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Slide1
Home team tasks: (page 91-92)
1 – Advertisement of “instant” products
2- Dramatize Joshua and Caleb and the Israelites on their decision about marching into the land of Canaan.
3 – Dramatize the responses of God and Moses to Israelites decision not to march against Canaan.
4 – Dramatize Moses’ show of lack of faith at
Meribah
and the consequences of it.
5 - Dramatize how you would act in difficult situations such as when your parents didn’t allow you to a party with a costume you prepared for the next day because you violated your curfew time the evening before the day of the party.
Slide2Slide3Numbers
13-14
Exploring
Canaan
13 The
Lord
said to Moses,
2
“Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.”
3
So at the
Lord
’s command Moses sent them out from the Desert of
Paran
. All of them were leaders of the Israelites.
4
These are their names:
from the tribe of Reuben,
Shammua
son of
Zakkur
;
5
from the tribe of Simeon,
Shaphat
son of Hori;
6
from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of
Jephunneh
;
7
from the tribe of Issachar,
Igal
son of Joseph;
8
from the tribe of Ephraim,
Hoshea
son of Nun;
9
from the tribe of Benjamin,
Palti
son of
Raphu
;
10
from the tribe of Zebulun,
Gaddiel
son of
Sodi
;
11
from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph),
Gaddi
son of Susi;
12
from the tribe of Dan,
Ammiel
son of
Gemalli
;
13
from the tribe of Asher,
Sethur
son of Michael;
14
from the tribe of Naphtali,
Nahbi
son of
Vophsi
;
15
from the tribe of Gad,
Geuel
son of Maki.
Slide4Home team tasks: (page 91-92)
1 – Advertisement of “instant” products2- Dramatize Joshua and Caleb and the Israelites on their decision about marching into the land of Canaan.3 – Dramatize the responses of God and Moses to Israelites decision not to march against Canaan.
4 – Dramatize Moses’ show of lack of faith at
Meribah
and the consequences of it.
5 - Dramatize how you would act in difficult situations such as when your parents didn’t allow you to a party with a costume you prepared for the next day because you violated your curfew time the evening before the day of the party.
Slide5Slide6Slide7How did the scouts describe the land of Canaan?
Slide8NUMBERS 13
25 When they returned from spying out the land, at the end of forty days, 26 they proceeded to come to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel
in
the wilderness of
Paran
, at Kadesh; and they brought back word to them and to all the congregation and showed them the fruit of the land.
27
Thus they told him, and said, “We went in to the land where you sent us; and it certainly does flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit.
28
Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified
and
very large;
Slide9How would you have felt after hearing about Canaan?
Would you have decided to march into the land? Why or why not?
Slide10NUMBERS 13
30 Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We should by all means go up and take possession of it, for we will surely overcome it.”
31
But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are too strong for us.”
Slide11NUMBERS 14
Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night. 2
All the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them,
“Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!
3
Why is the
Lord
bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”
4
So they said to one another,
“Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
Slide12NUMBERS 14
6 Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh
, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;
7
and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, “
The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land.
8
If the
Lord
is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us—a land which flows with milk and honey.
9
Only do not rebel against the
Lord
; and do not fear the people of the land, for they will be our
prey
. Their
protection
has been removed from them, and the
Lord
is with us; do not fear them.”
10
But all the congregation said to stone them with stones.
Slide13Why were Joshua and Caleb ready to march on Canaan, even though the other Israelites were filled with fear?
Slide1410
But all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Then the glory of the Lord appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons of Israel.
Slide15The "tent of meeting" is another name used for the Jewish tabernacle that was built as a place of worship for the people of Israel during their 40-year wilderness journey after leaving Egypt ("tabernacle" means tent). The design or pattern for this tent of meeting was given to Moses by the Lord on Mount Sinai (
Exodus 25—27).
Slide16What decision did the Israelites make?
Slide17Once they made that decision what was God’s response? Why did he give such response?
Slide18NUMBERS 14
11 The Lord said to Moses, “How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have performed in their midst?
12
I will smite them with
[
e
]
pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they
.”
Slide19What was Moses’ response to God?
Slide20Numbers:
17 But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared
,
18
‘The
Lord
is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear
the guilty
, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children
to
the third and the fourth
generations
.’
19
Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”
Slide21Did God pardon the congregation after Moses interceded for them?
