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Session 18: The Great Commandments and the New Commandment
Jesus helps us understand the Ten Commandments, and provided the example for the New Commandment.
Jesus helps us understand the Ten Commandments, and provided the example for the New Commandment.
With the two Great Commandments, Jesus helps us understand the Ten Commandments.
The cardinal virtues are prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude and the theological virtues are faith, hope, and love.
To love God means to love our neighbor, which is a sign of being a disciple of Christ.
When God created us, He gave us rules to help us stay safe and happy.
Jesus’ ultimate act of sacrificial love is celebrated and represented in the Mass.
The Beatitudes teach us the character of the Christian life; they are “paradoxical promises” of hope.
To love God means to love our neighbor, which is a sign of being a disciple of Christ.
True freedom is possible only in service of the good and just.
The Commandments aren’t rules to prevent us from being happy, but rather safeguards to keep us happy.
The three parts of a moral act are: (1) the act itself, (2) our intention, and (3) the circumstances.
God is love and He made us out of love.
Sacred Scripture is the written record of God’s revelation of Himself.
True freedom is possible only in service of the good and just.
Good moral decisions are guided by specific steps.