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• Easter - The word comes from Old English, meaning the "East". The sun which rises in the East, bringing light, warmth, and hope, is a symbol for rising Christ, who is the true Light of the world.
• Paschal Candle - Used during the Easter Vigil. A central symbol of the divine light, which is Christ. The pure beeswax of which the candle is made represents the sinless Christ who was formed in the womb of His Mother. The Easter candle is lighted each day during Mass throughout the Paschal season until the feast of Ascension
• Easter Vigil - "Mother of all vigils." On this holy night, the Church keeps watch, celebrating the resurrection of Christ in the sacraments, and awaiting his return in glory
• The season of Easter is the most important of all liturgical times, which Catholics celebrate as the Lord's resurrection from the dead, culminating in his Ascension to the Father and sending of the Holy Spirit upon the Church
• Octave of Easter - Comprises eight days, which stretch from the first to the Second Sunday.
• Mankind's need for the message of Divine Mercy took on dire urgency in the twentieth century, when civilization began to experience an "eclipse of the sense of God"
• In 1931, Jesus appeared to Sr. Faustina in Poland and expressed his desire for a feast celebrating his mercy. The Feast of Mercy was to be on the Sunday after Easter and was to include a public blessing and liturgical veneration of His image with the inscription "Jesus, I trust in You"
• The Paschal Mystery culminates in the Ascension of Jesus
• After his appearance here on earth in his risen body, and "after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen" (Acts 1:2), Jesus "was lifted up and a cloud took him from their sight" (Acts 1:9)
• Pentecost - On the fiftieth (50th) day of Easter, concludes the Easter season.
• Seventh Commandment: "You shall not steal"


  • It forbids only taking someone else's property unlawfully.
• What falls under the Seventh Commandment

  • Appropriating someone else's goods unjustly
  • The unfair withholding of a just wage
  • The keeping of found items instead of giving back
  • Illegally obtaining money by deception
  • Setting employees to work in inhumane conditions
  • Not abiding by contracts into which one has entered
  • Wasting profits without any consideration for social obligations
  • Artificially driving prices up or down
  • Endangering the jobs of colleagues for whom one is responsible
  • Bribery or corruption
  • Misleading dependent coworkers into illegal actions
  • Doing shoddy work or demanding inappropriate remuneration
  • Wasting or negligently managing public property
  • Counterfeiting or falsifying accounting records or tax evasion
• Intellectual property


  • The misappropriation of intellectual property is also theft
  • Plagiarism is the unauthorized and concealed appropriation of one's intellectual property made out to be one's own intellectual achievement
  • Copying another student's work in school
  • Illegal taking of material from the internet
  • Making and trafficking of pirated couples
  • Stealing of business concepts and ideas
  • Every acquisition of someone else's intellectual property demands the free consent and appropriate remuneration of the author or inventor
• Tax evasion


  • It is immoral to evade taxes or to commit tax fraud, in other words, to falsify, fail to report, or conceal facts so as to prevent a correct assessment of taxes due
  • By paying taxes, citizens contribute, each according to his ability, so that the State can fulfill its duties. Tax evasion is not a petty infraction
  • Taxes should be just and proportionate and should be levied by law
• Stock market speculation


  • A Christian can speculate in the stock market or in Internet stocks as long as he does so within the parameters of normal business practices and does not thereby break any other commandments
  • Speculating in stocks becomes immoral when dishonest means are used, the transaction puts one's own life or another's life savings at risk instead of insuring income, or such speculation becomes an addiction as with games of chance
• Public property


  Vandalism and deliberately damaging public facilities and common property are forms of theft and restitution must be made
• Gambling


  • Betting and gambling are immoral and dangerous when the gambler risks his livelihood
  • It becomes even worse if he risks the livelihood of other people, especially of those who are entrusted to his care
  • Morally speaking, it is a highly dubious practice to wager large sums on a game of chance while others lack the bare necessities of life
  • Betting and gambling, furthermore, can be addictive and enslave people
• Human trafficking


  • No human being, not even parts of human being may be turned into commodities nor may a person make himself a commodity
  • Man belongs to God and has been endowed by Him with freedom and dignity
  • In the case of human trafficking, people are deprived of their freedom, their dignity, and their right, even of their lives. Others reduce them to objects with which their owner can make a profit
  • Trafficking in organs for transplantation, in embryos for the biotech industry, in children for purposes of adoption, the recruiting of child soldiers, for prostitution, for slavery
• Environment


  • We fulfill God's commission with regard to Creation when we care for the earth, with its biological laws, its variety of species, its natural beauty, and its dwindling resources, as a living space, and preserve it so that future generations also can live well on the earth
  • Having "dominion over the earth" does not mean having an absolute right to dispose arbitrarily of animate and inanimate nature, animals, and plants
  • Because man is created in God's image, he should care for God's creation as a shepherd and steward
• Animals


  • Animals are our fellow creatures, which we should care for and in which we should delight, just as God delights in their existence
  • Animals, too, are sentient creatures of God. It is a sin to torture them, to allow them to suffer, or to kill them uselessly
  • Nevertheless, man may not place love of animals above love of man
• There are complex historical causes for this division in the world, but it is not irreformable
• Obligation of rich countries


  The rich countries have the moral obligation to help the underdeveloped nations out of poverty through developmental aid and establishment of just economic and commercial conditions
• Importance of the poor for Christians

  • Love for the poor must be in every age the distinguishing mark of Christians
  • The poor deserve not just a few alms; they have a claim to justice
  • There is material, emotional, intellectual, and spiritual poverty
  • Christians must look after the needy of this earth with great consideration, love, and perseverance
  • Our example in love for the poor is Christ
• Corporal Works of Mercy

  • Feed the hungry
  • Give drink to the thirsty
  • Clothe the naked
  • Shelter the homeless
  • Visit the sick
  • Visit the imprisoned
  • Bury the dead
• Spiritual Works of Mercy

  • Instruct the ignorant
  • Counsel the doubtful
  • Comfort the sorrowful
  • Admonish the sinner
  • Bear wrongs patiently
  • Forgive all injuries
  • Pray for the living and dead
• Octave of Easter - It is a way of prolonging the joy of the initial day.
• Octave of Easter - There are 50 days of Easter from the first Sunday to Pentecost.
• Pentecost - It marks the occasion of God sending the Holy Spirit upon Jesus' disciples after his Resurrection.
• On Pentecost, the Holy Spirit gave the disciples the strength to fulfill their commission to spread the Good News of Jesus.
• Private property - The private owner who manages and increases a plot of land in keeping with the Creator's plan and divides the proceeds in such a way that each person gets what is his due is by all means acting according to the divine commission for creation.