Slide22NUMBERS 14
20 So the Lord said, “I have pardoned them
according to your word;
21
but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the
Lord
.
Slide23What did the Israelites suffer because of their sins?
Slide24NUMBERS 14
22 Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice,
23
shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it.
Does this tell us that nobody among them who were in Exodus ever entered the Land of Canaan?
Slide25NUMBERS 14
30Surely you shall not come into the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb
the son of
Jephunneh
and
Joshua
the son of Nun.
31
Your children, however, whom you said would become a prey—I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have
rejected.
Slide26NUMBERS 14
32 But as for you, your corpses will fall in this wilderness. 33
Your sons shall be shepherds for forty years in the wilderness, and they will suffer
for
your unfaithfulness, until your corpses lie in the wilderness.
.
Slide27NUMBERS 14
39 When Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people mourned greatly. 40 In the morning
, however, they rose up early and went up to the
ridge
of the hill country, saying,
“Here we are;
we
have indeed sinned, but we will go up to the place which the
Lord
has promised
.”
Slide28Did Moses agree for people to go to the land of promise?
Slide29NUMBERS 14
41 But Moses said, “Why then are you transgressing the commandment of the Lord
, when it will not succeed?
42
Do not go up, or you will be struck down before your enemies, for the
Lord
is not among you.
43
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there in front of you, and you will fall by the sword,
in as much
as you have turned back from following the
Lord
. And the
Lord
will not be with you
.”
Slide30Did the people listen to Moses’ warning not to go otherwise they will be struck down by enemies?
Slide31NUMBERS 14
44 But they went up heedlessly to the ridge of the hill country; neither the ark of the covenant of the
Lord
nor Moses left the camp.
45
Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down, and struck them and beat them down as far as
Hormah
.
Slide32Turn your textbook to page 92,
“A Complaining People”
Slide33On page 92, A Complaining People
What did Israelites do whenever any went wrong during their years of wandering?
Slide34On page 92, A Complaining People
They complained to Moses and Aaron and blamed them for each problem.
Slide35NUMBERS 14
Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night. 2
All the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them,
“Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness!
3
Why is the
Lord
bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?”
4
So they said to one another,
“Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt.”
Slide36On page 92, A Complaining People
Can you recall two ways in which God provided for his complaining people?
Slide37Exodus 16 The whole Israelite community set out from
Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt
.
2
In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
3
The Israelites said to them,
“If only we had died by the
Lord
’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”
Slide38Exodus 16 The whole Israelite community set out from
Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had come out of Egypt
.
2
In the desert the whole community grumbled against Moses and Aaron.
3
The Israelites said to them,
“If only we had died by the
Lord
’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.”
Slide39Exodus 16: 13
That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
14
When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor.
15
And
when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they
wist
not what it was. And Moses said unto them,
this
is the bread which the
Lord
hath given you to eat
.
Slide40Exodus 17
The whole Israelite community set out from the Desert of Sin, traveling from place to place as the Lord commanded. They camped at
Rephidim
,
but there was no water for the people to drink.
Slide41Exodus 17
So they quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.”Moses replied, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you put the
Lord
to the test?”
3
But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said,
“Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?”
Slide42Exodus 17: 5
The Lord answered Moses, “Go out in front of the people. Take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
6
I will stand there before you by the rock at
Horeb
. Strike the rock, and water will come out of it for the people to drink.”
So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Slide43Numbers 20
In the first month the whole Israelite community arrived at the Desert of Zin, and they stayed at Kadesh. There Miriam died and was
buried.
2
Now there was no water for the community, and the people gathered in opposition to Moses and Aaron.
Slide44Numbers 20:
3 They quarreled with Moses and said, “If only we had died when our brothers fell dead before the Lord
!
4
Why did you bring the
Lord
’s community into this wilderness, that we and our livestock should die here?
5
Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to this terrible place? It has no grain or figs, grapevines or pomegranates. And there is no water to drink!”
Slide45Numbers 20:
6 Moses and Aaron went from the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting and fell facedown, and the glory of the Lord appeared to them.
7
The
Lord
said to Moses,
8
“Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”
Slide46What had God wanted to do at the rock at
Meribah?
Slide47God wanted to show his glory and loving care for His people.
Slide48How did Moses show a lack of faith at
Meribah?
