RS SEMI

Cards (16)

  • GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    1. Wisdom
    2. Understanding
    3. Counsel
    4. Fortitude
    5. Knowledge
    6. Piety
    7. Fear of the Lord
  • FRUITS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    1. charity
    2. joy
    3. peace
    4. patience
    5. kindness
    6. goodness
    7. generosity
    8. gentleness
    9. faithfulness
    10. modesty
    11. self control
    12. chastity
  • GRACE is God's loving presence, it is the favor, free and undeserved help that God has given us to respond to his call for us to be His child
  • Why do we need Grace?
    • to avoid doing sins
    • heal us from our sinfulness
    • to live out the beatitudes
    • obey and love the ten commandments
    • elevate us from being His adoptive sons/daughters
  • Kinds of Graces
    1. sanctifying grace
    2. habitual grace
    3. actual grace
    4. sacramental grace
    5. special grace
    6. grace of state
  • Sacramental means of conversion
    1. Baptism
    2. Penance
    3. Eucharist
  • Non-sacramental means of conversion"
    1. prayer, almsgiving and fasting
    2. penitential services
    3. daily acts of sacrifice, loving service, kindness, compassion, and forgiveness
  • steps in conversion
    1. conflict
    2. encounter
    3. self-discovery
    4. personal transformation
  • Acts of penitent
    1. contrition - heartfelt sorrow
    2. confession - telling of sins to the priest
    3. penance / satisfaction - repentance
  • Dimensions of christian total conversion
    1. moral conversion - turning away from sin for genuine love
    2. affective conversion - ordering yourself to do good
    3. intellectual conversion - changing your perspective
    4. religious conversion - loving God
  • CHRISTIAN MORALITY
    • personal relationship with God
    1. DISTORTED IMAGES OF GOD
    • Misreading of the bible, especially the old Testament
    • personal negative experience
    • 2. AUTHENTIC IMAGE OF GOD
  • Angry & punishing God
    Looking at God as merciful and loving
  • Pester of Faith
    Looking at God as our creator
  • Looking at God as a strict law giver
    Remembering that the law is LOVE
  • Looking at God as a life controller
    Looking at God as someone who respects our freedom
  • Looking at God as for myself
    Looking at God as our loving Father