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Let us pray: Father we thank you for the gift of life you have given

+ J.M.J.F. My brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus may his grace and peace be with you always. The purpose of this program and other programs in this catechetical series is to give honor and glory to God, our Father and to obey Jesus command to spread the “Good News to all the nations”.

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Let us pray: Father we thank you for the gift of life you have given

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  1. + J.M.J.F. My brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus may his grace and peace be with you always. The purpose of this program and other programs in this catechetical series is to give honor and glory to God, our Father and to obey Jesus command to spread the “Good News to all the nations” Let us pray: Father we thank you for the gift of life you have given us. We thank you for most beloved Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, whom You 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

  2. THE VIRTUES

  3. WHAT ARE VIRTUES? WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT?

  4. 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)

  5. HUMAN VIRTUES ARE 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

  6. 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; They dispose all the powers of the human being for communion with divine love CCC 1804

  7. THE THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES

  8. The Theological Virtues Are the foundations of Christian moral activity They animate (stimulate) it and give it its special character They inform and give life to all the moral virtues CCC 1813

  9. The Theological Virtues They are infused (introduced) into the souls of the faithful To make them capable of acting as Gods’ children and or meriting eternal life They are the pledge of the presence and action of the Holy Spirit in the faculties (mental ability) of the human being CCC 1813

  10. THEOLOGICAL VIRTUES Hope Faith Charity CCC 1813

  11. FAITH

  12. Faith 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 his entire self to God.” CCC 1814

  13. Faith The believer seeks to know God and do God’s will. “Living faith” work (s) through charity. The gift of faith remains in one who has not sinned against it. CCC 1814 - 1815

  14. Faith Faith apart from works is dead”: when it is deprived of hope and love, faith does not fully unite the believer to Christ and does not make him/her a living member of his body. CCC 1813 - 1816

  15. Faith 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

  16. SINS AGAINST FAITH CCC 2087 - 2089

  17. SIN AGAINST FAITH Voluntary doubt about the faith disregards or refuses to hold true what God has revealed and the Church proposes for belief. CCC 2088

  18. SIN AGAINST FAITH Involuntary doubt refers to the hesitation in 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)

  19. SIN AGAINST FAITH Incredulity (disbelief) is the neglect of revealed truth or the willful refusal to assent (agree) to it. CCC 2089

  20. SIN AGAINST FAITH Heresy is the obstinate (stubborn) post- baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith.. CCC 2089

  21. SIN AGAINST FAITH Apostasy is the total repudiation of the Christian faith CCC 2029 (162, 817)

  22. SIN AGAINST FAITH Schism Is the refusal of submission of the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him

  23. HOPE CCC 1817 - 1819; 2091 - 2092

  24. Hope 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

  25. SINS AGAINST HOPE

  26. WAY OF SINNING AGAINST Hope Despair, man ceases to hope for his/her personal salvation from God, for help in attaining it or the forgiveness of his/her sins. CCC 2091

  27. WAY OF SINNING AGAINST Hope Presumption (1st kind) Man presumes upon his own capacities, hoping to be able to save himself without help from God CCC 2092

  28. WAYS OF SINNING AGAINST Hope Presumption (2nd kind) He presumes upon God’s almighty power or his mercy (hoping to obtain his forgiveness without conversion and glory without merit) CCC 2092

  29. CHARITY/LOVE

  30. Charity Is the theological virtue by which we love God 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

  31. SINS AGAINST CHARITY/LOVE

  32. WAY OF SINNING AGAINST Charity/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

  33. WAY OF SINNING AGAINST Charity/Love 2. Ingratitude – fails or refuses to acknowledge divine charity and to return him love for love CCC 2094

  34. WAY OF SINNING AGAINST Charity/Love 4. Spiritual sloth (laziness) goes so far as to refuse the joy that comes from God and to be repelled by divine goodness. CCC 9024

  35. WAY OF SINNING AGAINST Charity/Love 5. Hatred of God – comes from pride. It is contrary to love of God, whose goodness it denies, and whom it presumes to curse as the one who forbids sins and inflicts punishments . CCC 2094

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