Slide49If you re-read Numbers 20:7-8, the Lord commanded them to
to speak to the rock and told them that it would bring forth water.
Numbers 20: 7
The
Lord
said to Moses,
8
“Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together.
Speak
to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”
Slide50Instead
, Moses and Aaron decided to strike the rock for water, which was a method of obtaining water that had previously been successful for them (Ex. 17:5–7).
Numbers 20:10
He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?”
Numbers 20: 11
Then Moses raised his arm and
struck the rock twice with his staff
. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.
Moses did not honor God. “Must
we
bring you water…” That’s how Moses put it to the people. Moses did not honor God
as holy
. His actions made it look like Moses was the one with the power, not the holy God
.
Slide51In other words, they decided to ignore the Lord’s request and go with what had worked before,
and Moses spoke as if he doubted the Lord’s unfailing love;
which
demonstrated a lack of faith
(Num. 20:12)
Slide52Why and How did God punish Aaron and Moses?
Slide5312
But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.”
Slide5427
Moses did as the
Lord
commanded: They went up
Mount
Hor
in the sight of the whole community.
28
Moses removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son
Eleazar
.
And Aaron died there on top of the mountain.
Slide55Deuteronomy 34
Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the
Lord
showed him the whole
land…
Deuteronomy 34:4
Then the
Lord
said to him,
“This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it.”
Slide565
And Moses the servant of the Lord died there in Moab, as the Lord had said.
7
Moses was a hundred and twenty years old when he died, yet his eyes were not weak nor his strength gone.
8
The Israelites grieved for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days, until the time of weeping and mourning was over.
Slide57Deuteronomy
34:
10
Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the
Lord
knew face to face,
11
who did all those signs and wonders the
Lord
sent him to do in Egypt—to Pharaoh and to all his officials and to his whole land.
Slide58What does this story teach us about the importance of our decisions?
Slide59We must be ready to accept
_____________(the results of our actions and decisions).
consequences
Slide60Everyone acts without thought once in a while.
But when that happens, we are still ___________ for the result of our actions and decisions.
responsible
Slide61How were Moses and Aaron different than that of the majority of tribes (except that of Joshua and Caleb) in the way they responded to the consequence (not to be able to enter Canaan) of their actions/decisions at
Meribah?
Slide62What could be the consequences for the following decision/action taken:
Home team 5 skit (curfew violation)
Slide63Like Moses and Aaron, how can you show your responsibility for the consequences of your actions/decisions?
Slide64Prayer
O
God, who taught the whole world through the preaching of the blessed Apostle Paul, draw us, we pray, nearer to you through the example of him whose conversion we celebrate today, and so make us witnesses to your truth in the world. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever
. Amen
Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul, Apostle
Slide65(On a paper)
Graded Written Class Work:
LIST
5
NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED AT
HOME AND IN SCHOOL.
WRITE THE ACTION/
DECISION YOU MADE THAT RESULTED TO SUCH NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES
HOW
DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU EXPERIENCED THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES?
WHAT
DID YOU DO AFTER YOU EXPERIENCED THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCE?
Grounded by
parents
Violated
the curfew time
Sad
Admitted
my mistake and respectfully obeyed my parents to follow my curfew time always.
Slide66Is it enough to believe in your mind that God loves and cares for you?
Slide67Real faith cannot exist just in the mind.
It always influences the way we live and act.
Slide68The Israelites claimed to believe in God’s love and care, but whenever anything went wrong they complained about God’s ways.
Slide69The Israelites wanted to be
happy but their struggles in the desert led them to complain.(Worshipping a golden calf,
disobedience, and blaming God)
Slide70All along God wanted them to realize that
True happiness
Can only be found by those who trust in him and obey his law of love.
Slide71Deuteronomy 28: 1
If you fully obey the
Lord
your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the
Lord
your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
2
All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the
Lord
your
God.
Slide72It is not always easy to do the right thing,
But we have the free will to choose to do the right thing.
Slide73Because we have free will,
We are morally responsible when we do something wrong because we are able to choose.
Slide74But our free will depends on an informed conscience.
We must work to have a well-informed conscience and correct any errors of conscience.
Slide75Catholic
examination of conscience traditionally follows the outline of the _________________based on the Old Testament.
What are two big questions we ask in our examination of conscience?
Ten Commandments
Slide76Two big questions we ask in our examination of conscience are:
Have I loved God?
