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Lesson 16: The Good Samaritan
Through the parable of the Good Samaritan Jesus taught us to love everyone.
Through the parable of the Good Samaritan Jesus taught us to love everyone.
The first three Commandments concentrate on our responsibilities toward God; the final seven highlight our responsibilities toward our neighbor, starting with our parents.
Theft is the usurpation of anothers goods against the reasonable will of the owner (CCC 2453). We have the right to use and enjoy those things we properly own. The right to property, however, is not absolute.
True freedom is being free to love, serve, worship, and be the people God made us to be without the constraints of sin holding us back.
The Church is a community of disciples. All disciples are called to evangelize.
Authentic freedom is the ability to choose what is good, and it is ultimately found in God Himself.
All human labor has dignity in the eyes of God and is related to our being made in the image of God.
God created man to be a member of a community. Our personal actions and decisions affect those around us.
We can trace every social sin back to a failure to follow one of the Ten Commandments, for each one contains within it many moral principles of social life.
Jesus Christ commands His followers to make disciples and build the Kingdom of God
Happiness is only fully satisfied when we enter Heaven and live in union with God forever.
Justice is a moral virtue that leads the Christian to give God and neighbor their due.
Justice compels us to render what is owed, but it must be carried out in love and charity.
Good things are those things that help lead human nature to its true purpose.
Every human person has an inestimable value in the eyes of God.