obedience, honesty, & justice the 4 th, 8 th, 7 th & 10 th commandments
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Obedience, Honesty, &
Justice
The 4th, 8th, 7th & 10th Commandments
The Fourth Commandment
“Honor Thy Mother & Thy Father”
Respecting Authority
Families & God’s PlanO The basic building block of communal life
O First knowledge of love, moral living, prayer, community.
O Biblical view of familyO Several generations lived together, each
with a defined roleO Faithful to God, loyal to family
O Honor parentsO Proverbs 19:26, 30:17,Psalm 27:10,Sirach 3:
1-16
O Jesus teaches about familyO He was a loving and obedient son
Domestic ChurchO The Family is considered the
“Domestic Church”O Parents are the first teachers of the
faithO Teachers of communal living, each
member helps the othersO Experience of loveO Provide nourishment
Parent & Child Responsibility
O “Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord. Fathers, do not provoke your children so that they may not be discouraged” (Colossians 3:18-21)
O Parents and children have different roles in the family, therefore they have different responsibilities
Children’s Responsibilities
O Right attitudeO Respect
O Listen to parents with an open and patient attitude
O GratitudeO Express appreciation for all that parents do for
their childrenO Obedience
O You must follow the rules and regulations given by your parents
O Assistance O Doing choresO Giving support especially in old age
Parental DutiesO Provide a safe environmentO Teach about God, prayer, and moral
livingO First catechists
O Model the values of love, respect, caring, forgiveness, service to others, and faith.
O Introduce children to Church community.
O Bring them to the sacramentsO Gradually bring the child to
independenceO Offer support in the choice of
vocation
Respect for Public LifeO Our faith should strongly influence
our public life, our relationship with public organizations.
O Role and nature of public groupsO Being “in the world but not of the
world”
Role and Nature of Public Groups
O Natural law should be the basis for all public groups and civil authorities
O Safeguard fundamental rights of all humansO Promote freedomO Work for common goodO Respect the dignity of the human person
O Sport Team: ?
Being “in the world but not of the world”
O Making uncomfortable choicesO Social sin
O SlaveryO DiscriminationO Right to life issues
O Lesser sinsO FavoritismO PrejudiceO GreedO Misinformation
Faithful Citizenship
O Faithful to the countryO Obeying just lawsO Active participation in the political
processO Faithful to God
O Informed by faith
The Role of the StateO State exists for the good of its citizens
O Ensure basic physical needsO Promote spiritual freedomsO Embrace the concept of the common good
O State’s responsibilities:O Protect basic freedoms O Provide educationO Promote and allow the formation of
associationsO Provide a secure and stable orderO Avoid infringing on the rights of other states
The Role of the CitizenO Active cooperation and participation
in civic lifeO Obey civil laws, pay taxes, vote, add
opinion to public policies and issues. This helps build a society based on truth, justice, solidarity and freedom.
O Civil disobedience O Deliberate refusal to obey an immoral
demand from civil authority or an immoral civil law
SolidarityO The union of one’s heart and mind
with all people. To be one with all others. This union:O Leads to the just distribution of
material goodsO Creates bonds between opposing
groups and nationsO Leads to the spread of spiritual goods
such as friendship and prayer
The Eighth Commandment
“You Shall Not Bear False Witness Against Your
Neighbor”
Reality vs. Illusion
Honesty O God is the source of all Truth
O To live in communion with God we must live In truth.
O Lying is probably the sin that is committed most.O When we commit other sins we usually
lie about it.O We lie to hide guiltO We lie to ourselves to justify our
actionsO Media encourages lies
O Commercials, news articles, etc.
Reality vs. IllusionO Lies hurt
O Destroy trustO May lead to other sins or crimesO Lies are a direct contradiction of the
truth therefore a contradiction of GodO Dishonesty creates a false reality, an
illusion that denies God
Light vs. DarknessO God is light, there is no darkness in
HimO When we walk in darkness, we lie and
do not act in the truth. (John’s gospel)O Evil is done in the darkO Jesus is the light of the world, Jesus
said O “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life”O “I have come to testify to the Truth”
Do you live in illusion?O “Good liar?”
O Create your own version of the truthO Begin to believe the lieO Satan is the “Father of lies”
O Against our nature! We are made in God’s image…When we lie we deny our own nature
O We must make every effort to find out the truth so that we are not living an illusion.
