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• LORD’S DAY

  -give time to him by attending mass, praising, and giving thanks for all the blessings
• SABBATH DAY

  -God rested on the 7th day of creation

  -liberation of israel from slavery in egypt and covenant that God sealed with people 

  -Given the real possibility of enjoying sufficient rest and take care of their religious, family, culture, and social lives 
• 2 GREATEST COMMANDMENTS 

  1. Love the Lord with all your heart 

  -loving Lord with everything we have including inner desires and longings 

  with all soul obeying God even at risk of one’s life 

  1. Love neighbor as yourself 

  -”neighbor” must be understood universally 

  • includes everyone even enemies 
• UNPACKING 

  “God created man in his own image”

  “Male and female he created them”

  “Be fruitful and multiply” 
• ATTRIBUTES OF IMAGE OF GOD

  -Reason (intellect) 

  -freedom 

  -relationality 

  -moral and spiritual awareness
• “MALE AND FEMALE HE CREATED THEM”

  -there are 2 genders that God created 
• SEX

  -biological destination (female and male) 
• SEXUALITY 

  -total expression of who you are as human, your maleness or femaleness

  -how we relate to others as man and woman

  -human relationships-affection to others-God people

  -it goes beyond gender 

  • Male to male and female to female = fruitful

  -more than physical, biological, reproductive aspects of our being (not just about gender)

  -integration of the whole person

  -defines who you are as a human
• SEXUALITY ORIENTATION

  -individual preference to relate, sexually or intimately 

  -emotional and erotic preference
• SEXUAL IDENTITY

  -person’s internal sense of own sexual orientation, attraction and feelings 
• PLATO

  “Mission of human is to be united with better half”

  “Love makes us whole, again” 
• • LOVE AND RELATIONSHIP 

     -the story of aristophanes 

  -humans originally have 4 arms and legs and a head with 2 faces 
• GENDER IDENTITY

  -GIRL/WOMAN

  -BOY/MAN

  -TRANSGENDER/GENDER NONCONFORMING
• SEXUAL ORIENTATION (ATTRACTION)

  -HETEROSEXUAL

  -HOMOSEXUAL

  -LESBIANS
• BIOLOGICAL SEX 

  -FEMALE/MALE/INTERSEX
• GENDER PRESENTATION (EXPRESSION)

  -FEMININE

  -MASCULINE

  -ANDROGYNOUS
• “BEING HOMOSEXUAL IS NOT A CRIME BUT A SIN THAT LACK CHARITY TO ONE ANOTHER”
• “BE FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY”

  -role that husband and wifi vested during marriage

  Problem: how to express love to partner 
• ACCORDING TO ARISTOTLE:

  Love is…..

  -composed of single soul inhabiting 2 bodies

  -cause of unity in all things
• -according to his books, there are 2 forms of love:

  • SELF LOVE

  -feeding self in a right manner which leads towards its “flourishing” (eudalmonia)

  -eudalmonia to mesotes ( balance)

  • SELFISHNESS (EGOISM)

  -self desires more on materialism

  -bodily pleasures (utility)
• TYPES OF FRIENDSHIP AND ITS PROBLEMS:

  • Friendship rooted in UTILITY
  • Friendship rooted in PLEASURE (eros)
  • Friendship that will the good of his friend (philia) 
• JOHN PAUL 11

  “Greater feeling of responsibility more love their is”

  “Love never is ready-made, it is always a task”
• CHALLENGE: 

  -called to love ourselves and others 

  -must live in pure intention or purity to self and others 

  -respect sexuality

  -wait proper time for sex 
• HONOR PARENTS

  Call: 

  -honor and respect all those whom God has vested his authority

  -instituted by God with its fundamental constitution

  -good of spouses and the procreation and education of children 

  -personal relationship and responsibilities 
• Duties of children:

  -respect

  -gratitude

  -obedient
• Role of Children:

  -foster good relationships

  -growth in harmony and holiness

  -give parents material and moral support 
• • LUST 

  -enjoyment of sexual pleasure

  -isolated from procreative and unitive purpose
• • PORNOGRAPHY

  -reducing to sex objects for illicit pleasure 

  -self-centered, commitment-less

  -”playboy/girl” fantasies for loving genuine
• • MASTURBATION

  -abuse of sexual powers

  -lacks sexuality’s essential 

  -self-giving love or service of life 
• • PREMARITAL SEX 

  -intercourse outside marriage

  -selfishness never true love 
• • PROSTITUTION 

  -stealing one's dignity

  -reduced to mere object

  -satisfy pleasure of buyer 
• • ADULTERY 

  -marital infidelity

  -2 partners, one at least married, have sex
• SEXUAL MATURATION

  -Individual growth towards body and knowledge towards others

  -provide accurate information and promotes a safe space and supportive and good communication 
• SELF CONTROL

  -mastering oneself

  -first step to chastity 
• CHASTITY

  -Successful integration of sexuality within person and inner unity in body and spiritual being 

  -purity 
• GENDER -socially constructed designation