26. MORALITY, FREEDOM AND HUMAN DIGNITY
CHRISTIAN LIFE AND MORALITY, LEAD TO, RATHER THAN TAKE AWAY FROM TRUE FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS
Compendium 357-369 Matthew 5:1-11
Everyone wants to be happy. Sometimes happiness is sought in all the wrong places. Money, power and pleasure cannot bring lasting happiness. Jesus teaches us the source of true and lasting happiness in the Beatitudes. The Beatitudes are the self portrait of Jesus who demonstrates how to be fully human and by living them we become like him. Good intentions do not guarantee good results. True Freedom and happiness requires taking responsibility for our actions. The end does not justify the means. Freedom is God's gift to humanity and is not endowed by any human institution. Human dignity requires correct choices. Killing innocent people is an example of objective evil. Our moral choices are a decision for or against God.
CHRISTIAN LIFE AND MORALITY, LEAD TO, RATHER THAN TAKE AWAY FROM TRUE FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS
Compendium 357-369 Matthew 5:1-11
Everyone wants to be happy. Sometimes happiness is sought in all the wrong places. Money, power and pleasure cannot bring lasting happiness. Jesus teaches us the source of true and lasting happiness in the Beatitudes. The Beatitudes are the self portrait of Jesus who demonstrates how to be fully human and by living them we become like him. Good intentions do not guarantee good results. True Freedom and happiness requires taking responsibility for our actions. The end does not justify the means. Freedom is God's gift to humanity and is not endowed by any human institution. Human dignity requires correct choices. Killing innocent people is an example of objective evil. Our moral choices are a decision for or against God.
Wrong choices diminish our freedom and can enslave us to drugs, alcohol, and sex.
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