clve mastery exam

• The Seventh Commandment commands us to respect the property and rights of others by forbidding unjust taking or keeping of their goods
• Private property are the assets legally owned by individuals or juridical persons; these can be movable , such as phones and cars, and immovable like lands and buildings
• Stealing then is synonymous to all sins of cheating, defrauding, or wronging others of their property, which go directly against God's will for us to be truthful
• Working Gainfully - To labor for perfecting oneself, supporting the family & improving the society
• Respecting other’s Property - To uphold the private and public goods, and to respect Mother Nature
• Paying Taxes and Debts - To maintain financial stability, minimizing credits and paying financial obligations
• Promoting the Common Good - To support the nation, providing education and jobs, assisting the incapacitated needy
• negative commandment - Stealing - To unjustly take or retain other’s property, to cause wrongful losses
• Voluntary Idleness - To deliberately refuse to work, and to live at the expense of others.
• Gambling - To bet in a game of chance using public or family money
• Prodigality and Avarice - To conduct a luxurious lifestyle, or to extremely greedy, ignoring the poor and the needy
• The truth is the conformity of an idea

  (subject) to its object (predicate); as by

  the Latin classical definition: Veritas est

  adaequatio intellectus et rei.
• Freedom is the capacity to fulfill one’s

  purpose in life, which is the perfect

  happiness without any constraint.
• Truthfulness

  • To be sincere in words and upright in

  actions.
• Honesty & Discretion

  • To be straightforward in words and action,

  while avoiding offenses or revealing

  private information.
• Evangelization and Martyrdom

  • To accompany the preaching of the

  Gospel with the testimony of life.
• Lying

  • To conceal the truth for an evil purpose.
• Rash Judgement, Detraction, Calumny

  • To injure the good reputation by prejudice,

  gossip, and slander.
• Flattering and Complaisance

  • To praise and please a person without

  sincerity and justice.
• Duplicity and Hypocrisy

  • To deceive by double dealing and

  pretense.
• Mockery and Irony

  • To caricature and criticize a person with

  sardonic words.
• Contentment

  • To be grateful and satisfied with

  one’s possessions and condition

  in life.
• Altruism

  • To have a selfless concern for the

  well-being of others.
• Greed

  • To have an excessive attachment

  and pursuit of material possessions.
• Envy

  • To feel sadness and resentment for

  the material possessions of others.
• Generosity

  • It is a special grace to give

  of self or personal

  resources in a very

  generous or sacrificial way

  to give all glory to God.
• Simple Lifestyle

  • It means focusing on life-

  affirming values, such as

  time with family, rather

  than accumulating things.
• Simple Lifestyle

  Saint Teresa of Calcutta

  once said: “Live simply so

  that others may simply

  live.