Forming Pro-Life Students
Long-time teacher, Rosemary Circo, joined Jose in this episode to discuss ways to form pro-life students using Catholic curriculum and supplemental programming.
Long-time teacher, Rosemary Circo, joined Jose in this episode to discuss ways to form pro-life students using Catholic curriculum and supplemental programming.
The Beatitudes teach us the character of the Christian life; they are “paradoxical promises” of hope.
In order to live the good life we must cultivate not only the inner life of moral virtue, but the outer life by our participation in our communities, participation in the Sacraments, and instruction by those holy ones who came before us.
Prayer is a battle, and Scripture provides guidance for how to triumph.
Justification cleanses us of sin and communicates God’s righteousness to us, making us inwardly just.
Sin is “an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law” that offends God.
The three artifacts of the Fall are darkened intellect, weakened will, and inclination toward sin.
Good moral decisions are guided by specific steps.
The three parts of a moral act are: (1) the act itself, (2) our intention, and (3) the circumstances.
Jesus is the light of the world and the way, the truth, and the life.
The cardinal virtues are prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude and the theological virtues are faith, hope, and love.
There is continuity of the law from the Old Testament through the New Testament until the end of time.
Jesus is the end of the moral law and the perfect model of holiness.
The Ten Commandments have their fullest meaning in the context of covenant.
We have a solemn obligation to form our consciences.