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19 Cards in this Set
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What are the characteristics of Christ-like love |
• is not just an emotion, it's also choice • desires what us best for the other • understands and accepts the emotions of others, rejoicing with those who rejoice and weeping with those who weep • is generous and does not calculate the cost of giving • is not repulsed by illness or ugliness • is patient and forgiving • takes time for him or herself as well as for others • does not suffer needlessly but neither does it run from suffering when running would be a denial of love • the cross |
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When does a decision become a moral decision |
When the issue of God, self, or neighbour enters into it |
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What's the difference between good decisions and bad ones |
Moral decision good decisions are those that encourage and support truly loving relationships |
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What is determined by the way we make moral decisions |
The kind of people we will be and the kind lot loves we will have |
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What 3 things helps is inform our conscience |
-Scripture - tradition - prayer |
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What do we use to learn what Jesus did when he was facing moral dilemmas |
It is in the scriptures that we learn what Jesus did when he was facing his dilemmas |
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Magisterium |
The pope and the Bishops in their role as teachers of the faith |
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Role of the Magisterium |
- To give voice to the truths of our faith - To help people understand the demands of natural law - To remind people of what they should be before God - To put together the Catechism of the Catholic Church |
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What are the 4 steps involved in the decision-making process? |
- See - Judge - Act - Evaluate |
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See |
1. is there a decision to make? 2. Who will the decision affect 3. is it a moral decision |
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Judge |
1. Analyze the options - use your Conscience 2. Act what the church teaches using the Catechism of the Catholic church 3. learn from the experience of a committed Catholic, the Tradition of the church |
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Act |
1. do the loving thing |
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Evaluate |
how did my decision affect my relationship with God |
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3 basic principles of decision making |
1. we must never do evil even for the sake of accomplishing something good 2. We should always treat others with the same love and respect with which we wish to be treated 3. Everything we do should reflect a genuine concern for other people |
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what is sin |
- a decision we make that goes against the truth that is God - a deliberate refusal or failure to pay attention to the rules and guidelines set by the 10 commandments and the church - weakens our love for God, other, and ourselves deciding to be less loving than we could be |
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Basic skills needed to build a strong loving relationships |
- control - patience - good habits of loving - adequate time |
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signs of a healthy relationship |
recognize the equal dignity and basic rights of all involved |
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signs of an unhealthy relationship |
manipulation, coercion, and abuse |
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What is the conscience and how is it formed |
Its not our own voice and ITS not the voice of God within us, it's the truth spoken to us by god |
