2. God is present in the world and reveals himself God the Father Jesus The Church

4.  Refers to the way we lead our lives in response to God’s love  The Church/community gives us a set of norms to help us answer the question: “What should I do?”

5. Human Dignity Grace Vocation

7. The respect owed to all human beings because they are all created in the image and likeness of God.

9.  God’s gift - A pure gift, nothing we can do to earn it  Our participation in God’s life  The help God gives us to live out our vocation  Moves us towards God and away from sin  Helps us accept forgiveness  Gives us the capacity to engage in the moral life

10.  Living the Christian Moral life is both a comfort and a challenge. It is a comfort because we can all appreciate the grace that God gives us. To know that we are loved and forgiven and accepted for who we are. It is also a challenge because grace requires us to be courageous and change certain behaviors that we are comfortable with but that are morally contrary to the Christian message of the Gospels.

11.  Denotes a relationship with God that we take for granted  God loves us no matter what, so it doesn’t matter what we do  It’s a one-way love relationship. God loves us but we don’t show we love Him

12.  Denotes a relationship with God that involves a response on our part  It is a two-way love relationship  We experience God’s love so deeply that we are moved to love others in return  It’s costly because it requires a certain sacrifice from us

14.  The way we live out our vocation varies from person to person, but everyone’s vocation is to know, love and serve God  Our vocation is to make something beautiful out of the talents that God has given us  To be co-workers with God in the continuing story of creation

15. Assignment: List as many examples as possible of the following:  Elements in our society that contribute positively to a sense of morality (TV shows, movies, books, an so on)  Elements in our culture that do not

16. Is Morality more a question of knowing what to do or knowing how to do it?

17. Answer the “For Review” questions on page 15 numbers 1-6.