Truth and Freedom Chapter #5. “The Cave”“The Cave”- Mumford and Sons It's empty in the valley of your heart The sun, it rises slowly as you walk Away.

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Truth and Freedom Chapter #5

“The Cave”“The Cave”- Mumford and Sons It's empty in the valley of your heart The sun, it rises slowly as you walk Away from all the fears And all the faults you've left behind The harvest left no food for you to eat You cannibal, you meat-eater, you see But I have seen the same I know the shame in your defeat But I will hold on hope And I won't let you choke On the noose around your neck And I'll find strength in pain And I will change my ways I'll know my name as it's called again ‘Cause I have other things to fill my time You take what is yours and I'll take mine Now let me at the truth Which will refresh my broken mind So tie me to a post and block my ears I can see widows and orphans through my tears I know my call despite my faults And despite my growing fears But I will hold on hope And I won't let you choke On the noose around your neck And I'll find strength in pain And I will change my ways I'll know my name as it's called again So come out of your cave walking on your hands And see the world hanging upside down You can understand dependence When you know the maker's hand So make your siren's call And sing all you want I will not hear what you have to say ‘Cause I need freedom now And I need to know how To live my life as it's meant to be And I will hold on hope And I won't let you choke On the noose around your neck And I'll find strength in pain And I will change my ways I'll know my name as it's called again

False Notion of Freedom Pure independence No rules; do what I want In reality: Sin never sets us free. It enslaves us with its damage, guilt. We are not being who we were meant to be. Movie Clip: The Truth helps us know which way to go. The rules have meaning; “Your Going the Wrong Way!”“Your Going the Wrong Way!”

Freedom and Love Freedom exists for the sake of love, to be able to be given away. We really desire love more than freedom. Being free allows us to truly love. You can’t give what you don’t have. If you can’t say ‘no’ to sex, what is your ‘yes’ worth? We can’t make a gift of ourselves if we are not in control of ourselves.

Objective Truth It’s a reality we cannot change or decide for ourselves, but is designed in the very nature of the thing. God created us to choose between good and evil, not to determine what they are. We have a tendency to make our own definition of what is right or wrong so that it fits in with our life and choice. But morality is not about what we want; it is about what is true and good. Movie Clip: Pontius Pilate “Quid es veritas?”“Quid es veritas?”

Freedom Defined The Ability to desire and choose the good. “The more one does what is good, the freer one becomes” Bl. JPII Being free means being who God created you to be. Following the designs He has for you. With love comes responsibility. It doesn’t harm but rather helps it move as it should (like a string on a kite). Movie Clip: “With great power comes great responsibility”With great power comes great responsibility

Internal and External Constraints To understand freedom we need to remember 2 things 1. Who we are: Children of God 2. What we were created for: Love and Communion Remembering this we realize that freedom is not about living without rules or responsibilities (external constraints) but rather without internal constraints on our heart. The truly free person doesn’t need the laws because their heart already desires what it calls for (ex: the faithful husband) Loving without internal constraints requires our hearts to be transformed. We obey God’s commands not because we HAVE to but because we WANT to.

Free Will Love always requires a choice. God gives us free will so we can choose to love and follow Him. Original Sin, the Fall has made our free will has lost much of its strength. We can still choose what is good but we struggle to use our free will properly. Movie Clip: Free will allows us to reject the lies and deceptions keeping us from knowing the Truth

Christ and Freedom Christ has set us free so that, with Him, we can truly say, “yes” to Him and His truth. We long for this since freedom lets us live the truth of who we have been created to be; to be loved. “Man longs for love more than for freedom-freedom is the means and love is the end“ JPII Movie Clip: Christ frees us, He is more than a ‘crutch’He is more than a ‘crutch’