2. St. Augustine
PRAYER
OF
Lord Jesus, let me know myself
and know You. And desire nothing
save only You. Let me hate myself and
love You. Let me do everything for the
sake of You Let me humble myself and
exalt You. Let me think of nothing
except You. Let me die to myself and
live in You. Let me accept whatever
happens as from You. Let me banish
self and follow You. And ever desire to
follow You...
3. St. Augustine
PRAYER
OF
Let me fly from myself and take
refuge in You, That I may deserve to be
defended by You. Let me fear for
myself, let me fear You, And let me be
among those who are chosen by You.
Let me distrust myself and put my trust
in You. Let me be willing to obey for
the sake of You, Let me cling to
nothing, save only to you, And let me
be poor because of you. Look upon me,
that I may love you. Call me, that I may
see you, And for ever enjoy you. Amen.
5. PROCESS QUESTIONS:
1. What is the message
of the 10
Commandments?
2. Why are the 10
Commandments
important?
3. Why did God give us
the Ten
Commandments as
Catholic?
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6. Our life is important and so as all the people around us. In order
to keep all these things. God has given us law to follow not to
burden us but rather to guide us. This law set for us leads us true
life, the life we live in Christ.
7. • Explain the Ten
Commandments as a
guide in following Jesus
Christ as an authentic
disciple.
• Identify specific ways on
how to follow the Ten
Commandments.
GOALS
10. • What is the message of the
gospel?
• What truth can we learn from the
rich young ruler who asked the
Savior what he should do to gain
eternal life?
• Are following the commandments
enough to be good?
11. • “Teacher what must I do?”
The young man can either be
any of us, looking for
answers on how to attain
eternal life. In Gospel, Jesus’
call to the young man to
follow him, in the obedience
of a disciple and in the
observance of the
commandment, is joined to
the call of poverty and
charity.
12.
13. DISCIPLESHIP AND THE
COMMANDMENT
⮚ DECALOGUE
(“Ten Words”, from Greek
deka=Ten and
logos=word)
God revealed these “Ten
Words” to his people on
the holy mountain. The
Ten Commandments are
the central summary of
the basic rules of human
behavior in the Old
Testament.
15. • Explain the Ten
Commandments as a
guide in following Jesus
Christ as an authentic
disciple.
• Identify specific ways on
how to follow the Ten
Commandments.
LEARNING
COMPETENCIES:
16. UNDERSTANDING EACH COMMANDMENTS
The Ten Commandments state what is required in the
love of God and love of neighbor. The first three
concern love of God, and the other seven love the
neighbor.
17. 1st COMMANDMENT: I am the LORD your God:
you shall not have strange gods before me.
The First Commandment ranks FIRST
among all the commandments,
because it is the most important
commandment. Why? Because it
commands REVERENCE and LOVE
for God. All other commandments are
based on reverence and love for God.
18. The First Commandment forbids:
• Sins which detract from the honor and worship of God, such as:
• Superstitious practices: divination, consulting fortune-tellers, attaching
undue importance to dreams and omens.
• Sacrilege – Profane or superstitious use of blessed objects.
• Profanation of places or things consecrated to God.
• Receiving the sacraments in a state of mortal sin.
The First Commandment commands:
• To offer to God alone the supreme worship that is due Him by acts of faith, hope
and love (charity).
• Faith obliges us to make efforts to find out what God has revealed, to believe
firmly what God has revealed and to profess our faith openly whenever
necessary.
• Hope obliges us to trust firmly that God will give us eternal life and the means to
obtain it.
• Love (charity) obliges us to love God above all things because He is infinitely
good, and to love our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God.
19. 2nd COMMANDMENT: You shall not take the
name of the LORD your God in vain.
The Second Commandment prescribes
respect for the Lord’s name. Among all the
words of Revelation there is one which is
unique: the revealed name of God. God
confides his name to those who believe in
him. The gift of a name belongs to the order
of trust and intimacy. “The Lord’s name is
holy.” For this reason, man must not abuse
it.
20. The Second Commandment forbids:
• All irreverence towards God’s most holy name, such as:
Cursing, Profane swearing, Blasphemy
• False, unlawful and unnecessary oaths.
• Breaking or deferring lawful vows
• Irreverence at Mass, and in churches and holy places even
when service is not going on.
The Second Commandment commands:
• Us to always speak with reverence of God,
of the saints, and of holy things, and to be
truthful in taking oaths and faithful to them
and to our vows.
21. 3rd Commandment: Remember to keep holy
the Lord’s Day.
“Jesus rose from the dead “on the first day of
the week.” Because it is the “first day,” the
day of Christ’s Resurrection recalls the first
creation. … For Christians it has become
the first of all days, the first of all feasts, the
Lord’s Day – Sunday.”
The Old Testament Sabbath (Saturday)
has been replaced by the Lord’s Day of the
New Testament (Sunday). Sunday is “a
day of grace and rest from work.”
22. The Third Commandment forbids:
• Missing Mass through one’s own fault on Sundays or
Holy Days.
• Doing unnecessary servile (physical) work on Sunday.
• Making others do unnecessary servile work on Sunday.
The Third Commandment commands:
• Worship of God by assisting at Mass on
Sundays, the Lord’s Day, and on Holy Days.
23. 4th Commandment: Honor your father and
your mother.
The Fourth Commandment is the first of the
“love of neighbor commandments”,
immediately following the 3 “love of God
commandments.” No one, except Adam and
Eve, has ever come into the world without a
father and a mother. God has willed that after
Him, we should honor our parents to whom we
owe life and who have handed on to us the
knowledge of God.
