CL QUIZ

• Module 2.1 focuses on SDG 1 (NO POVERTY) SDG 2 (ZERO HUNGER), SDG 3 (GOOD HEALTH), SDG 5 (GENDER EQUALITY)
• Since 1966, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has continued to strive to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality in the whole world.
• In 2015, they adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, also known as the Global Goals, as the universal call to action to ensure that all people experience peace and prosperity by 2030.
• Pope Francis - “double life”
• The stories in the sacred scriptures do not differ from our story or everyday life; they are relatable.
• Socio-political dimension connected to societal problems:

  • Poverty
  • Health
  • Education
  • Food
• This is what we mean by Christian spirituality. To be an image of the invisible God, an image of love.
• A.Socio-Political context during the time of Jesus

  • Violence (Pagola, 33)
  • Oppressive Leaders (Herod the Great (73-4 BC) was the rep of the Roman Empire, a builder and a tyrant)
  • Repression of People (repressed any act of rebellion to his policy as a vassal of Rome)
  • Rich-poor relationship: (Pagola, 41)
  • Labor Exploitation (inequality of resources in agri societies of the Roman Empire)
  • Unjust Taxation (Pagola, 43)
  • Society's View on Women (Pagola, 214)
• SOCIETY'S VIEW ON WOMEN: Jews looked at women as helper to man, given off to marriage and children
• Usage of ‘father’

  • God is close and personal to us. He desires that we come to him in friendship and intimacy as our Father.
• usage of daily images

  • parables were not simply stories that Jesus gave, but they already revealed how God was near to his people in their daily lives, and that God cared about his people.
• usage of relevant experiences

  • pointed to who God is
  • pointed to the reality that God cares
• Jesus also proclaimed the reign of God and showed the meaning of being fully human through the actions that he did in society.
• Friendship with women: they experienced being included
• called the unqualified: most of his disciples isn't qualified to be his disciple (Rabbi is teacher)
• washing of the feet: washed his apostles feet being with God had a mission to love and serve
• Jesus' passion and death: Jesus was arrested, tried, and sentenced to death by crucifixion.
• Jesus' resurrection: climax of his life and our salvation, there's triumph in difficulties
• covenant between god and abraham
• Morality can be both described as a “human phenomenon in the reason in which everyone has intuitive preconceptions resulting from his own practical experience of life”
• “A good society is one that makes it easy for you to be good. Correlatively, a free society is one that makes it easy to be free. To be free, and to live freely, is to live spiritually because only the spirit is free—matter is not. To live spiritually is to live morally. "
• Morality

  • Latin word: mos (mores) ethnics from Greek word: ethos, both refer to behavior (right or wrong)
• Morality

  • as a human phenomenon and emergent phenomenon (collective human behavior) leading to social phenomenon
• Jesus as Moral Guide

  • parable of good samaritan
• Moral Tradition: Deontological  (Deon means duty)

  • ethics focuses on the intrinsic morality or immorality of actions, regardless of their consequences
  • duty/responsibility more focused than the act
• Moral Tradition: Consequentialism

  • assesses actions depending on their results
  • focuses on consequences
• Morality Tradition: Virtue ethics 

  • centers around the development of virtuous character traits to foster moral excellence
  • mother teresa
  • aim of promoting moral excellence
• Morality Tradition: Divine Command

  • theory posits that morality is fundamentally derived from the instructions or nature of God and that ethically correct behavior is what God orders or demands.
  • based on the teaching of God
• involves the whole human person: body (action) and soul
• STOP METHOD

  Search out the facts

  • make your decision real must use intellect to look for facts
  • Object (what)
  • act itself
  • End or Motive (why)
  • reason
  • rules for governing intentions:
  • keep the intention good
  • the end doesn’t justify the means
  • Circumstances (who, where, when, and how)
  • increase or decrease moral goodness or evil
• STOP METHOD

  Think about alternatives and consequences

  • creativity
  • conflict resolution skills
  • moral object itself may have been a decisive factor not only the actions
• STOP Method

  Others

  • consideration
  • Be considerate of others (propose actions)
  • The church and its magisterium (the church as the pillar of bulwark of the truth)
• STOP Method

  Pray
• • Family expectations
  • Societal norms and expectations
  • New challenges and opportunities
  • Diversity of beliefs and practices
• Theological analysis

  • As social creatures created in God's image, we crave companionship, intimacy, and belonging.
• theological analysis

  • Our fundamental human nature, grounded in our creation in the image and likeness of God, drives us towards connection and relationship
• theological analysis

  • This innate desire is not merely a biological urge, but a reflection of God's own love and the desire for communion, for God is a communion of life and love.
• theological analysis

  •  "the fundamental and innate vocation of every human being"
• 1. Love as the core principle: According to St. John Paul II defines love as a gift of self, not one time act but a constant movement and renewal of commitment expressed through words, actions, and presence
• Key facets of JP2’s teaching on love can be summarized as:

  • Personhood and communion
  • Gift and vocation
  • Masculinity and feminity
  • fruitfulness and procreation