THE SEASON OF THE LITURGICAL — SIYA LANG DAPAT.

TAPOS AKO RIN

YEAR SANA HEHE

ADVENT – JESUS IS COMING III. You shall have no other Gods

CHRISTMAS – JESUS IS BORN before me
ORDINARY TIME – JESUS TEACHES
LENT – JESUS WILL DIE AND RUSH superstition // NO PROOF
TRIDUUM – JESUS SUFFERED AND idolatry
DIED divination and magic
EASTER – JESUS RISES irreligion // it means NOT.
atheism // there's no God. hindi
naniniwala
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (covenant) agnosticism // the existence of God is
unknowable.
1. I am the Lord your God you shall not (10 commandments)
have strange gods before me
2. you shall not take the name of the 1ST TO 3RD -- focuses on GOD
Lord your God in vain
3. keep holy the Sabbath 4TH TO LAST --- NEIGHBORS
4. Honour your father and your mother
5. you shall not kill SECOND COMMANDMENT
6. you shall not commit adultery
You shall not take the name of the Lord
7. you should not steal
your God in vain
8. you shall not bear false witness
against your neighbour THIRD COMMANDMENT
9. you shall not covet your neighbour’s
spouse Remember to keep holy in the Lord's Day
10. you shall not covet your neighbour’s
goods I. The Sabbath Day
DUTIES TOWARDS GOD
- (fellowship) we gather, we eat
"you shall love the Lord your God with all
your heart, and with all your soul, and II. The Lord's Day
with all your mind" • Sunday - fulfilment of the Sabbath

- The Sunday Eucharist

FIRST COMMANDMENT - - the Sunday obligation
I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD: YOU — This is a command always treat one's
SHALL NOT HAVE STRANGE GODS parents with honor and respect
BEFORE ME.

I. "you shall worship the Lord your

God and him only you shall serve" FOURTH COMMANDMENT

- faith - hope - clarity Honour your father your father and your
mother
II. Him only you shall serve
I. the family in God's plan
- adoration - prayer - sacrifice - premises
and vows - the nature of the family

- the Christian family

II. the family and society • sexual acts before or outside of
marriage
III. the duties of family

- the duties of children SEVENTH COMMANDMENT

- the duties of parents • POSITIVE FORM
— this is a command against the - respect one's property
predimited murder of another human
being • NEGATIVE FORM

FIFTH COMMANDMENT - you shall not steal

YOU SHALL NOT KILL VIOLATIONS

• all forms of stealing: cheating during
I. respect for human life exams, tampering documents, work
poorly done, etc.
The witness of sacred history • kidnapping and all forms of
legitimate defence exploitation (food, shelter,
intentional homicide
abortion
euthanasia EIGHT COMMANDMENTS
suicide
• POSITIVE FORM • POSITIVE FORM

- respect the sacredness or sanctity of - respect and uphold the truth

life • NEGATIVE FORM
• NEGATIVE FORM - you shall not bear false witness against
- you shall not kill your neighbour

VIOLATIONS VIOLATIONS
• DIRECT: murder, abortion, suicide,
• CALUMNY (misrepresentation intended
euthanasia, death penalty, destruction of
to harm another's reputation)
the environment and other creatures
• GOSSIPS (spreading baseless
• INDIRECT: all forms of vices, abuse of
accusations or statements against
one's body/life
others)
• SLANDER, LIBEL AND DEFAMATION
SIXTH COMMANDMENT (oral and written information spread
intended to discredit others)
•POSITIVE FORM

- respect and protect the NINTH COMMANDMENT

sanctity/sacredness of marriage
• POSITIVE FORM
•NEGATIVE FORM
- control your sexual desire and other
- you shall not commit adultery desires of the flesh

