threat of an aggressor is permitted.But the
church also teaches the deliberate killing of the aggressor can be permitted only when no other
solution is possible.
Where does our faith come into play in all of this? It would be difficult for me to be a soldier. I don’t
have it within me to do what they do. But I also know that if a situation like the Newtown, Conn.,
school shooting happened at my school, I would do everything humanly possible to protect my
students and teachers.
I love my kids so much that I would hope I could find a way to stop a shooter. Our American
soldiers love our country so much that they are willing to risk their lives to protect our peace and
freedom. That is where faith has a role; all things that we do should be based on love, not based
on anger or hatred.
A justified killing is based on love and is a last resort. My hope and prayer is that all war will cease
and soldiers will serve their duty in keeping the peace.
Q: With the increasing accessibility to infertility treatments today, might there be possible changes
in the Catholic Church’s stance on in vitro (and the like) for infertile couples in the near future?
A: One of the saddest things is when a married couple is trying to have children and they are just
not successful. It would seem that the compassionate thing to do would be to find a way to help
them. Science and technology continue to make advances and are doing some quite amazing
things, yet the Catholic Church continues to take a firm stance when it comes to issues of infertility.
Let’s look at the reasons why.
First and foremost, the Catholic Church has always taught that marriage serves to unite the couple
in a permanent bond of love and to bring forth children.
This second dimension of participating in God’s work of creating life is important. After all, it
brought about you and me and the vast majority of human life. However, there are many married
couples who really desire children, but are unable to have them naturally. With the advances in
technology these couples seek to do something more.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church states, “Techniques that entail the disassociation of
husband and wife, by the intrusion of a person other than the couple (donation of sperm or ovum,
surrogate uterus) are gravely immoral … techniques involving only the married couple
(homologous artificial insemination and fertilization) are perhaps less reprehensible, yet remain
morally unacceptable” (CCC 2376-2377).
This may sound insensitive to couples who find themselves infertile, but the Catholic Church will
always take the stand for all life. One of the challenges with these fertilization techniques is that
during the process of creating the embryo, it is not simply one egg and one sperm used to create
the life: “Very often in the process, eggs that have been fertilized and are beginning to grow as a
human person are discarded or destroyed. This action is the taking of human life and is gravely
sinful” (U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults).
Will the Catholic Church ever change its stance on in vitro fertilization? I don’t know. But what I
do know is that the Catholic Church will never change its stance on protecting life from conception
to natural death. (By The Catholic Herald|Sep 19, 2013|General)
THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT (CCC 2258-2330)
You shall not kill.
You have heard that it was said to the men of old, "You shall not kill: and whoever kills
shall be liable to judgment." But I say to you that every one who is angry with his brother
shall be liable to judgment.
2258 "Human life is sacred because from its beginning it involves the creative action of God and
it remains for ever in a special relationship with the Creator, who is its sole end. God alone is the
Lord of life from its beginning until its end: no one can under any circumstance claim for himself
the right directly to destroy an innocent human being."
I. RESPECT FOR HUMAN LIFE
The witness of sacred history
In the account of Abel's murder by his brother Cain, Scripture reveals the presence of anger and
envy in man, consequences of original sin, from the beginning of human history. Man has become
the enemy of his fellow man. God declares the wickedness of this fratricide: "What have you
done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground. And now you are cursed
from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand."
Those whose lives are diminished or weakened deserve special respect. Sick or handicapped
persons should be helped to lead lives as normal as possible.
Whatever its motives and means, direct euthanasia consists in putting an end to the lives of
handicapped, sick, or dying persons. It is morally unacceptable.
Thus an act or omission which, of itself or by intention, causes death in order to eliminate suffering
constitutes a murder gravely contrary to the dignity of the human person and to the respect due
to the living God, his Creator. The error of judgment into which one can fall in good faith does not
change the nature of this murderous act, which must always be forbidden and excluded.
Everyone is responsible for his life before God who has given it to him. It is God who remains the
sovereign Master of life. We are obliged to accept life gratefully and preserve it for his honor and
the salvation of our souls. We are stewards, not owners, of the life God has entrusted to us. It is
not ours to dispose of.
II. RESPECT FOR THE DIGNITY OF PERSONS
Respect for the souls of others: scandal
Scandal is an attitude or behavior which leads another to do evil. The person who gives scandal
becomes his neighbor's tempter. He damages virtue and integrity; he may even draw his brother
into spiritual death. Scandal is a grave offense if by deed or omission another is deliberately led
into a grave offense.
