1. Chapter 3 Law as a Guide to Freedom
“I thought a king could do whatever he wants.” Simba

2. Chapter 3 Law as a Guide to Freedom
“The grail cannot pass beyond
the great seal.” Wise Knight

3. Freedom and Responsibility
Because we are made in God’s image we have the power to think and choose.
We can search for truth.
We are the masters of our own actions.
We have the ability to love.

4. Freedom and Responsibility
Freedom makes us responsible for our choices and actions.
How we use our freedom determines if we will grow in holiness or if we will sin.
DETERMINISM: denies that humans are free to choose.
Our faith does NOT agree with determinism.

5. Kinds of Freedom External Freedom
Freedom from factors outside of ourselves that threaten or destroy our power to make choices.
Internal
Freedom from internal factors that limit our choices.

6. Internal or External #1 #2 #4 #5 #3

7.    
                          
Internal or External #3 #1 #2 #4 #5

8. Freedom Do we measure freedom by the number of choices we have?
Are we more free if we have more choices?

9. Human Freedom Is not absolute Is limited Unlimited freedom is License.
License is: unbridled, excessive, undisciplined freedom that abuses true liberty.

10. Abuses Against Freedom
Abuse of freedom = sin.

11. St. Cecilia

12. St. Cecilia

13. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
November 22, 1963

14. Open Notebook Worksheet Quiz

15. Limits of Freedom Physical Intellectual Emotional Experiential
Psychological
Social

16. Limits of Freedom Impediments
Can limit our responsibility for some actions.
Ignorance
Inadvertence
Duress
Inordinate Attachments
Fear
Habit

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19. ADVENT

20. Historical Advent God made a promise.
The Jewish people WAIT for the Messiah.

21. Physical Advent
God made a promise.
Mary waits for her child’s birth.

22. Personal Advent
God made a promise.
We wait for his coming for us.

23. Eschatological Advent
God made a promise.
Jesus will return for us.

24. Spiritual Advent God made a promise.
We wait to find God in: prayer, Scripture, the Eucharist, in ourselves and in the poor.

25. Liturgical Advent God made a promise. Our church waits.
Advent: the time to listen for footsteps - you can't hear footsteps when you're running yourself.
Bill McKibben

26. Feast of St. Andrew Who are your friends?

27. Limits of Freedom
Spiritual practices such as prayer and self denial help us to gain freedom.
Self denial: saying “no” to some wants in order to say “yes” to a greater want.
Delaying gratification for a greater reward.

28. Saying “NO” in order to say “YES!”
Eat Healthy!

29. Say “no” in order to say “yes.”
EXERCISE

30. Saying “no” in order to say “yes.”
Success in School

31. Saying “no” for a greater “yes.”
Being trustworthy

32. Saying “no” for a greater “yes.”
Drive Safely

33. Saying “no” in order to say “yes.”
Being faithful

35. Aids Orphans

36. Historical Advent Physical Advent Liturgical Advent Spiritual Advent Eschatological Advent Personal Advent

38. “May you find something worth living for, even worth dying for
“May you find something worth living for, even worth dying for.” Ita Ford

39. Responsibility With freedom comes responsibility.
We are accountable for our actions.
We own our actions. (imputable)
We are responsible for the consequences.

40. Feast of St. Nicholas

41. Remember the Economically Poor
                                                                                                    
Remember the Economically Poor

42. Pearl Harbor Memorial

43. Feast of the Immaculate Conception

44. Mary and Anne and Joachim

45. Emotions and Morality Emotions are morally neutral.
Emotions need to be directed toward good.
Use your will to direct your emotions.
This makes one free.

46. Emotions, often called feelings,
What Are Emotions?
Emotions, often called feelings,
include experiences
such as
love, hate,
anger, trust,
joy, panic,
fear,
and grief.

48. What is Emotional Intelligence?
Emotional intelligence refers to people's ability to monitor
their own and other people's emotional states
and to use this information
to act wisely in relationships.

49. Emotional intelligence has five parts:
Self-awareness: recognizing internal feelings
2. Managing emotions: finding ways to handle emotions that are appropriate to the situation
3.Motivation: using self-control to channel emotions toward a goal

50. 4.Empathy: understanding the
emotional perspective
of other people
5.Handling relationships: using
personal information and
information about others to handle
social relationships and to develop
interpersonal skills

51. Emotional Intelligence

52. Researchers are beginning to develop tests that can measure emotional intelligence.
Scientists who study emotions generally believe that people with high emotional intelligence usually work well in cooperative situations and are good at motivating and managing others.
People with low emotional intelligence often misinterpret emotional signals and have difficulty with relationships.

53. Although emotional intelligence probably has
an inherited component,
many psychologists
believe that people can be guided
into making better use
of the emotional intelligence
that they possess.

54. Saint Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe

55. Law and Morality Good law guides human freedom.
Moral Law comes from the Trinity.
It is reasonable, for the common good, from competent authority, and promulgated.

56. NATURAL LAW
The light of understanding in each one of us given to us at creation by God.
NL is universal, permanent and unchanging. Applies to all peoples.

57. REVEALED LAW
Made up of Old Law and Law of the Gospel, the Civil Law and Church Law.

58. The OLD LAW
The Law of Moses
The Decalogue---Ten Commandments.

59. The New Law The Gospel of Jesus Christ The Sermon on the Mount
The Two Greatest Commandments.
The Sermon on the Mount

60. Church Law The Six Precepts of the Church
The minimal obligation of faithful Catholics.
Canon Law: officially established rules for governing the Church.

61. Civil Law
Taking natural law and applying it to society.