How we are to live our faith
Our Catholic faith draws forth a vocation to life in the Spirit.  That life is grounded in the dignity of the human person, made in the image of God. It is also grounded in the communal character of the human vocation. Christ calls us to a life of ‘beatitude’ – holiness and happiness.  We are able to achieve this life with the help of God’s law (his commandments) and with his grace. Right conduct, freely chosen, fulfils the two commandments of charity – love of God and of neighbour.
Various aspects of CHRISTIAN MORALITY, as explained in the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) can be explored below.
The Foundations of the Christian Moral Life To be human is to be faced with moral choices: ‘to do what is good and avoid evil.’ The Sacraments of Initiation, Healing...
The Principles of the Christian Moral Life Respect for the dignity of each human person involves respect for the rights that flow from that dignity. Created in the image and...
You Shall Not Bear False Witness Against Your Neighbour God is the source of all truth. Christ Jesus not only taught truth, he spoke of himself, saying, ‘I am Truth’...
You Shall Not Kill The Catholic Church defends the sanctity of human life as a gift from God. Human life is sacred because it originates in God’s creative love. God...
‘I, the Lord, am Your God You shall not have other Gods besides me’ (EX 20:2-3) God has first loved the world; the first of the Ten Commandments speaks of...
Honour Your Father and your Mother The Fourth Commandment, ‘Honour your father and your mother’, focuses on family life in all its dimensions – the duties and responsibilities of parents...
You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbours’s Wife The Ninth Commandment teaches us to guard ourselves against impurity of heart. The heart is the seat of moral acts, and the grace...
‘You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in Vain’ God has first loved the world; the first of the Ten Commandments speaks of our response to...
You Shall Not Steal The Seventh Commandment prohibits theft – the taking of another’s goods against the reasonable will of the owner. Every form of theft is contrary to God’s...
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