VIOLATIONS - respect one's sexuality

• Adultery, polygamy, divorce, free

unions (cohabitation, concubinage)
• NEGATIVE FORM - religion and faith have become
"commodities" that are to be taken, but
- you shall not cover your neighbour’s
only when they are needed.
wife
- Christian life must be understood as a
VIOLATIONS
response to God's self-offer in Christ and
• pornography (print media, movies, to God's invitation to our relationship
cybersex, etc) (Bernard Haring)
• masturbation
• premarital sex - The widespread perception that is
society is in moral crisis is encouraging a
return to virtue ethics, or at least to the
TENTH COMMANDMENT rhetoric of virtue.
•POSITIVE FORM \\\ Virtue ethics - traits essential for
human flourishing. courage, loyalty
- be contented/satisfied with what you
have - this presents the challenge to translate
the Christian faith into action
•NEGATIVE FORM
- this chapter guides the students to a
- you shall not covet your neighbour’s
better understanding of the principle of
goods
morality

- it also gives a clear view of the dignity

RATIONALE of the human person, being the agent of
morality
- present-day phenomena - scientific and
technological milestones, bursting ///// we are the source.
talents and diverse skills globalized
- this would lead them to a different set
markets, surging democracies and wilfull
of the Ten Commandments
exuberant voices - have painted a roller
commentating on Christ Commandments
coaster ride to the contemporary milieu
of love.
of every man and woman
- includes synthesis of Catholic social
- it is observed that in the contemporary
teachings
period, "reason is entered while faith or
religion is dethroned." - excellent basis of Christian behaviour
and a way of life, a life of mission
— • REASON

• — enthroned
ETHICS
• — power: put at the centre
- micro. palatandaan. it to boils down to
— • RELIGION
- practical science of the morality of
• — dethroned
human conduct
• — power: at the margins
- derived from Greek word "ethos”
:characteristic way of acting
- ethics is a science — ORIGIN

- complete and systematically arranged • Greek word "ethos" character

body of data — ACCEPTABILITY

- dates of human acts; • ethics are governed by professional and

legal guide lines within a particular time
ETHICS & MORALS and place

- relate to "right" and "wrong" conduct.

MORALS
- sometimes interchangeably, they're
different ---- the practical level of Moral Theology

- ETHICS - rules provided by an external - is concerned with giving direction to

source, e.g., Concords of conduct in human behavior and light of what one
workplaces or principles in religion believes to be right or good

- MORALS - individuals on principles — WHAT ARE THEY

regarding right and wrong
• principles or habits with respect to
ETHICS right or wrong conduct. while morals
also prescribe those and don'ts morality
---- explores the theoretical foundation of is ultimately a personal compass of right
Moral Theology and wrong
— WHERE DO THEY CAME FROM
- involves the level of thinking prior to
making a decision and taking an action • individual INTERNAL
— WHY WE DO IT
— WHAT ARE THEY
• because we believe in something being
• rules of conduct recognize in respect to right or wrong
a particular class of human actions or a — FLEXIBILITY
particular group or culture
— WHERE DO THEY CAME FROM • usually consistent although can change
if individuals beliefs change
• social system EXTERNAL — THE "GRAY"
— WHY WE DO IT
• immoral person also perhaps bound by
• it's because society says it is the right a higher covenant may choose to follow a
thing to do code of ethics as it would apply to a
— FLEXIBILITY system "Make it Fit"
// ex. morally person ka pero when it
• dependent on others for definition. they comes to code of ethics, pili lang ang
tend to be consistent within a certain sinusunod mo. pero nag ffit ka pa rin.
context but can vary between context
— THE "GRAY" — ORIGIN

• a person strictly following ethical • latin word "mos" custom

principles may not have any morals at — ACCEPTABILITY
all. likewise one could violate ethical
principles within a given system of rules • morality transcends culture norms
in order to maintain moral integrity.
// ginagawa kung anong gusto ng
society pero decision niya tagilid
SOURCE OF PRINCIPLE

ETHICS

° External standards that are provided by

institutions groups or culture to which
an individual belongs

Example: lawyers, policemen, and

doctors all have to follow unethical code
lead down by their profession regardless
of their own feelings or preferences.

° can also be considered a social system

or a framework for acceptable behaviour