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Chapter 2 Flashcards

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As disciples of Jesus what are we called to do?

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Choose actions that show our love for God, others, and ourselves

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What does our conscience help us make?

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Good moral decisions

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What is moral decision-making?

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The process by which we make choices.

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Why did God give us the gift of conscience?

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To help us make decisions and to judge out decisions and our actions.

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What is conscience?

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The inner voice that can guide us to making good moral decisions.

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What are good moral decisions?

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Choices that bring us closer to God and one another.

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When we make decisions when is our conscience at work?

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Before: We make decisions, helping us to know what is good and to consider the result of our possible choices.
During: the decison making process, bringing the feelings of peace or discomfort, depending on the choices that we are making.
After: we have made decisions, enabling us to judge as good or evil the decisons that we have made and to accept responsibility for the choices that we have made.

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What is a moral compass and what does it help us to do?

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It is our conscience that directs us in our moral decision making

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What two things may try to convince us that certain things are good even when they are not?

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Peer pressure and popular culture

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What are sinful choices?

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Acting on wrong information

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What is a well formed conscience?

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A conscience that is educated so that it is able to recognize what is good & then direct us to act on that good

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We need to be able to rely on our conscience for help. We need it to clearly tell us what is ___ and what is ___.

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Sinful, good

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What does a well formed conscience help us do? (3)

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Follow the teachings of Christ, living as his disciples and growing closer to the Blessed Trinity.

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A well formed conscience does not come naturally. What must it be? How do we continue to form it?

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IT MUST BE EDUCATED. We continue to form it through our life.

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What are some sources that help form our conscience?

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It is our responsibility to seek the guidance of God’s word in Scripture, to listen to teaching of the pope and bishops, to fill our minds and hearts with the love and wisdom of our Catholic faith, to look for guidance of faithful Catholics among us, and to pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit. These are all sources that help us form our conscience.

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Forming our conscience helps us make…

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Good moral decisions

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When we have tough decisions to make what can we always do?

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  1. ) We can always talk to God about our uncertainties and fears.
  2. ) We can listen as the Holy Spirit guides and strengthens us.
  3. ) We can seek the guidance of those who show faithfullness in their discipleship to Christ and wisdom in their moral decision-making
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God continues to show what three things when we sin through that what Sacrament?

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His mercy, love and forgiveness through the Sacrament of Penance

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To prepare for the sacrament of penance how do we examine our conscience?

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We think about if our actions were based on the teachings and acts of Jesus

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What do we do in the sacrament of penance?

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We go before a priest who is acting in Jesus’ name and we confess our sins. We can be reconciled with God and the Church.

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What are acts?

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Wrongs that we committed

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What are omissions?

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Failures to do good that we are called to do

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What does God grace help us do? (3)

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Make good moral decisions, to lead good moral lives, and to resist the temptation of sin

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What else do we receive in the sacrament of penance besides God’s forgiveness?

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The gift of his grace

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What do all humans share?

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The same human dignity because we were all created by God. This makes us all one human community.

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We must realize that while choosing to disobey God and failing to love him may be a what?

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Personal sin

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Over time these personal sins affect the entire community. These sins can give rise to what?

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Structures of sin, to unjust situations and conditions that negatively impact society and its institutions. This is social sin.

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What are some examples of unjust situations and conditions in society that sin has caused?

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Prejudice, poverty, homelessness, crime, violence, and discrimination against people on the basis of their race or ethnicity are just a few unjust situations and conditions in society that sin has caused.

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How did Jesus take action against the problems of society?

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  1. ) Jesus stood up for those who were treated unjustly because they were ill or poor
  2. ) Jesus protected the people who could not protect theirselves.
  3. ) Jesus offered the peace and forgiveness that came from God’s love and forgiveness.

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