Have I loved myself and others?
These are from the two great commandments of Jesus.
Slide77Slide78Slide79Slide80Slide812.
3. Remember to keep holy the Lord’s day.
Slide82Slide834. Honor your father and your mother.
Slide84Slide85Slide86Slide87Slide88Slide89Slide90Slide91In the New Testament, Jesus taught us that true happiness is found only in God.
Jesus modelled and gave us the
_________________ – a recipe for finding happiness in the Kingdom of God.
(Matthew 5:3-12)
Textbook, Page 93
Eight Beatitudes
Slide92Slide93The Beatitudes give us choices that help us to love God above all else.
Textbook, Page 93
The Beatitudes do not provide specific directions on how to live our lives, as the Ten Commandments do.
Rather, Beatitudes challenge us to be people of
_____________
(a firm attitude, mind-set, or disposition to do good).
VIRTUE
Slide94Recall the seven
noble virtues vs seven deadly sins.
Slide95Slide96Comparison Recap (Similarities and Differences)
Ten Commandments -
(Old Testament)
Eight Beatitudes -
(New Testament)
Given to the Chosen People -
(?)
Given to the Chosen People -
(?)
http://copiosa.org/body/beatitudes_decalogue.htm
Slide97Comparison Recap (Similarities and Differences)
Ten Commandments -
(Old Testament)
Eight Beatitudes -
(New Testament)
Given to the Chosen People -
(Jewish People)
Given to the Chosen People -
(You and me)
http://copiosa.org/body/beatitudes_decalogue.htm
Slide98Comparison Recap (Similarities and Differences)
Ten Commandments -
(Old Testament)
Eight Beatitudes -
(New Testament)
Given to the Chosen People -
(Jewish People)
Given to the Chosen People -
(You and me)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(?)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(?)
http://copiosa.org/body/beatitudes_decalogue.htm
Slide99Comparison Recap (Similarities and Differences)
Ten Commandments -
(Old Testament)
Eight Beatitudes -
(New Testament)
Given to the Chosen People -
(Jewish People)
Given to the Chosen People -
(You and me)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(Yahweh)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(Jesus Christ)
http://copiosa.org/body/beatitudes_decalogue.htm
Slide100Comparison Recap (Similarities and Differences)
Ten Commandments -
(Old Testament)
Eight Beatitudes -
(New Testament)
Given to the Chosen People -
(Jewish People)
Given to the Chosen People -
(You and me)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(Yahweh)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(Jesus Christ)
Characterized by Law -
(?)
Characterized by Love -
(?)
http://copiosa.org/body/beatitudes_decalogue.htm
Slide101Comparison Recap (Similarities and Differences)
Ten Commandments -
(Old Testament)
Eight Beatitudes -
(New Testament)
Given to the Chosen People -
(Jewish People)
Given to the Chosen People -
(You and me)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(Yahweh)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(Jesus Christ)
Characterized by Law -
(Basis of the Law of Moses and the Prophets)
Characterized by Love -
(Jesus 'lived' the Beatitudes)
http://copiosa.org/body/beatitudes_decalogue.htm
Slide102Comparison Recap (Similarities and Differences)
Ten Commandments -
(Old Testament)
Eight Beatitudes -
(New Testament)
Given to the Chosen People -
(Jewish People)
Given to the Chosen People -
(You and me)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(Yahweh)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(Jesus Christ)
Characterized by Law -
(Basis of the Law of Moses and the Prophets)
Characterized by Love -
(Jesus 'lived' the Beatitudes)
Joy comes from doing the Will of God
Joy comes from doing the Will of God
http://copiosa.org/body/beatitudes_decalogue.htm
Slide103Comparison Recap (Similarities and Differences)
Ten Commandments -
(Old Testament)
Eight Beatitudes -
(New Testament)
Given to the Chosen People -
(Jewish People)
Given to the Chosen People -
(You and me)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(Yahweh)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(Jesus Christ)
Characterized by Law -
(Basis of the Law of Moses and the Prophets)
Characterized by Love -
(Jesus 'lived' the Beatitudes)
Joy comes from doing the Will of God
Joy comes from doing the Will of God
Human Race was
not
prepared for the Beatitudes when
___?___
first received the Decalogue on
Mount Sinai.