Scandal takes on a particular gravity by reason of the authority of those who cause it or the
weakness of those who are scandalized. It prompted our Lord to utter this curse: "Whoever
causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great
millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea." Scandal is grave
when given by those who by nature or office are obliged to teach and educate others. Jesus
reproaches the scribes and Pharisees on this account: he likens them to wolves in sheep's
clothing.
Scandal can be provoked by laws or institutions, by fashion or opinion.
Respect for health
Life and physical health are precious gifts entrusted to us by God. We must take reasonable care
of them, taking into account the needs of others and the common good.
Concern for the health of its citizens requires that society help in the attainment of living-conditions
that allow them to grow and reach maturity: food and clothing, housing, health care, basic
education, employment, and social assistance.
Basic scientific research, as well as applied research, is a significant expression of man's
dominion over creation. Science and technology are precious resources when placed at the
service of man and promote his integral development for the benefit of all. By themselves however
they cannot disclose the meaning of existence and of human progress. Science and technology
are ordered to man, from whom they take their origin and development; hence they find in the
person and in his moral values both evidence of their purpose and awareness of their limits.
Respect for bodily integrity
2297 Kidnapping and hostage taking bring on a reign of terror; by means of threats they subject
their victims to intolerable pressures. They are morally wrong. Terrorism threatens, wounds, and
kills indiscriminately; it is gravely against justice and charity. Torture which uses physical or moral
violence to extract confessions, punish the guilty, frighten opponents, or satisfy hatred is contrary
to respect for the person and for human dignity. Except when performed for strictly therapeutic
medical reasons, directly intended amputations, mutilations, and sterilizations performed on
innocent persons are against the moral law.91
Respect for the dead
The dying should be given attention and care to help them live their last moments in dignity and
peace. They will be helped by the prayer of their relatives, who must see to it that the sick receive
at the proper time the sacraments that prepare them to meet the living God.
The bodies of the dead must be treated with respect and charity, in faith and hope of the
Resurrection. The burial of the dead is a corporal work of mercy; it honors the children of God,
who are temples of the Holy Spirit.
Autopsies can be morally permitted for legal inquests or scientific research. The free gift of organs
after death is legitimate and can be meritorious.
The Church permits cremation, provided that it does not demonstrate a denial of faith in the
resurrection of the body.93
III. SAFEGUARDING PEACE
Peace
Anger is a desire for revenge. "To desire vengeance in order to do evil to someone who should
be punished is illicit," but it is praiseworthy to impose restitution "to correct vices and maintain
justice." If anger reaches the point of a deliberate desire to kill or seriously wound a neighbor, it
is gravely against charity; it is a mortal sin. The Lord says, "Everyone who is angry with his brother
shall be liable to judgment."
Deliberate hatred is contrary to charity. Hatred of the neighbor is a sin when one deliberately
wishes him evil. Hatred of the neighbor is a grave sin when one deliberately desires him grave
harm. "But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you
may be sons of your Father who is in heaven."
Respect for and development of human life require peace. Peace is not merely the absence of
war, and it is not limited to maintaining a balance of powers between adversaries. Peace cannot
be attained on earth without safeguarding the goods of persons, free communication among men,
respect for the dignity of persons and peoples, and the assiduous practice of fraternity. Peace is
"the tranquility of order." Peace is the work of justice and the effect of charity.
Avoiding war
The fifth commandment forbids the intentional destruction of human life. Because of the evils and
injustices that accompany all war, the Church insistently urges everyone to prayer and to action
so that the divine Goodness may free us from the ancient bondage of war.
The strict conditions for legitimate defense by military force require rigorous consideration. The
gravity of such a decision makes it subject to rigorous conditions of moral legitimacy. At one and
the same time:
- the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting,
grave, and certain;
- all other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective;
- there must be serious prospects of success;
- the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated. The
power of modem means of destruction weighs very heavily in evaluating this condition.
These are the traditional elements enumerated in what is called the "just war" doctrine.
The evaluation of these conditions for moral legitimacy belongs to the prudential judgment of
those who have responsibility for the common good.
Public authorities, in this case, have the right and duty to impose on citizens the obligations
necessary for national defense.
Those who are sworn to serve their country in the armed forces are servants of the security and
freedom of nations. If they carry out their duty honorably, they truly contribute to the common
good of the nation and the maintenance of peace.
Public authorities should make equitable provision for those who for reasons of conscience refuse
to bear arms; these are nonetheless obliged to serve the human community in some other way.
The Church and human reason both assert the permanent validity of the moral law during armed
conflict. "The mere fact that war has regrettably broken out does not mean that everything
becomes licit between the warring parties."
