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CFE 102

1. CFE 102 CHRISTIAN MORALITY IN OUR TIMES Prepared by: DR. LIBERTY A. ROSARIO Catholic Faith Education Department

2. HUMAN DIGNITY

3. The Catechism of the Catholic Church 27 explains: For if man exists, it is because God has created him through love, and through love continues to hold him in existence. Thus, we can relate in a loving way with our creator and respond to Him in love and faith.

4. Our inherent dignity, as rooted in God’s love, is inalienable. Inalienable means it cannot be taken away from us. Even our sinfulness cannot take away our human dignity from God’s love, and grace can restore us to God’s friendship. This intrinsic, inalienable gift of human dignity morally implies respect, defense, and promotion of human

5. As God’s creatures created in God’s image and given stewardship over all of creation, we have the responsibility to build up one another by recognizing and valuing the dignity of the other, but also by deciding to cooperate with God’s grace to live a fully human life.

6. Catechism for Filipino Catholics (CFC) 683 adds that “the inviolable dignity of every human person is the most precious possession of the individual, whose value comes not from what a person ‘has’ as much as from what a person ‘is’ “(CL. 37).

7. THE GIFT OF FREEDOM Many people in today’s world still understand freedom as choosing and doing what they want even if it means breaking civil or moral laws. But our freedom to act does not mean we are completely free to do whatever we want. We have to follow civil and moral laws. This means we can do what we want as long as we do not negatively affect the freedom of others around us.

8. CFC 694 states that it is so easy to confuse human freedom with simply “doing what I want.” Authentic freedom is not “the right to say and do anything,” but to “do the good” (cf. Catechism of Catholic Church [CCC] 1740). It is not my own individual private possession, but shared freedom with others in the community. It is not found in prejudice, deceit, or ignorance, but in truth. Vatican II also reminds us of a more authentic understanding of freedom. Freedom is an exceptional sign of the image of God in us. It is in the freedom that we can turn ourselves towards what is good.

9. The exercise of freedom carries with it corresponding duty to respect the same freedom in others. Each of us has the right, as human beings, to be recognized and respected as a free and responsible person. As we exercise our freedom towards true self-becoming, we must be guided by the aspects of freedom for and freedom from.

10. CFC 696 tells us that authentic freedom involves, first of all, freedom from interior and exterior obstacles. Interior obstacles are ignorance, disordered passions, fear, personality defects, bad habits, prejudice, or psychological disturbances. External forces include violent force or even threats to violence .

11. CONCIENCE In the depths of his conscience, man detects a law which he does not impose upon himself, but which holds him to obedience. Always summoning him to love good and avoid evil, the voice of conscience can when necessary speak to his heart more specifically: do this, shun that. For man has in his heart a law written by God. To obey it is the very dignity of man; according to it, he will be judged. Conscience is the most secret core and sanctuary of a man. There he is alone with God, whose voice echoes in his depths. (GS 16)

12. SENSE OF CONSCIENCE:RESPONSIBILITY The first is the basic sense of responsibility that characterizes the human person. Synderesis is the inner drive to the good. Everyone has this drive to do good, but it is often obscured by the complexities and distortions of life today (a characteristic).

13. SENSE OF CONSCIENCE:MORAL REASONING The second is the exercise of moral reasoning as a person searches for objective moral values. We need to ask: What is good? This is the realm of the formation and examination of conscience, wherein we seek to grasp moral truth by making use of sources of moral wisdom wherever they may be found, and then through a process of reflection, analysis, and accurate perception, come to an enlightened decision. The Magisterium of the Catholic Church is a necessary component in the formation of conscience for Catholics (a process).

14. SENSE OF CONSCIENCE:JUDGEMENT The third sense of conscience is the judgment by which we evaluate a particular action. Making a moral decision based on “my” personal perception and grasp of values is the actual judgment. This is the conscience that “I” must obey to be true to myself. Thus, O’Connell points out; we can see the proper formation of conscience is essential to make a proper judgment. One can only choose the good if one knows what the good is (an event). Therefore, the third sense of conscience is determined by the second sense of conscience. That is why, O’Connel believes, the formation of conscience is so important.

15. Sharing of thoughts and feelings in the exercise of conscience Discuss some moral decisions you have made in your life as a person.