Beatitudes are powered by the Treasures of Heavenly Grace Merited by the Passion and Death of
___?___
http://copiosa.org/body/beatitudes_decalogue.htm
Slide104Comparison Recap (Similarities and Differences)
Ten Commandments -
(Old Testament)
Eight Beatitudes -
(New Testament)
Given to the Chosen People -
(Jewish People)
Given to the Chosen People -
(You and me)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(Yahweh)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(Jesus Christ)
Characterized by Law -
(Basis of the Law of Moses and the Prophets)
Characterized by Love -
(Jesus 'lived' the Beatitudes)
Joy comes from doing the Will of God
Joy comes from doing the Will of God
Human Race was
not
prepared for the Beatitudes when Moses first received the Decalogue on
Mount Sinai.
Beatitudes are powered by the Treasures of Heavenly Grace Merited by the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ
http://copiosa.org/body/beatitudes_decalogue.htm
Slide105Comparison Recap (Similarities and Differences)
Ten Commandments -
(Old Testament)
Eight Beatitudes -
(New Testament)
Given to the Chosen People -
(Jewish People)
Given to the Chosen People -
(You and me)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(Yahweh)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(Jesus Christ)
Characterized by Law -
(Basis of the Law of Moses and the Prophets)
Characterized by Love -
(Jesus 'lived' the Beatitudes)
Joy comes from doing the Will of God
Joy comes from doing the Will of God
Human Race was
not
prepared for the Beatitudes when Moses first received the Decalogue on
Mount Sinai.
Beatitudes are powered by the Treasures of Heavenly Grace Merited by the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ
Directed to Human Beings, who could
___?___
-
Decalogue is the bare-minimum for Salvation.
___?___,
Who could not Sin, 'lived' the Beatitudes -
Beatitudes are the Ultimate means of Salvation.
http://copiosa.org/body/beatitudes_decalogue.htm
Slide106Comparison Recap (Similarities and Differences)
Ten Commandments -
(Old Testament)
Eight Beatitudes -
(New Testament)
Given to the Chosen People -
(Jewish People)
Given to the Chosen People -
(You and me)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(Yahweh)
Given by God/Divine Revelation -
(Jesus Christ)
Characterized by Law -
(Basis of the Law of Moses and the Prophets)
Characterized by Love -
(Jesus 'lived' the Beatitudes)
Joy comes from doing the Will of God
Joy comes from doing the Will of God
Human Race was
not
prepared for the Beatitudes when Moses first received the Decalogue on
Mount Sinai.
Beatitudes are powered by the Treasures of Heavenly Grace Merited by the Passion and Death of Jesus Christ
Directed to Human Beings, who could Sin -
Decalogue is the bare-minimum for Salvation.
Jesus, Who could not Sin, 'lived' the Beatitudes -
Beatitudes are the Ultimate means of Salvation.
http://copiosa.org/body/beatitudes_decalogue.htm
Slide107Slide108"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."
"Poor in spirit" means to be
________________.
http://jesuschristsavior.net/Beatitudes.html
humble
Slide109Humility or being humble
is the realization that all your gifts and blessings come from the grace of God.
http://jesuschristsavior.net/Beatitudes.html
That’s why the poor in spirit are those
whose hearts are detached
from world things.
Slide110http://jesuschristsavior.net/Beatitudes.html
To have poverty of spirit means to be
completely empty and open to the Word of God.
Slide111http://jesuschristsavior.net/Beatitudes.html
When we are an empty cup and devoid of pride, we are humble.
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Slide112http://jesuschristsavior.net/Beatitudes.html
Humility brings an openness and an inner peace, allowing one to do the will of God.
Slide113http://jesuschristsavior.net/Beatitudes.html
He who humbles
him/herself
is able to
accept
his/her
frail nature,
to repent, and
to allow the grace of God
to lead
him or her
to
Conversion
.
Slide114It is pride, the opposite of humility, that brings misery.
http://jesuschristsavior.net/Beatitudes.html
Slide115For pride brings anger and the seeking of revenge,
especially when one is offended.
http://jesuschristsavior.net/Beatitudes.html
Slide116If every man were humble and poor in spirit,
there would be no war!
http://jesuschristsavior.net/Beatitudes.html
Slide117Slide118_____________________
means deep sorrow our regret.
Mourn
Slide119freeze
Who are they that mourn,
yet
are called happy?
