The New Evangelization. What is Christ’s mandate? What does mandate mean?

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The New Evangelization

What is Christ’s mandate? What does mandate mean?

What is the same ? What is different? …Then vs Now…

Current Cultural Characteristics Relativism Individualism Materialism Secularism Be able to make distinctions

VERITAS What is truth? “truth is.” RIAQM&feature=BFa&list=UUH4- usupiIjtT7uETsnLnnQ What is the difference b/w objective truth and subjective truth

Relativism

Are all things relative? Relativism is not a single doctrine but a family of views whose common theme is that some central aspect of experience, thought, evaluation, or even reality is somehow relative to something else (Stanford encyclopedia) - Forms of relativism : “It is all a matter of opinion” Absolutism - freedom and tolerance as absolutes Make distinctions!!!!!

Tolerance and freedom are good in themselves, but they are not Gods themselves

Relativism cont…

Cultural Relativism

Moral Relativism

What IS wrong with relativism? What are consequences of a “relativistic” mentality?

Truth is. Vs. Opinion is. Truth doesn’t change according to your ability to stomach it. (see poster) Principle of non-contradiction: something can’t “be and not be” at the same time. is the test easy? = relative Is he tall? = relative Does that chair exist? =

Gospel answer to relativism? The Truth will set you free I am the way the truth The Lord is our God – the Lord is one.

Individualism Looking out for number 1 Theme song in Hell = “I did it my way”

Individualism vs individuality/diversity

Gospel response to individualism? God Team Me

materialism

Materialism Product as an end vs people as an end You are a human being not a human doing Nothing you can DO can win God’s love for you. It is always there. Everything is a grace. You must be poor of spirit and detached to be open to it.

Secularism

Secularism in govt. Catholic Charities Adoption Agencies closed Refusal to rent public building to Christians Petition this Christmas to call Catholic Church a ‘hate group’ HHS Mandate

Gloria = well spoken on HHS dec31 hobby lobby pope on secularism

Compatability (natural law)

Separation of Church and State Universal Declaration of Human Rights United Nations and the Arab Spring

Are there ways you see relativism, individualism, materialism or secularism in the your teenage world?

What should the new evangelization look like?

What is your responsibility in the new evangelization?

Describe the behavior of a true follower of Christ in today’s society….

Christian Virtue – not acting on feeling – but on choice of the good Prayer – Concern for others – awareness of others