Non-combatants, wounded soldiers, and prisoners must be respected and treated humanely.
Actions deliberately contrary to the law of nations and to its universal principles are crimes, as are
the orders that command such actions. Blind obedience does not suffice to excuse those who
carry them out. Thus the extermination of a people, nation, or ethnic minority must be condemned
as a mortal sin. One is morally bound to resist orders that command genocide.
2314 "Every act of war directed to the indiscriminate destruction of whole cities or vast areas with
their inhabitants is a crime against God and man, which merits firm and unequivocal
condemnation." A danger of modern warfare is that it provides the opportunity to those who
possess modern scientific weapons especially atomic, biological, or chemical weapons - to
commit such crimes.
Injustice, excessive economic or social inequalities, envy, distrust, and pride raging among men
and nations constantly threaten peace and cause wars. Everything done to overcome these
disorders contributes to building up peace and avoiding war:
Insofar as men are sinners, the threat of war hangs over them and will so continue until
Christ comes again; but insofar as they can vanquish sin by coming together in charity,
violence itself will be vanquished and these words will be fulfilled: "they shall beat their
swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword
against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
IN BRIEF
2318 "In [God's] hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind" (Job 12:10).
2319 Every human life, from the moment of conception until death, is sacred because the human
person has been willed for its own sake in the image and likeness of the living and holy God.
2320 The murder of a human being is gravely contrary to the dignity of the person and the holiness
of the Creator.
2321 The prohibition of murder does not abrogate the right to render an unjust aggressor unable
to inflict harm. Legitimate defense is a grave duty for whoever is responsible for the lives of others
or the common good.
2322 From its conception, the child has the right to life. Direct abortion, that is, abortion willed as
an end or as a means, is a "criminal" practice (GS 27 § 3), gravely contrary to the moral law. The
Church imposes the canonical penalty of excommunication for this crime against human life.
2323 Because it should be treated as a person from conception, the embryo must be defended
in its integrity, cared for, and healed like every other human being.
2324 Intentional euthanasia, whatever its forms or motives, is murder. It is gravely contrary to the
dignity of the human person and to the respect due to the living God, his Creator.
2325 Suicide is seriously contrary to justice, hope, and charity. It is forbidden by the fifth
commandment.
2326 Scandal is a grave offense when by deed or omission it deliberately leads others to sin
gravely.
2327 Because of the evils and injustices that all war brings with it, we must do everything
reasonably possible to avoid it. The Church prays: "From famine, pestilence, and war, O Lord,
deliver us."
2328 The Church and human reason assert the permanent validity of the moral law during armed
conflicts. Practices deliberately contrary to the law of nations and to its universal principles are
crimes.
2329 "The arms race is one of the greatest curses on the human race and the harm it inflicts on
the poor is more than can be endured" (GS 81 § 3).
2330 "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God" (Mt 5:9).
Additional considerations
SOCIAL ISSUES:
Bioethics
•
the systematic study of human conduct in the areas of the life sciences and health care.
Bioethics exclusively belongs to medical ethics.
• Bioethical conduct must be duly examined from the viewpoint of moral values and
principles. moral & legal?
1. Drug Addiction
Drugs are defined as chemicals that when taken will influence the mind and change the behavior,
mood, and mental functioning of the person.
Classification of Drugs:
a. Therapeutic drugs = are meant to cure illness
b. Nontherapeutic drugs:
➢ are meant for personal enjoyment or pleasure,
recreation, and self-transcendence purposes
➢ Effects: elation, gladness, and joy
➢ Examples: alcohol, tobacco, coffee, tea, heroine,
cocaine, marijuana, LSD, and amphetamines
➢ Drugs are judged according to their effects on human life.
➢ The immorality of drugs would surface if they are used outside their purpose.
➢ Excessive and untimely use of drugs could ruin the human person.
➢ Many violence against human life are drug- related.
2. Suicide
• It is defined as the direct killing of oneself on one’s own authority.
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To kill oneself; the agent of death is the person himself.
•
The terrible act of taking one’s own life.
•
It goes against basic human instinct for life
•
It is an immoral total cessation of a God-given life.
•
All self-voluntary acts that cause death is suicide and,
therefore, immoral.
•
Any self-destructive act causes pain in people who love us.
3. Murder
➢ A direct killing of an innocent person
➢ a direct voluntary act of killing
➢ A person who kills an unlawful aggressor
o in self-defense does not commit murder.
➢ Murder is immoral since it violates the right of God
o over human life and the right of the State to preserve
o justice and public safety.
