Trends and Beatitudes Flashcards
T/F. The happiness of a secularist negates the idea that God is its ultimate source and destiny.
True
It is the denial of the absolute because everything in reality changes.
Relativism
It has an interwoven definition with relativism and subjectivism
Individualism
It denies belief in God or proposes a sociopolitical movement to make the roles of faith and religion largely irrelevant in the public arena
Secularism
It gives way to a subjectivist notion of happiness.
Relativism
We look up to Jesus Christ as the ______ of the Father, who: calls us to communion and as the _____ who leads us to the Father
ultimate revelation, good teacher
Who said that our hearts can never find rest until they rest in Him
Saint Augustine
God is a ___ in who is found the reason for our existence
personal absolute
It is through the _____ that God came down to meet man in grace
mystery of Christ’s incarnation
As human, Christ is the ____, He represents what is excellent and perfect in us
exemplar
Christ is the ____ to the thesis that man is perverse and crooked
anti-thesis
As man, He acts out his divine love in and according to His ____
human existence
Everything He does is an act of the Son of God, a divine act in human form; His ___ is the human embodiment of the redeeming love of God
human love
The ___ of God is concretely intended by God as fulfillment of his promise of salvation; it is a _____ reality
humanity, messianic
Christ, our ___, chose the Cross as to bear the guilt….
redeemer
This is the experience that we find in the responses of the Disciples whom Jesus invited to follow Him as fishers of men
Sequela Christi
From whom did Jesus cast out seven demons and became apostle of the apostles
Mary Magdalene
Who became the apostles to the Gentiles
Saint Paul
What is John 15:12
This is my commandment; love one another as I have loved you
It is to the __ that Christ entrusted the task of proclaiming the message of salvation to all people
Church
T/F. The very name of Jesus means the one who is to save people from their sins
T
The radical change of heart
Conversion
Christ is the teacher, the ____ who has life in Himself and who is always present in His Church and in the world
Risen One
Jesus as the ___ and ____ answers the young man
patient, sensitive teacher
Faculty, Irreplaceable and Non-substitutable, Responsibility and Stewardship, Adopted children of God, Destiny,
Created in the image and likeliness of God
Empowerment, False assertion
Sanctified by the Holy Spirit
Most appropriate springboard in any moral discourse
Human Person
Take into account the experience of people
Personalistic perspective
Social and gregarious by nature
Trinitarian in origin
Social well-being and Common Good
God is the source and fulfillment of all human persons’ relationships
Open and relational by nature
Possess self-awareness
We image in our small way the Creator’s infinite knowing and loving
Conscious beings
Understands the order of things and recognize the voice of God
Reason
Essential part of our being human, not merely an instrument we use according to our whims
Body
The form/ nature of essence of a thing
Soul
Unifying principle and forms one unique human being
Embodied Spirits
Pilgrims on-the-way
Live in the middle of now and here
Dynamism in moral reflections
Historical Realities
Set of precepts that utterly demonstrate the moral standards of our Lord and at the same time resonate His call to follow Him as His disciples
Beatitudes
“the Church, in her teaching, life and worship, perpetuates and hands on to every generation all that she is and all that she believes
living Tradition
It denies the belief in God or proposes a sociopolitical movement to make the roles of faith and religion largely irrelevant in the public arena
Secularism
The denial of the absolute because everything in reality changes
Relativism
Has an interwoven definition with relativism and subjectivism
Individualism
Gives way to a subjectivist notion of happiness
Relativism
The meaning of happiness and its attainment depends on the subject/person
Relativism
Any external authority should not define the meaning of happiness
Indivisualism
Doctrine that holds that the good is whatever gives you pleasure, therefore pleasure becomes a standard of morality
Hedonism
Material possession, success, and progress are the highest values in life
Materialism
The belief that personal well-being and happiness depend on the level of consumption, particularly on the purchase of material goods
Consumerism
He associates happiness to the meaning of life
John Paul II
He explained that authentic happiness isnt found here on Earth but in God
John Paul II
He said that “to desire happiness is nothing else that to desire that one’s will be satisfied”
St. Thomas Aquinas
We strive for twofold happiness: ___ and ___
imperfect here on earth and perfect happiness consisting of the beatific vision of God in heaven
The ____ teaches us man’s true humanity and lead us to act according to our true nature
10 commandments
They suggest commitment to live out the different attitudes to attain the graces promised by God
Beatitudes
The beatitudes do not suggest certain actions but correct ___ and ___
dispositions, attitudes
Detachment from riches or honors which results from humility
Blessed are the poor in spirit
Protects man’s irascible nature from falling into excessive anger and keeps it within bounds of reason
Blessed are the meek
Moderates man’s desire for pleasure by keeping it in proportion
Blessed are those who mourn
One’s duty to one’s neighbor is a matter of justice
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness
Spontaneous inclination also leads us to go beyond what is strictly due to others and show them generosity, understanding and forgiveness without expecting anything in return
Blessed are the merciful
The effects of the active life which lead to contemplation and which perfect man himself who triumphs over the passions
Blessed are the pure in heart
T/F. The work of prayer shall be peace.
FALSE. The work of JUSTICE shall be peace.