Slide120They that mourn, yet are called happy, are they
who:suffer tribulations with
resignation
who
mourn
over
the evils and scandals that prevail in the world, over Paradise because it is so distant, and over the danger there is of losing it.
http://www.missionariesofvirtue.com/beatiitudes
Slide121"Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted."
This means we
mourn
and
____________________
over our own sins and the sins of this world, for we have hurt the one who has been so good to us.
One
also mourns for the suffering of others.
regret
freeze
Slide122St
. Gregory describes another reason to mourn:
.
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The
more one ascends in meditation of Divine Truth, Beauty, and Goodness,
and then
realize
the
poverty of human nature,
man
can only be left in
sorrow.
Slide123When one contemplates that we were made in the image and likeness of God and lived in Paradise,
the Garden of Eden,
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one can only mourn our present condition.
and compare that
to
our present state after the Fall,
Slide124But the sentence continues that
they
shall be comforted
,
by
the Comforter, the Holy Spirit,
and
hopefully one day in the Kingdom of Heaven.
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Slide125Mourning in this context is called a blessing, because mourning our fallen nature creates in us a desire to improve ourselves and to do what is right!
Slide126Slide127St
. Gregory of Nyssa taught that the Beatitudes build one upon another.
Slide128Let
us recall the first Beatitude’s virtue.
________________________
is the realization that all your gifts and blessings come from the grace of God.
http://jesuschristsavior.net/Beatitudes.html
Humility or being humble
Slide129A
humble person becomes meek, or becomes gentle and kind,
and exhibits a docility of spirit, even in the face of adversity and hardship.
Slide130Slide131The meek are those
who:act tenderly towards their neighbor,
Who are the meek?
accept
the offenses and injuries they receive from
neighbor
without contention, resentment, or vengeance.
bear
patiently with
neighbor’s
defects,
Slide132__________________
is the
virtue that
moderates/controls anger.
It
is
the control of
every
unreasonable resentment
at another person's character or behavior.
Meekness
Slide133"Blessed are the meek,
for
they shall inherit the earth
.“
St. Augustine advises us to be meek in the face of the Lord, and not resist but be obedient to him.
Obedience
and submission to the will of God
will
bring one peace in this world and in the next.
Slide134Deuteronomy 28
:1-2
“Now
it shall be, if you diligently
obey
the
Lord
your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I command you today, the
Lord
your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
2
All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you
obey
the
Lord
your
God”.
Slide135Slide136"Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied."
Righteousness
is
from
Greek word “
dikaiosyne
”, meaning rightness,
quality of
rightness or
________________.
http://bibleseo.com/luke/hunger-thirst-righteousness-beatitudes-bible-study-series-part-4-8/
justice
Slide137Justice, then, respects the
________
of
others.
whether
those rights are
natural
(the right to
life,
the rights that arise because of our natural obligations to family and kin, the most fundamental property rights, the right to worship God and to do what is necessary to save our souls)
or
legal
(contract rights, constitutional rights, civil rights).
rights
Slide138What are the things,
people
hunger and thirst for
?
Many people
hunger and thirst for
Power
Fame
Money
Beauty
Sexuality
Slide139There are, however, those who long for God.
These are the people who are not just interested or satisfied by worldly things or pleasures.
Slide140What does it mean to
‘
hunger and thirst for righteousness’?
It is not seeking
_______-righteousness
,
but
it is the righteousness
that
comes from
_______.
self
God
Slide141So
then, righteousness of God is available through faith in
Jesus Christ
to all who believe in
Him.
And
those who will seek him, will find him and will be filled.
Slide142Jesus himself claimed to be the one who will quench the thirst.
John 7:37: “If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.”
Slide143It
is not mere observance of the law
(
Matthew
5:
20
For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of
heaven).
Slide144…..
but rather an expression of brotherly
love
I
John
3:10
This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and
sister.
Slide145Slide146_______________
is the loving disposition towards those who suffer distress.
Mercy
Slide147Love,
compassion, and forgiveness towards one's neighbor will bring peace in your relationships.
We
say in the
Lord's Prayer
:
Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us
.
Slide148As
we are merciful to others, so our Heavenly Father will be merciful with us!
Slide149As
we are merciful to others, so our Heavenly Father will be merciful with us
!
Jesus reminds us that whatever "you did to the least of my brethren, you did it to me (Matthew 25:31-46
)."