4. Self-defense
•
Self-defense is not a duty but a right
•
the right to defend ourselves from any unjust attack of an aggressor.
Five conditions to consider in self-defense:
1) the motive in self-defense should not be hatred or revenge.
2) physical force should be employed only at the time of the attack (the attack is actual not
just a threat)
3) physical force should be employed only when there is no other way of repelling the attack
4) no more injury should be inflicted than what is necessary to avert actual danger
- death of the aggressor not be the direct goal of self-defense
- if possible, the aggressor should only be physically incapacitated or knocked
unconscious; there is no need to kill the aggressor
5) the aggression is unjust
5. Abortion
▪
It is an expulsion of an embryo or a nonviable fetus
from the body of a pregnant woman with
the resulting death of the embryo or the fetus.
•
The deliberate ejection of a non-viable fetus from the
mother’s womb.
▪
The killing of an innocent human being.
▪
Human life begins at fertilization or conception.
6. Mutilation
✓ Mutilation is meant any action performed to injure or destroy some part or function of the
body
intended to lessen the integrity of the body.
✓ Minor mutilation means any act performed
to lessen the sum total of the body which does not include the destruction of the functional
integrity of the human body
✓ ex. tooth extraction, circumcision, tonsillectomy.
7. Artificial Insemination:
In Vitro Fertilization & Surrogate Motherhood
Artificial insemination:
means any impregnation not by means of natural intercourse, but by means of
mechanical, artificial aids.
8. Masturbation
▪
the deliberate stimulation of the genitals to derive sexual pleasure (solitary sex)
▪
through which the sperm is normally obtained for IVF, is another sign of the dissociation
of two meanings of conjugal act: UNITIVE & PROCREATIVE even if it is done for the
purpose of procreation.
9. Euthanasia (Painless Death)
▪
In the strict sense is understood to be an action or omission which of itself and by
intention causes death, with the purpose of eliminating all suffering.
▪
The intentional killing of the handicapped & the terminally ill.
➢ Direct euthanasia is the intentional killing of a
tormented, incurable patient by lethal agents or means.
➢ Indirect or passive euthanasia is the facilitation
of death by means of sedatives and narcotics with
a shortening of life as a side effect.
10. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT or Death Penalty
✓ seems to perpetuate the cycle of violence;
✓ cancels all possibility of reform;
✓ has not been proven to be a hindrance to the escalation of crime.
Application/Assessment
Using the table below, show correct understanding of the meaning, values, commands and
implications of the fourth commandment by supplying the needed information.
Meaning
Values
Commands
Implications to
highlighted
one’s life
Fifth
Commandment
In a statement, express your advocacy to uphold the sanctity of life.
References
CCC
https://catholicherald.org/catholic-herald/general/is-killing-enemy-on-battlefield-a-sin/
The Commandments
Love of God
1. The First Commandment
2. The Second Commandment
3. The Third Commandment
Objectives
At the end of the session, the
students can:
Show correct understanding of
the meaning, values, commands
and implications of the 8th
commandment through a chart.
Cite concrete ways of keeping
one’s fidelity to the
commandment through a
commitment statement;
Pray a grace of honesty and
truth.
BTI
The pre-service teachers can
develop & demonstrate the
following competencies:
Domain 1. Content Knowledge
and Pedagogy
1.1.1 Demonstrate content
knowledge and its application
within and/or across curriculum
teaching areas.
Introduction
Truth is Life. It sets our Life Free. It is life-giving. It
sustains life’s existence. This beautiful truth however is
taken for granted. We prefer to live our life in lies and
pretension.
There is a need now for a renewal. A renewed
understanding of truth and a fidelity to live it out in our
daily existence.
Why should we not bear false witness? God is the source
of all truth; His Word is truth; His Law is truth; His
“faithfulness endures to all generations.” ; As God’s
people, we are called to live in the truth.
Activity
Q: Many research studies have pointed to the
pervasiveness of cheating in schools.
Have you ever reflected on why cheating is immoral?
Acquisition of New Knowledge
The 8th Commandment calls us all not to bear false witness
against our neighbors. Truth must be valued. Truth must
always prevail.
The human community is built up by the Truth that is:
1.grounded in God the Father, the Source of all truth;
2. fully revealed in his Son, Jesus Christ, who is the Truth
who came to set us free
3. indwelt by the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth
Christ as the Truth liberates by freeing us from ignorance, prejudice, lying and hypocrisy.
TRUTH as intrinsic social dimension flows from the very nature of human persons who
need Truth simply to exist and grow as persons and members of the human community.
