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Life in Christ
Part 1
USCCA Chapter 23
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Session 1: Life in Christ Part 1
March 26, 2016
1. The third pillar of the United States Catholic Catechism
for Adults concerns the living of Christian morality.
a. The Creed presents to us the truths of God’s plan of
salvation and the invitation to respond to God in faith.
b. The Sacraments give us the grace to live the life to
which God calls us.
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1. The third pillar of the United States Catholic Catechism
for Adults concerns the living of Christian morality.
c. The moral life, aided by the grace of the sacraments,
makes it possible to live a life of faith.
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2. The fundamental principle of the moral life is that every
person is created in the image and likeness of God.
a. Being made in the image and likeness of God protects
the dignity of each person.
b. God has given every person an immortal soul.
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2. The fundamental principle of the moral life is that every
person is created in the image and likeness of God.
c. Living a moral life is difficult because of Original Sin.
i.
Our intellects have been darkened.
ii. Our will has been weakened.
iii. We have concupiscence.
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2. The fundamental principle of the moral life is that every
person is created in the image and likeness of God.
d. Human imperfections never extinguish the image of
God in each person.
e. Only human life bears the image and likeness of God.
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3. Human beings are free, able to say ‘yes’ to God.
a. Human beings are free to choose for God or against
Him.
b. The best way to grow in freedom is to develop the habit
of doing good.
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4. The morality of an action is determined by the following
sources.
a. The action itself.
b. The intention of the person acting.
c. The circumstances surrounding the action.
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5. Sin is an offense against God and neighbor.
a. Sin is an offense against reason, truth, and right
conscience.
b. Sins are elevated according to the gravity or
seriousness, either as either:
i.
Mortal sins, that destroy divine life in us.
ii. Venial sins, that weaken divine life in us.
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5. Sin is an offense against God and neighbor.
c. The three conditions for a mortal sin are:
i.
The action itself must be serious, gravely evil.
ii. We must have full knowledge about the gravity of the
action.
iii. We must have deliberate consent, the full desire to
do the action.
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5. Sin is an offense against God and neighbor.
d. If we are cognizant of having committed a mortal sin, it
must be confessed in the Sacrament of Confession prior
to receiving the Eucharist.
e. God stands willing to forgive all sins and share His mercy
with us; on our part, we must be willing to confess our
sins.
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6. Conscience helps us to recognize the morality of an
action.
a. Our conscience resides in our deepest core and is given
to us by God.
b. A healthy, good conscience is formed over one’s entire
life.
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6. Conscience helps us to recognize the morality of an
action.
c. We are obliged to form our conscience according to
objective moral standards.
d. A conscience not formed can err in its understanding of
truth.
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6. Conscience helps us to recognize the morality of an
action.
e. We are to always follow a certain conscience.
f. A conscience that makes erroneous judgments must be
changed, if at all possible.
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6. Conscience helps us to recognize the morality of an
action.
g. We are not to act with a doubtful conscience.
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7. A virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good.
a. Virtue supports good moral behavior, controls our
passions, and helps us avoid sin.
b. Cardinal virtues, available to all people, are habits of
doing good. They are prudence, justice, fortitude and
temperance.
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7. A virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do the good.
c. The theological, or God-given, virtues are faith, hope and
charity. They are made available to us in the Sacrament
of Baptism and help us to live Christ-like lives in union
with the Trinity.
d. The seven deadly (or capital) sins are pride, avarice or
greed, envy, anger, lust gluttony and sloth or laziness.
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For Discussion:
Read Matthew 19:16-22, the story of the rich young man. Describe
the encounter between the rich young man and Jesus.
1. Why does Jesus push the rich young man to go beyond morality
as simply fulfilling commandments? What is the connection
between fulfilling the commandments and moral perfection?
2. How does the rich young man react to Jesus’ words? How is the
rich young man’s reaction similar to reaction of people today
when confronted with Church teaching on moral issues?