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Chapter 7: Love for God

Chapter 7: Love for God. Theological Virtues: Our Foundation. *Remember that charity and love are interchangeable names for the same virtue. The Decalogue . Covenant: The strongest possible pledge and agreement between 2 parties The Decalogue (aka the Ten Commandments)

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Chapter 7: Love for God

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  1. Chapter 7: Love for God

  2. Theological Virtues: Our Foundation *Remember that charity and love are interchangeable names for the same virtue.

  3. The Decalogue Covenant: The strongest possible pledge and agreement between 2 parties The Decalogue (aka the Ten Commandments) • Literally means “ten words” • Revealed to Moses by Yahweh • Found in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy • First 3 Commandments: Deal with Loving God • Last 7 Commandments: Deal with Loving Neighbor • Discernable by the natural law • The Decalogue is a unity. Each commandment refers to each of the others and to all collectively. To break one of the commandments is to break the whole Law. Read and Discuss Genesis 22. What does this reveal about what it means to be a man?

  4. Faith Abraham – OT model of Faith • left home, went to unknown land, willing to sacrifice his son Isaac. (why is this important?) Mary – NT model of faith • Submitted to God’s will, despite not fully understanding it. Ways to strengthen faith: • Prayer, Bible Study, Sacraments, Studying the Faith, Make Connections with People of Faith, Act on your Faith

  5. Faith Things that threaten/destroy faith: • Voluntary Doubt: decision to ignore or refuse to believe what God has revealed or what the Church teaches • Incredulity: mental disposition that either neglects revealed truth or willfully refuses to assent to it • Heresy: the outright denial by baptized persons of some essential truth about God and faith that we must believe • Apostasy: the total rejection of the Christian faith • Schism: refusal to submit to the pope’s authority or remain in union with members of the Catholic Church

  6. Hope What it is: • Trusting that God controls the future and is watching out for us • Having confidence that God keeps all his promises Things that Challenge/Violate Hope: • Despair: losing hope that God can save us • Presumption: the assumption that we can save ourselves without God’s help, or the belief that God will automatically be merciful if we don’t repent Model of Hope: St Monica, mother of St Augustine

  7. Charity (Love) Agape – selfless, giving love; the type that Jesus has for us and the kind he tells us to show others Caritas – Latin word for “love,” same Latin root as “heart” Love Involves: • Obedience – obeying Jesus’ commandments • Reverence – respecting the goodness in God and others • Sacrifice – love is a long-term commitment • Beginning – we can’t put off responding to God’s love • Rooting out sin – getting rid of things that distance us from God, like indifference, ingratitude, spiritual laziness, and hatred of God

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