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Freedom & Virtue

Published on Nov 30, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

FREEDOM & VIRTUE

Sacraments open
us to grace
Enables us to achieve the good we desire

Refer to You-Cat 279
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God made you:
Always known, loved,
and awaited

BEATITUDE

Living in yearning for God's Kingdom
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FREEDOM

YouCat 286,287

FREEDOM

  • Ability to act of own accord
  • Choose the good
  • Free in the Spirit
Evil is only something apparently worth. Striving for. It may be (falsely) believed to bring happiness, or (again falsely) contrasted to even graver evil in order to appear better.

Primary moral imperative
Do good, avoid evil

Doing good is not simply the bland, hold the door kind of kindness. It is sincerely desiring the ultimate good of the other

SCRIPTURE

  • John 15:4-5
  • Matthew 5:3-12
  • 1 John 3:1-3
  • Romans 8:15

THINK

  • 162: what is St. Teresa saying?
  • 166: without God, what happens to man?

VIRTUE

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Theological virtues
List and define

Faith, hope , love
Cf. YouCat 305-309 for definitions
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Cardinal virtues

List and define

Cf. YouCat 301-304

MERCY

God is merciful, Luke 15

SCRIPTURE

  • 1 Cor 13:1-13
  • 1 john 2:3-6
1. What are the virtues that last forever?
2. What reasons does St. John give for obeying God's commands?

If nobody is perfect but God, how can Jesus tell us to be perfect?

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