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• Jesus offered his life for us
• One of the most enduring challenges to our belief in God is the reality of evil and sin in our world
• For the mystery of evil, we have no easy answer
• Tree of knowledge


  Eve ate the forbidden fruit from this tree
• Death


  The consequence of sin
• Sin


  Refusal of God's love; is an act of disobedience to the Commandments of God
• 4 ways to commit sin

  • Sin of thoughts
  • Sin of words
  • Sin of actions
  • Sin of omissions
• Mortal sin can be forgiven when you confess it
• Blasphemy to the Holy Spirit is the unforgiven sin
• Conscience


  The mysterious voice of God in our hearts
• Discernment


  The process of identifying good from evil
• Prudence


  The virtue assisting in discernment
• Prudence


  The virtue that disposes a person to achieve good and avoid evil
• St. Maximillian Kolbe was a pioneer
• Filial love


  Love for the family
• Temptation has no limit in age
• Jesus' death gave birth to life
• Temptation is not a sin unless you do the temptation
• Success is not all about money but how well you live your life
• Virtue of chastity


  Chastity or purity of heart
• Chastity


  The state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse
• Chastity


  The virtue that moderates the desire for sexual pleasure according to the principles of faith and right reason
• Fornication


  Sexual intercourse between not married people
• Sexuality


  Signifies an essential dimension of the whole person, by which he or she enters into a relationship with others
• Sixth commandment: You shall not commit adultery


  This forbids a married person from entering into sexual union with someone other than their spouse
• Sixth commandment: You shall not commit adultery


  It aims to protect the family which is the basic unit necessary for progress and development in society
• Sixth commandment: You shall not commit adultery


  This implies that sexuality is for both human completeness and procreation
• Sexuality


  The fundamental component of personality
• Human sexuality


  Refers to the totality of being a man and a woman
• Sex acts


  Refer to the capacity of a man and a woman to reproduce using their sexual energies
• All human persons must develop their God-given gift of sexuality
• Some chose not to enter sex act and take the vow of Chastity
• Gender complementarity


  • Those who live a celibate life might find true fulfillment in loving God and serving their neighbors
• 3 categories of celibate persons

  • Celibate by nature- single, separated, or widows
  • Celibate by profession- obliged by men to be celibate like eunuchs in the king's harem
  • Celibate of choice- celibate by vocation like priests and religious
• Gender complementarity


  • The sexual organs of men and women were created paired to provide intimacy and procreation
  • The intellectual and emotional faculties of men and women are designed to be harmoniously interactive
• Spousal love


  • Establish an exclusive, everlasting, and procreative relationship of love
  • Bestows absolute happiness; perpetuates gift of life
• Chastity


  To exercise sexuality according to God's will
• Negative commands


  • Adultery- other one is married and the other one is single, both married may kabit
  • Fornication- sex between single persons
  • Rape & incest- sex with relative
  • Homosexuality- sex with the same gender
  • Pedophilia- sex with minors
  • Prostitution- sex for compensation
  • Pornography- represents sexual acts for pleasure
  • Cybersex- virtual sex on the internet
  • Masturbation- perform sexual self-stimulation
  • Artificial birth control- prevent pregnancy by artificial means
• 3 properties of spousal love

  • Unity: a spouse cannot marry more than one person
  • Openness to life: signifies that the spouses should procreate children according to the will of God
  • Indissolubility: you cannot be separated unless by death
• Adultery


  The carnal relationship with a married person