What principles do you live by?Identify 3 of your own.

• Be loyal• Never lie• All people have equal rights• Try everything once• Don’t harm nature• Respect your parents• Do whatever feels good• Don’t use people as objects for your

own benefit

Why is it important to try and live well ?

• To identify some Christian values & where they come from

• To explain how the Holy Spirit helps us to live a good life

• To evaluate the virtues

Christian Values & Virtues

To describe Christian values and virtues

To evaluate the gifts of the Spirit in helping us to live a good life

Christian values

1. Draw the diagram 2. write in each section what Christian values

you might get from that “source”3. Which source would you take most notice of?

Why?**Can you think of another example for one of these?

Sources of Christian Values: Where do they come from?

Bible(God/ Jesus/

Apostles)

ChurchTeaching Conscience

• Love God with all your heart and soul, and your neighbour as yourself

• Be a peacemaker• Refuse to sign up for war • Care for the earth• Remain single, if you cannot marry• Do not cheat on your tax return• Be faithful to prayer • care for those who need help

Christian Values: • Give an example of a value that comes from

each of these sources

The 4 Cardinal VirtuesA virtue is a skill, or habit, in doing good.

Virtues are good habits that help us to live well. They build up a good character and lead to a good life for yourself and others. Virtues, like any habit, need to be practiced. There are 4 main virtues “cardinal virtues”. All other virtues like honesty, generosity, patience, hard work, come from them.

Fortitude(sensible amount of courage in difficulty)

Justice(acting fairly to all)

Temperance(putting sensible limits on pleasures)

Prudence(wise decision making)

1. Why are virtues important? 2. Write out the 4 cardinal virtues and match

them with their opposite. (greedy, foolish, reckless/ timid, selfish)

3. How does someone go about getting a virtue? Explain with an example.

**Which of the 4 cardinal virtues do you think is the most important to have? Why?

God gives us the Holy Spirit to help us develop our virtues, and stick to

them.

The Holy Spirit encourages us and gives us strength to live a life of

virtue.

You can tell someone is living a life of virtue, because they begin to

show the character of the Spirit – the character of Jesus.

What is this character like?

1. Draw & label the 7 gifts of the Spirit being given to someone virtuous.

2. Why is it easier for someone with the Holy Spirit to be a good person?

**If someone claimed to be a good person, how could you tell that they were?

Fruits of H.S

What fruit (of the Holy Spirit) am I?

Draw the diagram• Label the 4 cardinal virtues• Label the Holy Spirit and the 7 gifts

the Holy Spirit gives• Label the fruits of the Spirit seen

that show the person is being helped by the Spirit

**Which of the Fruits of the Spirit would you most like to see develop in your life? Why?

Cardinal virtue 3

Cardinal virtue 2

Cardinal virtue 4

Cardinal virtue 1

+ 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit

FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT

Wisdom

Meditation on Fruits of the Spirit

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