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Catholic Morality

Moral Decision Making

Original Sin

However, because of the Fall, we suffer the impact of Original Sin.

  • Baptism delivers us from Original Sin, but not from its effects, which
  • weakens our will
  • inclines us to sin

Morality

The task of distinguishing between good and evil and applying these distinctions to human behavior.

It is understood through:

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• Natural Reason

• Church teachings (Tradition)

• Scripture

Free Will

A gift from God that enables us

to seek and love what is true, good

and beautiful.

Where does that leaves us?

Within us, we each have...

  • The powerful surge to do good because we are made in the image of God

But,

PRAISE BE TO GOD!

  • The darker impulses toward evil because of the effects of Original Sin.
  • Christ's dying and rising offers us new life in the Spirit.
  • His saving grace delivers us from sin
  • heals sin's damage within us

The Bottom Line

"Do the right thing, at the right time, in the best way possible, for the love of God."

Mary Mazzarello

Guidelines for determining

the morality of an action

Circumstance

(where, when, how, with whom)

Object

(what we do)

What are the circumstances surrounding the action?

Is the action itself

good or bad (or evil)?

  • Circumstances can affect the morality of an act.

  • They can increase or lessen the goodness of an act, and,

  • therefore, a person's level of responsibility for that act.

The Excellence of Virtues

If the action is inherently wrong, a good intention does not make it right.

Intent

(Why we do it)

What is the intent of the action?

A good act

done with a bad intention

makes the whole action bad.

How do we acquire the human virtues?

  • Frequent Repetition of virtuous acts

  • seeing them in the good example of others

Cardinal Virtues

All human virtues "hinge" on the four Cardinal Virtues

Virtue - "an habitual and firm disposition to do good" CCC 1803

  • prudence
  • justice
  • fortitude
  • temperance
  • Human virtues
  • Theological virtues

Two Core Principles of

Catholic Morality

Human Dignity

Human Virtues

The Theological Virtues

The truth that "every person bears the dignity of being made in the image of God." www.usscb.org

  • Form our soul
  • guide our conduct

Examples include:

Solidarity

Acquired not through human effort

infused within us at Baptism as gifts from God.

The belief that we exist in community, and therefore, our actions always effect the community.

  • Compassion
  • responsibility
  • sense of duty
  • self-discipline and restraint
  • honesty
  • loyalty
  • friendship
  • courage
  • persistence

The Formation of Conscience

"A good conscience requires lifelong formation."

www.usccb.org

The Gifts of the Spirit

Conscience

The

Sacraments

"a judgment of reason by which the human person recognizes the moral quality of a concrete act." CCC 1796

the inner voice that helps us to know the law God has placed in our hearts.

Tools to help us!

The Lives of the Saints

  • Study
  • Prayer
  • Practice

Ten

Commandments

The Beatitudes

A well-formed conscience

makes judgments that conform to reason and the good that is willed by God.

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