Witnessing to the TruthO Spread the truth of Jesus
O MissionariesO Left their homes to spend their lives
spreading the gospelO Martyrs
O Died in defense of their faith, witnessing to the truth
O Ordinary O Spend time serving others wherever
needed
Modern Day MartyrsO Blessed Martyrs of Nowogrodek (1943)
O 11 nuns killed for protesting the arrest and murder of Polish Jews by the Nazis
O Saints of the Cristero WarO 25 Mexicans, mostly priests for their ministry 1926-1929
O 498 Spanish MartyrsO Hundreds killed for their faith 1936-1939
O Blessed Martyrs of Songkhon(1940)O 7 people executed by local police
O Fr. Maximillian Kolbe (1941)O volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Death camp at
AuschwitzO Archbishop Oscar Romero (1980)
O Killed while celebrating the Mass because of his defense of the poor in El Salvador
O Sr. Dorothy Stang (2005)O Murdered by the government in Brazil. Stang had been
outspoken in her efforts on behalf of the poor and the environment
IntegrityO Persons of Integrity
O Honesty builds trustO Effects of lying
O Societal IntegrityO (same)
Sins against HonestyO Perjury: lying under oathO Detraction: unnecessarily revealing something
truthful that is harmful to the person’s reputationO Calumny/slander: lying or spreading rumors
about someone, ruining their reputationO Adulation: excessive flattery, praise or
admiration of anotherO Boasting/bragging: exaggerate the truth to
make ourselves seem praiseworthyO Breaking a confidence: telling others what you
have been told in confidence*O *permissible if the secret is dangerous
O Making fun of a person to humiliate them or hurt their feelings
Breaking a ConfidenceO If someone reveals
O they have committed a serious crime and refuses your advice to tell the authorities
O they intend to cause serious harm to themselves or someone else (physical or emotional)
O they are in an abusive situationO Something that would put you in
danger or could make you a criminal accomplice.
The Seventh & Tenth Commandment
“You Shall Not Steal”
“You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbors’ Goods”
Justice vs. Injustice
7th CommandmentSimple vs. Complex
O Simple:O Stealing:
O Don’t take what is not yours
O Complex:O Stealing:
O Laziness at workO Tax fraudO Corporate espionageO Misleading advertisingO Plagiarism
10th CommandmentO Envy:
O That capital sin that is contrary to the 10th commandment. It is resentment or sadness because of another person’s good fortune.
O Greed:O The capital sin that fosters the desire to
accumulate earthly goods beyond what we need. It is also contrary to the 10th commandment.
O Blessed are the “Poor in Spirit”O The beatitude that addresses the focus or
desire for material things.
Moral Law- Material Possessions
O Old law and possessionsO Right to personal possessions
O Subordinate to “just distribution” of resources and the common good (Lev. 25)
O 7th commandment
O New law on possessionsO Matthew 5:3 (poor in spirit)O Luke 6:20-21, 24-25
O Blessed are the poor; those who hungerO Woe to the rich, those who are filled
Jesus Teaches-O Poverty is not a sign of God’s
displeasure with someoneO God has preferential concern with
those suffering from povertyO The “lust” for wealth is a danger to
our spiritual lives (the LOVE of money is the root to all evil)
O Wealth is to be shared
Accounts of JesusO “The Rich Young Man” (Luke
18: 18-30)O It is easier for a camel to go
through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God”
O “Zacchaeus, the Wealthy Tax Collector” (Luke 19: 1-10)O Commutative justice: the
return of what was stolen in the same condition or its equivalent. An equal exchange of goods, money or services
Called to Be JustO Personal morality or social justice?,
Body or soul? We are both; therefore we can do both equally.O Concentrate on our personal morality
and relationship with GodO Care for the poor
O The Church is called to make judgments and address issues that affect the common good.O Provide clear teaching on issues of
economic justice, war and violence, respect for life and environmental justice
Social Action
O Works of JusticeO Doctrines on social justice
O Dignity of life and personO Call to participation in family, community, stateO Rights and responsibilitiesO Option for the poorO Dignity of work and workersO SolidarityO Care of God’s creatures and creation
(environment)
O Works of Charity and ServiceO Corporal works of mercy
O Feed the hungryO Give drink to the thirstyO Clothe the nakedO Shelter the homelessO Visit the sick and imprisonedO Bury the dead
A Just SocietyO Labor issues
O UnemploymentO Fair wagesO Conditions
O Environmental issuesO Protection of natural resources
O International issuesO Fair employment practicesO Human justices
Envy & GreedO These sins primarily against the 10th
commandment usually precede sins against the 7th commandmentO Envy: we want something so much it
dominates our every thought and action, to thoughts of stealing it and then acting on it
O Greed: a cousin of envy, leaves us dissatisfied with what we have and we want more.O These root sins grow into cheating, lying,
violence and other immoral actions
Self- ControlO We can control our feelings of envy
and greed (see Cain and Abel)O Dwell on them or banish them
O Banish them-O Trust in the providence of GodO Have goodwill toward othersO Control your pride by practicing
humilityO “Do not be afraid, your father in
heaven knows your needs”
Living SimplyO Practice spiritual povertyO Lead a simple lifeO Take only what you needO Share your abundance with others
O Practice almsgiving