Lesson 17

 

Opening Prayer

Next Week: Atheism, Agnosticism

Walk for Life in San Francisco: Saturday

 

Questions and answers: Section 31: Foundations of the Moral Life

 

  1. Where do Christians get the strength to live a moral life?

 

  1. What is the basis of human dignity?

 

  1. Why, then, do we sin?

 

  1. How can we determine the morality of our actions?

 

  1. When is an action morally good?

 

  1. How does a person come to know, in a personal way, moral truth?

 

  1. How does a person form a good conscience?

 

  1. What is sin?

 

  1. How can an internal act be sinful?

 

  1. What are the different kinds of sins?

 

  1. What is mortal sin?

 

  1. What are the effects of mortal sin?

 

  1. What is venial sin?

 

  1. Can a sin be fully deliberate and yet be only venial?

 

  1. How do we know whether an action is sinful?

 

  1. Can mortal sin be forgiven?

 

  1. What happens to one who dies in the state of mortal sin?

 

  1. What is hell?

 

  1. Does the all-merciful God send anyone to hell?

 

  1. What is purgatory?

 

  1. What is temptation?

 

  1. What are the sources of temptation?

 

  1. What are the capital sins?

 

Section 32: Foundations of the Moral Life (Continued)

 

  1. What is the social foundation of the moral life?

 

  1. What is the common good?

 

  1. What is the responsibility of individuals to promote the common good?

 

  1. What is social justice?

 

  1. What is the moral law?

 

  1. What is the “natural” moral law?

 

  1. What are the “Old Law” and the “New Law?”

 

  1. How do we come to know moral truth?

 

  1. Why does the Church create its own laws?

 

  1. What are the laws or precepts of the Church?

 

Introduction of a Saint’s life: St. Dominic Savio

 

Homework for February 4: Section 34: The First Three Commandments

 

  1. What is the significance of the Ten Commandments?

 

  1. What is the first commandment?

 

  1. How do we practice faith, hope, and love?

 

  1. How serious are sins against faith?

 

  1. What are the sins against faith?

 

  1. What are the sins against hope?

 

  1. How does one sin by presumption?

 

  1. What is despair?

 

  1. What are the sins against love?

 

  1. What is the second commandment?

 

  1. What are the sins against the second commandment?

 

  1. What is the third commandment?

 

  1. Why did the Church change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday?

 

  1. How are we obliged to worship God on Sundays and holy days of obligation?

 

  1. Is our attendance and participation in the Sunday Mass an obligation?

 

  1. Is assistance at Mass all that is required on Sundays and holy days?

 

  1. What kind of work is forbidden on Sunday?

 

  1. What kind of work is permitted on Sunday?

 

                                          Closing Prayer

 

Prayer to Saint Dominic Savio

 

Dear Saint Dominic, you spent your short life totally for love of Jesus and His Mother. Help youth today to realize the importance of God in their lives. You became a saint through fervent participation in the sacraments. Enlighten parents and children to the importance of frequent confession and Holy Communion. At a young age you meditated on the sorrowful Passion of Our Lord. Obtain for us the grace of a fervent desire to suffer for love of Him.

We desperately need your intercession to protect today's children from the snares of the world. Watch over them and lead them on the narrow road to Heaven. Ask God to give us the grace to sanctify our daily duties by performing them perfectly out of love for Him. Remind us of the necessity of practicing virtue especially in times of trial.

Saint Dominic Savio, you who preserved your Baptismal innocence of heart, pray for us.