"Honor your father and your mother." With this commandment, the Lord revealed the importance and great dignity of family life. The family, which is an icon of the Trinity, is designed to be our first experience of love, and as the domestic Church, the family teaches us how to make a loving and joyful gift of self for others. This session will explore the purpose of family life in the plan of God.
Read and Study: United States Catholic Catechism for Adults Chapter 28 (pgs. 373-365)
"You shall not kill." In the Incarnation, Christ assumed human nature and gave an incredible dignity to humanity. This incredible dignity must be defended in every stage and circumstance. Poverty, abortion, war, capital punishment, euthanasia, abuse, and any other degrading condition for the huma...
"You shall not commit adultery." In post-modern society, many find that the Church's teachings on love, sexuality, and marriage are some of the most difficult aspects of the moral life to understand and live well. Much of modern culture is impacted by a spirit of selfishness and individualism; in...
"You shall not steal." By the Incarnation, Jesus Christ not only took on humanity, but impacted every sphere of human life with the Gospel. The goal of the Church's social teaching is to bring about a just society that honors the dignity of each person and ensures that human rights are protected ...
2 Comments