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Lesson 10: We Sin When We Fail to Love God and Each Other
As Christians, we should always try to make good choices.
As Christians, we should always try to make good choices.
Sin is an utterance, a deed, or a desire contrary to the eternal law that offends God.
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.
The sins of adultery, fornication, masturbation, and homosexual activity offend the unitive and procreative purposes of marriage and diminish the goods of marital love.
The sins of pornography, prostitution, rape, the use of contraception, and abortion offend the unitive and procreative purposes of marriage and diminish the goods of marital love.
The virtue of chastity blossoms in friendship and shows us how to follow and imitate Christ.
We have a solemn obligation to form our consciences.
The three parts of a moral act are: (1) the act itself, (2) our intention, and (3) the circumstances.
Good moral decisions are guided by specific steps.
The three artifacts of the Fall are darkened intellect, weakened will, and inclination toward sin.
When we choose the good consistently, it becomes a habit or virtue.
Grace is the free and undeserved gift of God’s life within us that makes us adopted sons and daughters of God.
The sacraments are signs of grace that give us God’s divine life.
God speaks to us in our consciences, helping us make good choices.
We need to learn and practice how to make good moral choices.