Just War isn't JUST War
We all have equal rights because we are all made this way.
In the image and likeness of God.
The word Beatitude means this in Latin.
Blessed.
Sin creates a proclivity to do this. In other words, the more you sin, the more you do this.
What is the First Commandment?
You shall have no gods before God.
God helps us to be moral. We call this what?
Grace.
Justice means giving this to others.
What is their due.
The Beatitudes respond to our natural desire for this.
Happiness.
Social sin is when a society has built-in systems of sin. Social sin is a result of this type of sin.
Personal sins.
What is the Fourth Commandment?
What is the best way to grow in holiness and virtue?
To pray.
A war cannot be just if going to war would result in this.
Worse evils than the war is already causing.
The Beatitudes are the fulfillment or the "New" version of these.
The Ten Commandments.
A sin is an action, utterance, thought, or purposeful desire that violates this.
The moral law.
When Jesus comes, he fulfills these.
The Ten Commandments.
What is mental prayer?
Communicating with God using our minds, including our imagination.
Even during wartime, this still applies.
The moral law.
The Beatitudes each end with one of these.
A promise.
List the three conditions of a mortal sin.
1. Serious matter. 2. Full knowledge. 3. Full consent.
What did Jesus say was the greatest of the commandments?
To love God with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your soul.
Justification is the process of repenting of our sins and accepting this from God.
Mercy.
The purpose of government and citizenship is to pursue this.
The common good.
What is the last Beatitude Jesus tells us?
"Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
List the three artifacts of the Fall.
Concupiscence; darkening of the intellect; weakening of the will.
Human law is an articulation of this.
God's Law.
Prayer helps you to be this.
Moral.