Commandments 4 & 8

Question 1

What basic human rights should all governments promote and protect?

Answer 1

• physical needs: food, water, housing and emergency medical care
• promote exercise of virtue & spiritual life
• freedoms, education, associations & groups, stability & just order

Question 2

What is meant by the saying, “Charity Begins at Home?”

Answer 2

• family is the first place where people come to know God’ love
• prioritize compassion at home
• build foundation for caring & supportive environment in society

Question 3

Describe how lies endanger our current happiness and our eternal destiny.

Answer 3

• damage our personal integrity
• web of deceit gets larger
• hurt & destroy relationships

Question 4

Describe the benefits of living an honest life.

Answer 4

• we will know the true happiness God desires for us
• trust in one another
• nurtures clear conscience- promote mental/emotional well-being

Question 5

Describe several ways of strengthening the virtue of personal integrity.

Answer 5

• being honesty/truthful: giving relevant information, complete & accurate
• empathy
• honest complements, share our (true) accomplishments, not humiliating people

Question 6

Describe why we must make reparation for the harm done by lying.

Answer 6

• practice of genuine remorse
• to recover our integrity & repair the harm we have caused
• rebuild trust

Question 7

Describe the social implications of creating a web of deceit.

Answer 7

• think less of each other
• find it harder to love one another
• difficulty upholding ethical standards

Question 8

What does Jesus teach us about the 4th Commandment?

Answer 8

• loyalty to God & the Church was a higher value than to blood relatives
• respect those in authority
• nurture family bonds

Question 9

According to Church teaching, what attitudes are essential for honoring parents?

Answer 9

• respect, gratitude, obedience, assistance
• basis of virtuous relationship
• promote harmony within the family

Question 10

What responsibilities do parents have for their children? Be specific.

Answer 10

• to teach us about God and the moral life and to make rules for our safety
• guiding us
• ensuring education

Question 11

What duties do children have toward their parents? Be specific.

Answer 11

• respect, gratitude, obedience, assistance
• flourishing of familial relationships
• promote virtuous family