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03/21/22 03/21/22 1 1 us pray: Father we thank you for the gift of life you have g . We thank you for most beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, w sent to teach us to know, love and serve you, and who suffer died for our redemption. We thank you for the gift of the Ho it, and pray that the Holy Spirit will open our minds and hea we strive through our studies to know, love and serve you bet We offer this thanksgiving and petition in Jesus name. Amen purpose of this program and other programs in this catechetic ries is to give honor and glory to God, our Father and to obe Jesus command to spread the “Good News to all the nations” My brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus may his grace and peace be with you always. + J.M.J.F.

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Let us pray: Father we thank you for the gift of life you have givenus. We thank you for most beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, whomYou sent to teach us to know, love and serve you, and who suffered

and died for our redemption. We thank you for the gift of the Holy Spirit, and pray that the Holy Spirit will open our minds and hearts

as we strive through our studies to know, love and serve you better.We offer this thanksgiving and petition in Jesus name. Amen

The purpose of this program and other programs in this catechetical series is to give honor and glory to God, our Father and to obeyJesus command to spread the “Good News to all the nations”

My brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus may his grace and peace be

with you always.

+J.M.J.F.

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The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines “virtues” as a “habitual and firm disposition to do good.” A virtue allows a person not only to perform good acts, but also to give the best of themselves. It states that a “virtuous person tends towards the good with all of his/her sensory and spiritual powers. The person pursues the good and chooses it in concrete actions.” Our goal should be to live a virtuous life to become like God.

(CCC 1803)

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HUMAN VIRTUESHUMAN VIRTUESARE

Firm attitudes Stable dispositions (behavior)

Habitual perfections of intellect and will that govern our actions, order our passions and guide

our conduct according to reason and faith.

They make possible ease, self-mastery and joy in leading a morally good life.

CCC 1804

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The virtuous person is he who freely practices the good.

Moral virtues are acquired by human effort.

They are the fruit and seed of morally good acts;

CCC 1804

They dispose all the powers of the human beingfor communion with divine love

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They animate (stimulate) it and give it itsspecial character

Are the foundations of Christian moral activity

The Theological Virtues

CCC 1813CCC 1813

They inform and give life to all the moral virtues

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They are the pledge of the presence and action of the Holy Spirit in the faculties (mental ability)

of the human being

To make them capable of acting as Gods’children and or meriting eternal life

They are infused (introduced) into the souls They are infused (introduced) into the souls of the faithfulof the faithful

The Theological Virtues

CCC 1813CCC 1813

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THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES

FaithFaith HopeHope

CharityCharity

CCC 1813

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FaithFaith

Is the theological virtue by which we believe in God and believe all that he

said and revealed to us.

By faith “man freely commits hisentire self to God.”

CCC 1814

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The gift of faith remains in one who hasnot sinned against it.

FaithFaith

The believer seeks to know God and do God’s will.

“Living faith” work (s) through charity.

CCC 1814 - 1815

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Faith apart from works is dead”: when itis deprived of hope and love, faith does notfully unite the believer to Christ and doesnot make him/her a living member of his

body.

FaithFaith

CCC 1813 - 1816

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FaithFaith

The disciple of Christ must not only keep the faith and live on it, but also profess

it, confidently bear witness to it and

spread it.

CCC 1816

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Voluntary doubt about the faith disregards or refuses to hold true what

God has revealed and the Church proposes for belief.

SIN AGAINST FAITHSIN AGAINST FAITH

CCC 2088

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SIN AGAINST FAITHSIN AGAINST FAITH

Involuntary doubt refers to the hesitationin believing, difficulty in overcoming objections connected with faith or also

aroused by its obscurity. If deliberately cultivated doubt can lead to spiritual

blindness.

CCC 2088 (157)

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SIN AGAINST FAITHSIN AGAINST FAITH

Incredulity (disbelief) is the neglect ofrevealed truth or the willful refusal to

assent (agree) to it.

CCC 2089

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Heresy is the obstinate (stubborn) post-baptismal denial of some truth which

must be believed with divine and catholic faith..

SIN AGAINST FAITHSIN AGAINST FAITH

CCC 2089

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Apostasy is the total repudiation of theChristian faith

SIN AGAINST FAITHSIN AGAINST FAITH

CCC 2029 (162, 817)

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SIN AGAINST FAITH

SchismSchism

Is the refusal of submission of the RomanPontiff or of communion with the members

of the Church subject to him

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HopeHope

Is the theological virtue by which we desire the kingdom of heaven and

eternal life as our happiness, placing our trust in Christ’s promises.

CCC 1817 -1821

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WAY OF SINNING AGAINST

HopeHope

Despair, man ceases to hope for his/herpersonal salvation from God, for help in attaining it or the forgiveness of his/her

sins.

CCC 2091

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WAY OF SINNING AGAINST

HopeHope

Man presumes upon his own capacities, hoping to be able to save himself without

help from God

Presumption (1st kind)

CCC 2092

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He presumes upon God’s almightypower or his mercy (hoping to obtainhis forgiveness without conversion

and glory without merit)

HopeHope

WAYS OF SINNING AGAINST

Presumption (2nd kind)

CCC 2092

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CharityCharity

Is the theological virtue by which we loveGod above all things for his own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the

love of God

Jesus made charity the new commandment.

CCC 1822 -1826

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WAY OF SINNING AGAINST

Charity/LoveCharity/Love

1. Indifference – neglects or refuses to reflect on divine charity; it fails to consider its prevenient (expectant)

goodness and denies its power

CCC 2094

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WAY OF SINNING AGAINST

Charity/LoveCharity/Love

2. Ingratitude – fails or refuses to acknowledge divine charity and to

return him love for love

CCC 2094

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4. Spiritual sloth (laziness) goes so far asto refuse the joy that comes from Godand to be repelled by divine goodness.

WAY OF SINNING AGAINST

Charity/LoveCharity/Love

CCC 9024

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Charity/LoveCharity/Love

WAY OF SINNING AGAINST

5. Hatred of God – comes from pride. Itis contrary to love of God, whose goodnessit denies, and whom it presumes to curseas the one who forbids sins and inflicts

punishments .

CCC 2094