Slide150There are 2 Works
of Mercy
we
can
do
that extend God’s compassion and mercy to those in need.
Slide151The
__________
Works of Mercy are
kind
acts by which we help our neighbors with their material and physical needs
.
Corporal
Slide152The Corporal Works of Mercy
1 Feed the Hungry
2 Give drink to the thirsty
3 Clothe the naked
4 Shelter the homeless
5 Comfort the imprisoned
6 Visit the sick
7 Bury the dead
Slide153The
__________Works
of Mercy are acts of
compassion by
which we help our neighbors with their emotional and spiritual needs.
Spiritual
Slide154The
Spiritual Works of Mercy
1 Admonish sinners
2 Instruct the uninformed
3 Counsel the doubtful
4 Comfort the sorrowful
5 Be patient with those in error
6 Forgive offenses
7 Pray for the living and the dead
Slide155The Jubilee, also called a Holy Year,
open this year on Dec. 8 – the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception – and will close Nov. 20, 2016 with the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe.
Slide156https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nayiLZBclzQ
Slide157Slide158Who
are the
pure/clean
of heart
?
Slide159Being
pure in heart involves having a singleness of heart toward God.
http://www.gotquestions.org/pure-in-heart.html
Slide160A pure heart has no hypocrisy, no guile, no hidden motives.
http://www.gotquestions.org/pure-in-heart.html
Slide161The pure heart is marked by transparency and an uncompromising desire to please God in all things.
http://www.gotquestions.org/pure-in-heart.html
Slide162A pure heart
is more than an external
purity of behavior
;
it is an
internal
purity of soul.
http://www.gotquestions.org/pure-in-heart.html
Slide163The only way we can be truly pure in heart is to give our lives to Jesus and ask Him to do the cleansing work.
Slide164Psalm 51:10
“
Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.”
Slide165God is the one who makes our hearts pure – by the sacrifice of His Son and through His sanctifying work in our lives
Slide166To
be pure of heart is to relate to others and the world in a way that respects and honors the full dignity, value, and destiny of every person and everything
.
Slide167To be pure of heart is to see others as God sees them. Purity of heart would have us loving others with their good (and not our own) in mind.
Slide168To
be pure of heart means to be free of all selfish intentions and self-seeking desires.
Slide1691 John
3:1-3
3
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God
!
And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
2
Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known.
But
we know that when Christ
appears,
we
shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
3
All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
Slide170Slide171"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God
.“
Peacemakers not only live peaceful lives but also try to bring peace and friendship to others, and to preserve peace between God and man.
Slide172True peace goes hand in hand with
_____________.
http://www.catholicsocialteaching.org.uk/themes/peace/reflection/true-meaning-peace/
freeze
justice
Slide173It
is not merely the absence of war or the fragile exhaustion that exists in the aftermath of conflict, when lives have been torn apart, relationships broken, infrastructures destroyed and homes demolished.
http://www.catholicsocialteaching.org.uk/themes/peace/reflection/true-meaning-peace/
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Slide174Rather
, the God-given peace that our creator desires for us, and to which
live
simply
calls us, is built on justice, where everything and everyone in the created order is in right relationship with each other and can reach their God-given potential.
http://www.catholicsocialteaching.org.uk/themes/peace/reflection/true-meaning-peace/
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Slide175St
. Gregory of Nyssa calls a peacemaker a man who brings peace to another; but one cannot give another what one does not possess oneself.
Slide176Hence
the Lord wants you first to be yourself filled with the blessings of peace and then to communicate it to those who have need of it. By imitating God's love of man, the peacemakers become children of God.
Slide177Slide178"Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven."
Slide179To be _____________________ is to
to be treated by someone
cruelly or unfairly especially because of race or religious or political beliefs
to be constantly annoyed
or
bothered by someone
persecuted
Slide180"Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven."
The
biblical passage continues to elaborate:
"Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so men persecuted the prophets who were before you"
(Matthew 5:11-12).
Slide181Stephen, Peter and Paul, nearly all of the Apostles, and many Christians in the Roman era suffered martyrdom.
Slide182Oppressive
governments and endless conflicts in the last one hundred years, such as World Wars I and II, and the Middle East wars in Iraq, Egypt, and Syria have seen their share of martyrs.
Slide183“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
—
John 15:18-20
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