Faith in Human Relations 2022

Faith as a Response to
Revelation
MR. JANTHE B. BAGADION

M.A. REL. ED. FIRE-ADMU
Using the basic Sources:
 CBCP, Catechism for Filipino Catholics

(CFC)
 New Catechetical Directory for the
Philippines
 Companion to the CFC
 Practical Catechesis: Christian Faith as a
way of life
 Hanep, Biblia! (John Cabrido, SDB)
Outline for Today
Introduction: Our Response: We

Believe
Faith in Human Relations
Scriptural Example: Mathew
19:16-22 (optional)
Faith in Human Relations and
Faith in God
objectives
This lesson is designed for the students

to:
 Understand revelation and faith by relating
to their own personal experience;
 Know the dynamics of faith and its effects;
 Compare the dynamics of faith in human
relations to Divine relations.
What is Revelation?
Revelation is God’s personal loving

communication to us of who He is and
His plan to save us all in His love.
It is God’s reaching out to us in
friendship, so we get to know and love
Him. (CFC 101)
Our Response: We Believe
Faith is confident assurance

concerning what we hope for,
and conviction about things we
do not see.
(Heb 11:1)
Faith is a personal relationship with

Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, and
through him, with the Father, through
the Holy Spirit, a decision to commit
oneself to Christ, follow him, strive to
know and accept the truths he
continues to teach through his Church.
(Cf. PCP II 64-65)
Faith in Human Relations
Faith in its broadest sense is a

central reality in Filipino life. It is
an everyday "natural" factor in all
our human relationships and daily
actions. CFC 119
Describe Faith in
Human Relations
We mature through a process of

forming personal friendships, first as
children, then as teenagers, finally as
adults. But in each case, there is a
gradual revelation of our own inner self
to our friend, and a free acceptance of
our friend's self-revelation…..
If this friendship is to grow and

mature, it must include a "turning
toward" the other, a conversion. We
acknowledge our need and trust in
the other's friendship by listening
to and identifying with our friend.
CFC 120
Dymanics of Faith in
Human Relations
“Gradual self-
revelation”
“Gradual self-
acceptance”
“Growth..requires a
turning towards
another”
Faith in Human Relations:

What happens? CFC 121
“Mutual loving
knowledge”
“Breaking open our
narrow mindedness'”
“Opens us to a fuller
life and love”
For example, in accepting the word

of others, we already show our faith
(paniniwala) in them. We readily
obey the directions of those over us,
at home, at work, in our
communities (pagsunod). CFC 121
Scriptural Example: Mathew 19:16-22
What do you see?

Scriptural Example: Mathew 19:16-22
“..for the young man the question is

not so much about rules to be followed,
but about the meaning of life...the
question is ultimately an appeal to the
absolute Good which attracts and
beckons us; it is the echo of a call from
God who is the origin and goal of man's
life.." (Veritatis Splendor 7).
Faith in Human Relations and Faith in God
Faith in God is surely not the same

as Faith in Another
Social Science analysis is not
adequate to understand Faith
The Same Structure holds for both
Human Faith and Divine Faith
Faith in Human Relations and Faith in God
The Same Structure holds for both

Human Faith and Divine Faith
Free Self-revelation
Free acceptance of the other’s self-
revelation
Gradual deepening process
Reality/Sacramental Principle
 Reality Principle
 It consists in emphasizing two things:

 that all terms, phrases, formulas, point to, name,
reveal a REALITY.
 that terms, phrases, formulas, etc, used in
communicating the Faith resonate in concrete
ways in the personal and cultural life-REALITY of
the faithful. (Companion to the CFC, p.141)
Sacramental Principle
 “this term describes the church’s belief

that “the presence of God and of grace”
are “mediated through symbols to the
entire course of ordinary life…through a
wide variety of symbols – material,
sensuous, aesthetic, active, verbal and
intellectual”.
questions
How do we communicate?
What are the function of human
words?
How does God communicate or
where do we find God’s revelation?

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Faith as a Response to

MR. JANTHE B. BAGADION

 CBCP, Catechism for Filipino Catholics

Introduction: Our Response: We

This lesson is designed for the students

Revelation is God’s personal loving

Faith is confident assurance

Faith is a personal relationship with

Faith in its broadest sense is a

We mature through a process of

If this friendship is to grow and

Faith in Human Relations:

For example, in accepting the word

What do you see?

“..for the young man the question is

Faith in God is surely not the same

The Same Structure holds for both

 It consists in emphasizing two things:

 “this term describes the church’s belief

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