Our Goal: Sequela Christi

We rise from the temporary setbacks of our lives and we redirect ourselves back to Christ, “once we
give up our own wealth and very self.”

In the responses of the Disciples whom Jesus invited to follow Him as fishers of men (Matthew
4:19);

Mary Magdalene, from whom Jesus cast out seven demons (Luke 8:2) and who later became the
apostle to the apostles.

In Saint Paul who became the apostle to the Gentiles.

Following Christ entails radical conversion: forgetting oneself and committing everything to Christ.
« Stripping the old self of that sinful life to take on the new white garment of Christ.
« It is dying to oneself but rising again as a new person configured to Christ, no longer living
one’s life for one’s own but for Christ.
« Being immersed in the waters of baptism all over again and time and time again

As we praise God for the gift of discipleship, we recall in thanksgiving those inspired moments when
we triumphed over sin. Let us proclaim in loving praise that we belong to Christ by composing a
short essay or a poem, with the theme: “Surviving Mount Temptation: That One Time when I said
Yes to Christ and No to Sin.”

Lesson 2 (2nd PPT)

LESSON B: JESUS CHRIST AS THE GOOD TEACHER

1. JESUS OPENS UP THE FAITHFUL TO THE SACRED SCRIPTURE

2. JESUS REVEALS THE FATHER’S WILL
3. JESUS TEACHES ABOUT MORAL ACTION
4. JESUS SHEDS LIGHT ON MAN’S LOFTY VOCATION
5. CHRIST IS ALWAYS PRESENT TO HIS CHURCH

The Following Trends are pointed out as to why nowadays,it has become increasingly difficult to
answer questions as fundamental as the ones asked above:

« CERTAIN CURRENTS OF THOUGHT HAVE GONE SO FAR AS TO EXALT FREEDOM

TO SUCH AN EXTENT THAT IT BECOMES AN ABSOLUTE, WHICH WOULD THEN BE
THE SOURCE OF VALUES (VS, 32).

« A RADICALLY SUBJECTIVISTIC CONCEPTION OF MORAL JUDGEMENT OR

INDIVIDUALIST ETHIC IS:

WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL CONSCIENCE IS ACCORDED THE STATUS OF A SUPREME

TRIBUNAL OF MORAL JUDGMENT WHICH HANDS DOWN CATEGORICAL AND INFALLIBLE
DECISIONS…
 « SOME THEORIES, USING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ABOUT THE HUMAN PERSON
ARGUE FROM A GREAT VARIETY OF CUSTOMS, BEHAVIOR PATTERNS, AND
INSTITUTIONS PRESENT IN HUMANITY, END UP WITH AN OUTRIGHT DENIAL OF
UNIVERSAL HUMAN VALUES, WITH A RELATIVISTIC CONCEPTION OF MORALITY (VS,
33)

John Paul II exhorts people of today to “turn to Christ once again in order to receive from
Him the answer to their deepest questions” (VS, 8).

LESSON B: 1. JESUS OPENS UP THE FAITHFUL TO THE SACRED SCRIPTURES

“If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” Matthew 19:17

Jesus brings the question about morally good action back to its religious foundation (VS, 9): THE
DECALOGUE