Transcript Morality - St. Joseph Hill Academy

Morality – Gives direction to our response to God’s call
• Morality is the quality of our actions whereby they are right or
wrong. Actions are morally right when they are in agreement
with God’s law and will.
 Jesus builds on the covenantal relationship between God and
the people of Israel, revealed in a particular way in the Ten
Commandments.
 The first 3 commandments concern our relationship with God
and the last seven concern our relationship with our
neighbors.
Morality
• Jesus sums up the 10 Commandment in the Great
Commandment – “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all
your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is
the greatest commandment of all. The second is, “You shall
love your neighbor as yourself.”
• God’s kingdom is a place where justice, peace, and love reign.
We can experience these things in heaven, but they do exist
on earth wherever God’s will is being carried out.
• The Beatitudes reveal the way of living that characterizes
God’s Kingdom.
Morality • All people are created with free will and self-centeredness.
• Through conversion, we turn back to God with all our heart,
while turning away from selfishness and the isolation to which
it leads.
• Created with free will, we choose how we will live. These
choices affect our life on earth and our life hereafter.
• Conscience is the inner sense or power by which we judge an
act to be right or wrong. It also helps us to make good moral
choices.
• We develop our conscience by integrating into our thoughts,
decisions and our very being what the law of God and the
teaching of the Church tell us.
Morality – Moral Decision Making
• There are 3 elements in a moral decision – the object, the
intention, and the circumstance.
The Moral Decision Making Process• Reflect on the situation and various courses of action.
• Pray for the help of the Holy Spirit.
• Recall God’s law and the Church’s teachings.
• Consider the consequences of the choice.
• Seek advice when necessary.
• Remember that Jesus is with us and speak with him.
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Dealing with temptation
Sin – failure to choose the good as God sees it
Venial sin - a less serious sin that distances us from God
Mortal sin – a more serious sin that completely turns us away
from God.
There are three conditions that make a sin mortal:
• The action is grave or evil in itself
• We fully know the evil or bad we will be doing
• We commit the sin anyway.
Morality – Capital Sin
Capital Sins are also referred to as the 7 Deadly Sins:
1. Pride
2. Envy
3. Greed
4. Gluttony
5. Lust
6. Anger
7. Sloth