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OPENING PRAYER
1
SPONTANEOUS PRAYER

2.
MORAL
DEVIATIONS
AGAINST THE
SECOND
COMMANDMENT
(JAMES 3:1-11)

3.
Lesson Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to:
 discuss orally the moral deviations against the
Second Commandment;
 assume responsibility to protect God’s and Others’
name at all times;
 acclaim God’s name through the song, Holy, Holy,
Holy… and
 determine whether the concepts about the lesson
discussed are true or false.
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Guide Questions:
1. Share your answers with the class.
2. What do you feel about your name? Why?
3. If you were given the chance to
decide/change/choose your own name, what
would it be? Why?
4. How important is your name?
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Since the name stands for the
person, any misuse of it is
misgiving and disrespecting
the person. In the same way, if
we misuse words with the
intention of doing harm, we
misuse a very important tool
of communication God has
given us.
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To abuse words in lying,
cursing, slander, etc. is not
only to disrespect the person,
it is dishonoring God, too!
Persons are sacred beings.
They must be given due
respect.
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INPUT
› SINS OF THE TONGUE (JAMES 3:1-11)
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We must be aware always and everywhere of
misuse of God’s name and even the names of
the Saints.
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› The Second Commandment forbids
the following;
1. LYING – concealment and corruption
of truth to save one’s face
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2. CURSING – includes slander, telling
of bad words, calling down punishment
on others, silly or obscene talks
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3. BLASPHEMY – consist of uttering
words against God, words of hatred,
reproach or defiance, speaking ill of
God, failing in respect towards Him,
language against Christ’s Church, the
Saints, and Sacred things, use God’s
name to cover up criminal practices.
(CCC 2148)
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4. PERJURY – making a promise under
oath with no intention of keeping it,
after promising an oath s/he does not
keep it, lack of respect for the Lord of
all speech, pledging oneself by oath to
commit an evil deed is contrary to the
holiness of the Divine Name. (CCC 2152)
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5. FALSE OATH – taking an oath or
swearing is to take God as a witness to
what one affirms, to invoke the Divine
truthfulness as a pledge of one’s own
truthfulness, invocation of the Divine
Name as a witness to truth.
(CCC 2150, 2154)
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6. BREAKING OF PROMISES –
promises made to others in God’s
name engage the divine honor,
fidelity, truthfulness and authority, to
be unfaithful to them is to misuse
God’s name and in the same way to
make God out to be a liar.
(CCC 2147)
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SYNTHESIS
When God said not to use His name in vain, He
wants us to use it for the greater glory of His
name. The phrase, “Name in vain”, means more
than rough language/for no reason. Originally, it
referred to using God’s name in sorcery, invoking
curses on others and conjuring up evil spirits or
claiming the power inherent in God’s personal
name to do harm to others.
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In view of the biblical understanding of name,
then, using the name of God in vain was
equivalent to refusing to follow and obey God,
even trying to manipulate the power of His name
for one’s benefit and to do evil to others. (CFC
#897)
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“The real art of conversation is not only
to say the right thing in the right place,
but to leave unsaid the wrong thing
at the most tempting moment.
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Guide Questions:
› How do you respect God’s name?
› How about yours? How about others?
› How do you defend God’s name to the
non-believers? (if any)
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19.
Copy the link below
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=vci5QPRvSQk
Find time tomorrow to watch
the Last Supper of Jesus with
His Apostles. Take note of the
words uttered by Jesus. Try
also to figure out the response
and reaction of the Apostles
during the Last Supper. Make
a short narrative about the
event. Write it in your
notebook, then take a photo
and send in your Schoology
Account.
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