Offenses Against Truth
Every person is called to: sincerity and truthfulness in acting and speaking. Everyone
has the duty: to seek the truth to defend the truth to serve the truth. Martyrdom is the
supreme witness given to the truth of the faith. It forbids:
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False witness and perjury
Rash judgment: assuming as true the moral fault of a neighbor
Detraction: disclosing another’s faults and failings
Calumny: harming the reputation of others by remarks contrary to the truth
Lying: violates the nature of truthfulness and does real violence to another
Lying = the gravity of which is measured by :
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the truth it deforms
the circumstances
the intention
the harm suffered by its victims
Slander
◼ The evil tongue ... (or slander) is considered among the Jewish people as one of
the worst sins imaginable ... one almost tantamount to murder in that the good
name, livelihood, reputation, etc. can all be destroyed by a single word, look,
expression.
How to Avoid Sins Against Truth
◼ To avoid rash judgment, everyone should be careful to interpret insofar as possible
his neighbor's thoughts, words, and deeds in a favorable way:
Don’t Be Afraid to Speak Up!
◼ The Christian is not to "be ashamed of testifying to our Lord" (2 Tim 1:8) in deed
and word. Martyrdom is the supreme witness given to the truth of the faith.
One man spread a rumor about another. He later felt regret, and went to the rabbi to ask
how to make amends. "Go to the store and buy a bag of seeds," said the rabbi, "then go
to a big open field and scatter the seeds into the wind. Do so and report back to me in a
week." The man did as he was told, and came back the next week to find out what to do
next. "Now," said the rabbi, "go back to the field and pick up all the seeds." "But," protested
the man, "those seeds have scattered far and wide! I'll never find them all. Many have
even already taken root!" "Exactly," explained the rabbi. "Now you understand. When we
speak badly about another person, the effect is far and wide. And it is damage that can
never be fully undone."
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”
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We must be truthful in what we say and do and bear witness to the truth.
We are not to be deceptive in what we say.
We are to respect the reputation and honor of all persons.
TRUTH is the basis of all human communication because it is the basis of trust.
Human society is founded on mutual TRUST.
If we cannot normally expect people to tell the truth, if we constantly suspect that
they may be lying, then we cannot trust them and cannot really communicate with
them.
◼ Since, in order to develop as human persons, communication with others is
essential, and communication is so badly undermined by lying, it should be easy
to see how totally destructive habitual lying is.
CCC 2506: The Christian is not to “be ashamed of testifying to our Lord” (2 Tim 1:8) in
deed and word.
Martyrdom is the supreme witness given to the truth of the faith.
CCC 2505: Truth or truthfulness is the virtue which consists in showing oneself true in
deeds and truthful in words, and guarding against duplicity, dissimulation, and hypocrisy.
CCC 2507: Respect for the reputation and honor of persons forbids all detraction and
calumny in word or attitude.
CCC 2508: Lying consists in saying what is false with the intention of deceiving one’s
neighbor.
CCC 2509: An offense committed against the truth requires reparation.
CCC 2510: The golden rule helps one discern, in concrete situations, whether or not it
would be appropriate to reveal the truth to someone who asks for it.
CCC 2511: Professional secrets must be kept. Confidences prejudicial to another are not
to be divulged.
CCC 2512: Society has a right to information based on truth, freedom, and justice. One
should practice moderation and discipline in the use of the social communications media.
CCC 2464: God, who is all truth, wills the truth.
CCC 2467: By his very nature, MAN tends toward the TRUTH and expects the truth.
Application/Assessment
Using the table below, show correct understanding of the meaning, values, commands
and implications of the 8th commandment by supplying the needed information.
Meaning
Values
Commands
Implications to
highlighted
one’s life
th
8
Commandment
In a statement, express your commitment to keeping the commandment of God
especially the 8thCommandment.
References
Catholic Church. (1994). Catechism of the Catholic Church. Vatican: Libreria Editrice
Vaticana.
Hahn, S. (2003). Lord, have mercy: the healing power of confession. New York: Double
Day.
Klein, P. (2000). The Catholic source book: a comprehensive collection of information
about the Catholic Church. Orlando: Brown-Roa.
McBride, A. (1995). Father McBride’s teen catechism. Huntington,IN: Our Sunday
Visitor.
McBride, A. (2000). Father McBride’s college catechism. Huntington,IN: Our Sunday
Visitor.
Poust, M. (2008). The complete idiot’s guide to the Catholic catechism. New York:
Alpha Books
https://catholicherald.org/local/first-3-commandments-call-us-to-right-relationship-withgod/