Lesson 1 - Search for True Happiness

Question 1

letting lay (laicite, laicism) or secular part of the world play its legitimate role, free of improper control or dominance from religious authorities (James Bretzke)

Answer 1

Secularism

Question 2

It denies belief in God or proposes a socio political movement to make the roles of faith and religion largely irrelevant in the public arena

Answer 2

Secularism

Question 3

The process of secularization tends to reduce the faith and the Church to the sphere of the private and personal

Answer 3

Secularism

Question 4

Evangelii Gaudium

By completely rejecting the transcendent, it has produced a growing deterioration of ethics, a weakening of the sense of personal and collective sin, and a steady increase in relativism

Answer 4

Secularism

Question 5

Happiness for a secularist negates the idea that God is its ultimate source and destiny

true or false

Answer 5

True

Question 6

as point of view, is the denial of the absolute because everything in reality changes

Answer 6

Relativism

Question 7

has an interwoven definition with relativism and subjectivism

Answer 7

Relativism

Question 8

holds that the meaning of happiness and its attainment depends on the subject or the person alone, hence SUBJECTIVIST

Answer 8

RELATIVISM

Question 9

views that any external authority should not define the meaning of happiness so it is the I-Me-My-Mine who is in-charge of my own happiness and no one can ever dictate to me what will make me happy

Answer 9

INDIVIDUALISM

Question 10

The Individual determines truth(not discovers!)

Question 11

Reality is not Perceived, it is created

Question 12

By embracing relativism, our culture has reached a point of insanity:
what are the three?

Answer 12

Contradiction
Triviality
Absurdity

Question 13

is the doctrine that holds that the Good is whatever gives you pleasure and therefore, pleasure becomes the standard of morality

Answer 13

HEDONISM

Question 14

For the hedonist, pleasure ranges from the physical exhilaration to the material things which the world cunningly offers.

true or false

Answer 14

true

Question 15

suggests that material possession, success, and progress are the highest values in life

Answer 15

Materialism

Question 16

is the belief that personal wellbeing and happiness depend on a very large extent, on the level of consumption, particularly on the purchase of material goods.

Answer 16

Consumerism

Question 17

comes from the greek word “chara”

what does it mean?

Answer 17

state of happiness

Question 18

from the greek word chara comes the word “______” which means _________.

Answer 18

charisma; grace or gift

Question 19

Joy or happiness is not a grace and not a gift from God

true or false

Answer 19

false

Question 20

Happiness is: “nothing else than to desire that one’s will be satisfied.”

who said this?

Answer 20

St. Thomas Aquinas

Question 21

St. Thoms Aquinas acknowledges that we strive for twofold happiness

An _______ happiness while here on earth
A _______ happiness consisting of the beatific vision of God in Heaven

Answer 21

An imperfect happiness while here on earth

A perfect happiness consisting of the beatific vision of God in Heaven

Question 22

It teaches man’s true humanity

Answer 22

Decalogue

Question 23

they shed light on the essential duties, and indirectly on the fundamental rights inherent in the nature of the human person

It leads us to act according to our true nature

Answer 23

Decalogue

Question 24

Emphasized the External Actions we need to follow

Answer 24

Old Testament

Question 25

Emphasized the **Internal Dispositions** *we need to have*

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New Testament

Question 26

Beatitude is simply an ‘if and then’ or ‘cause and effect’ true or false

Answer 26

false coz it’s not

Question 27

Beatitudes suggest commitment to live out the different suggested attitudes to attain the graces promised by God. | true or false

Answer 27

true

Question 28

The beatitudes, gives us an idea that the true happiness that we should pursue cannot be totally attained in this world through temporal things but eternally reside in heaven | true or false

Answer 28

true

Question 29

10 Beatitudes

Answer 29

- Blessed are you Poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. - Blessed are you Hungry, you shall be satisfied. - Blessed are you that Weep, you shall laugh. - Blessed are those Mourn, they shall be comforted. - Blessed are the Meek, they shall inherit the earth. - Blessed are the Merciful, they shall obtain mercy. - Blessed are Pure in Heart, they shall see God. - Blessed are the Peacemakers, they shall be called children of God.