24. The Fourth Commandment forbids:
• For children:
All manner of anger and hatred against parents and other lawful authority.
Provoking [annoying or irritating] them to anger. Grieving them and insulting them
• For students:
Disrespect, disobedience, stubbornness, idleness.
• For parents:
Hating their children. Cursing them.
• For husbands and wives:
Putting obstacles to the fulfillment of religious duties.
Lack of gentleness and consideration in regard to each other’s faults.
• For all:
Contempt for the laws of our state, Church and country.
The Fourth Commandment commands:
The Fourth Commandment commands us to respect and love our parents,
to obey them in all that is not sinful, and to help them when they are in
need. We are also obliged to respect and obey all lawful authority.
25. 5th Commandment: You shall not kill.
God controls human life: “Human life is
sacred because from its beginning it involves
the creative action of God and it remains
forever in a special relationship with the
Creator, who is its sole end. God alone is the
Lord of life from its beginning until its end: no
one can under any circumstance claim for
himself the right directly to destroy an
innocent human being.”
26. The Fifth Commandment forbids:
• Unjust taking of human life – murder, suicide, abortion,
euthanasia.
• Kidnapping, hostage taking, terrorism and torture.
• Violence in thought, word or act which may lead to unjust taking of
human life.
• Exposing life or limb to danger without reasonable cause
[dangerous pranks, doing something dangerous to yourself or
others because someone dared you to do it]
• Reckless driving.
The Fifth Commandment commands:
• The Fifth Commandment commands us to take proper care of our own
spiritual and bodily wellbeing and that of our neighbor.
• The Fifth Commandment obliges us to show love for our neighbor by
respecting his person and not injuring him in any way.
27. 6th Commandment: You shall not commit adultery
9th Commandment: You shall not covet your neighbor’s
wife.
The Sixth and Ninth Commandments
work together. What the Sixth
Commandment forbids in action,
the Ninth Commandment forbids in
thought or desire.
28. The Sixth Commandment commands:
• The Sixth Commandment commands us to be pure and modest in
our behavior.
The Ninth Commandment commands:
• The Ninth Commandment commands us to be pure in thought and
desire.
• Any other form of unmarried sexual action.
The Sixth Commandment forbids:
• All impurity and immodesty in words, looks and actions, whether
alone or with others.
• Offenses against marriage: Adultery.
• Offenses against chastity: Lust, pornography, and homosexuality.
• Any other form of unmarried sexual action.
The Ninth Commandment forbids:
• All thoughts and desires contrary to chastity.
29. 8th Commandment: You shall not bear false
witness against your neighbor.
Christ said “I am the way and the
truth and the life.” He died on the
Cross for the truth. The Eighth
Commandment tells us to love truth
and to show love for others by
respecting their reputation.
30. The Eighth Commandment commands:
• The Eighth Commandment commands us to speak the truth
in all things, but especially in what concerns the good name
and honor of others.
The Eighth Commandment forbids:
• Lies, Malicious, Boasting or bragging,
• Perjury [lying under oath] and false witness [lying in court].
• Rash judgment [believing something harmful to another’s character
without sufficient reason].
• Calumny or slander [injuring the good name of another by lying].
• Frauds [deceiving someone into giving up property or money],
public and private.
31. 7th Commandment: You shall not steal
10th Commandment: You shall not covet your
neighbor’s goods.
The Seventh and Tenth
Commandments work together. The
Tenth Commandment makes it easy to
keep the Seventh Commandment by
telling us not even to desire the
property of our neighbor.
32. The Seventh Commandment commands:
• The Seventh Commandment commands us to respect what belongs to others,
to live up to our business agreements, and to pay our just debts.
The Tenth Commandment commands:
• The Tenth Commandment commands us to detach ourselves from earthly
riches
The Seventh Commandment forbids:
• Stealing
• Cheating in business or at play [or sports].
• Accepting bribes by public officials.
• Concealment of fraud [deceiving someone into giving up property or money],
theft or damage when one is duty bound to give information.
The Tenth Commandment forbids:
• All desire to take or to keep unjustly what belongs to others, and also forbids
envy at their success.
• Greed [desire to amass earthly goods] and avarice [passion for riches and the
accompanying power].
• Envy [sadness at the sight of another’s goods and the wrongful desire to have
them for oneself].
33. CONSIDERING THE TEN COMMANDMENTS IN OUR
DAY
• The Ten Commandments is actually the result of a
love story between God and the Israelites.
• And if we examine the Old Testament in regard to
the matter at hand we will find out that it is always
through a covenant that God agreed with His
relationship with humanity starting from
Adam, Abraham, Noah, David, and the eternal
covenant with His Son Jesus Christ.
• The fulfillment of the Ten Commandments is done
through Love. For Catholics, Love is what only
matters.
34. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
▫ By universal consent, Thomas Aquinas is the
preeminent spokesman of the Catholic
tradition of reason and of divine
revelation. He is one of the great teachers of
the medieval Catholic Church, honored with
the titles Doctor of the Church and Angelic
Doctor. One might expect Thomas, as a
man of the gospel, to be an ardent defender
of revealed truth. The Summa Theologiae, his
last and, unfortunately, uncompleted
work, deals with the whole of Catholic
theology.
Source: https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-
day/saint-thomas-aquinas
35. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS, PRAY FOR US!
❖ We can look to Thomas Aquinas as a
towering example of Catholicism in
the sense of broadness, universality,
and inclusiveness. We should be
determined anew to exercise the
divine gift of reason in us, our power
to know, learn, and understand. At
the same time we should thank God
for the gift of his revelation,
especially in Jesus Christ.