Question 30

The Beatitudes *_do not suggest certain actions_* but **correct dispositions** and **attitudes.**

Answer 30

Yes

Question 31

They *remain necessary in forming our will to _choose the Good_* and **turn to God.**

Question 32

The Beatitudes indicate a way of life, a **life that finds its full actualisation in God**, *the one true source of happiness*

Question 33

Refers to the **need for detachment** either from _riches or honours_, which *results from humility.*

Answer 33

Blessed are to poor in spirit

Question 34

- **Wealth ensures _nothing_**, Indeed. - *Once we think we are rich*, we can _become so self-satisfied_ that **_we leave no room for God’s word_**, for the **_love of our brothers and sisters_**, or **_for the enjoyment of the most important things in life._** - **We miss out on the greatest treasure of all**. That is why **Jesus calls blessed those who are poor in spirit, those who have a poor heart,** *for there the Lord can enter with his perennial newness.* - Being POOR OF HEART: that is holines

Answer 34

Blessed are the poor in spirit.

Question 35

**Protects man’s irascible nature** *_from falling into excessive anger_* and keeps it within the bounds of reason

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Blessed are the meek

Question 36

- Ultimately, it is the **reign of pride and vanity**, where *each person thinks he or she has the right to dominate others.* - Christ says: “Learn from me; for I am gentle ad humble of heart, and you will find rest for your souls.” (MT 11:29) If we are constantly upset and impatient with others, we will end up drained and weary. But if we regard the faults and limitations with tenderness and meekness, without and air of superiority, we can actually help them. - REACTING with MEEKNESS and HUMILITY: That is holiness

Answer 36

Blessed are the meek

Question 37

**Moderates man’s desire for pleasure** by keeping it in proportion, which is the effect on us *_when we suffer trials_*, tribulations and the *_death of loved ones_*

Answer 37

Blessed are those who mourn

Question 38

- A person who *sees things* as they truly are **_sympathizes with pain and sorrow_** is _capable of touching life’s depths_ and **finding authentic happiness.** - They discover the meaning of life by **coming to the aid of those who suffer**, _understanding their anguish_ and _bringing relief_. - They sense that the other is flesh of our flesh, and are not afraid to draw near, even to touch their wounds. - Knowing how to mourn with others: That is Holiness

Answer 38

Blessed are those who mourn

Question 39

**Gives to everyone what is due to them** because one’s duty to one’s neighbor is a matter of justice, not as one who is pressed into service but ardently and willingly.

Answer 39

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness.

Question 40

- There are those who desire justice and yearn for righteousness with great intensity. - Jesus says that they will be satisfied, for sooner or later justice will come. We can cooperate to make that possible, even if we may not always see the fruit of our efforts. - “Seek Justice, correct oppression; defend the fatherless, plead the widow (Is 1:17) - Hungering and thirsting for righteousness: That is holiness

Answer 40

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness.

Question 41

Goes beyond what is strictly due to others and **shows them generosity**, **understanding** and **forgiveness**, *_without expecting anything in return._*

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Blessed are the merciful.

Question 42

- Mercy has two aspects. It involves **_giving_**, **_helping_** and **_serving others_**, but is also *includes _forgiveness_ and _understanding_.* - Giving and forgiving means reproducing in our lives small measure of God’s perfection, which **gives and forgives** superabundantly. - Seeing and acting with mercy: That is Holiness

Answer 42

Blessed are the merciful.

Question 43

The effects of the active life, which **lead to contemplation** and *which perfect man himself who _triumphs over the passions_*.

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Blessed are the pure of heart.

Question 44

- Certainly there *can be _no love without works of love_*, but this Beatitude reminds us that the *Lord _expects a commitment* to our brothers and sisters _that comes from the heart_* - For “if I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but I have no love, I gain nothing. - From the heart’s intentions come the desire and the deepest decision that determine our actions - Keeping a heart free of all that tarnishes love: That is holiness

Answer 44

Blessed are the pure of heart.

Question 45

Man in his relations with his neighbors, have peace as their effect, as we read in Isaiah 32:17: “The work of justice *_shall be peace_*.”

Answer 45

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Question 46

- **Peacemakers _truly “make” peace_**; they _build peace and friendship in society._ - To those who sow peace Jesus makes this magnificent promises: ”they will be called children of God” (Mt 5:9) - _Sowing peace all around us_: That is Holiness

Answer 46

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Question 47

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Question 48

To be Holy is to be

Answer 48

HAPPY :)