Psalm 8

You formed my inmost being;

you knit me in my mother's womb.
I praise you, so wonderfully you made me;
wonderful are your works!
My very self you knew;
my bones were not hidden from you,
When I was being made in secret,
fashioned as in the depths of the earth.
Your eyes foresaw my actions;
in your book all are written down;
my days were shaped, before one came to be.
 Does someone
who admits being gay
and a member of
LGBTQ lose his or
her dignity?
 Does someone
who works as a
prostitute lose his
or her dignity?
Natural worth Basic respect
of a person of persons

Inviolable Inalienable
- Cannot be - Cannot be taken
violated away
 Does someone
who admits being gay
and a member of
LGBTQ lose his or
her dignity?
 Does someone
who works as a
prostitute lose his
or her dignity?
 HISTORICAL BEINGS

Growing in many different aspect

 We become fullest selves gradually through time

“When I was a child, I used to talk as a child, think

as a child, reason as a child; when I became a man,
I put aside childish things” _ 1 Cor. 13:11_
EMBODIED SPIRITS

 we experience the world through

our senses
 we both feel pain and pleasure
 we are weakened by sickness
 we are strengthened by proper exercise
 we express who we are – our thoughts,
feelings, choices – through our bodies
EMBODIED SPIRITS

 we can express our intellect

and will only through our
human bodies; the physical
acts we do are possible only
through our thinking and
willing.
GETTING THE POINT
• the class clown
• the most well-behaved
student
• the kindest and most
compassionate
• the early bird
• the heartthrob of the class
CONCIOUS BEING
 aware of ourselves in our
outgoing acts _CFC 688_
 we are endowed with the
capacity to think
(Intellect)
 capacity to choose
(Free will)
 RELATIONAL BEINGS
 we can only become
our fullest selves
through our
relationships
 we are social beings
or persons-in-
community, always by,
with, and for others
 RELATIONAL BEINGS
Persons by others
- because we were
born in and raised by
our families and live
with the influence of
relatives, neighbors,
and friends
 RELATIONAL BEINGS
Persons with others
- we fully become
ourselves only in the
company of other
people
• (Barkada)
 RELATIONAL BEINGS
Persons for others
- we become fully
human when we are
able to overcome our
self-centered
tendencies in order to
love others
WE ARE UNIQUE AND EQUAL

o we have different
physical
characteristics and
varying opinions
o we have diverse
beliefs, traits, and
behaviors
CHRIST REVEALS TO US THE
FULLNESS OF OUR DIGNITY
Christ revealed to us how
our common dignity is
grounded on the love of
God, who sustains, redeems,
empowers, and calls us to
share in His own eternal life
_CFC 685_
 WE ARE CREATED IN THE
IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD
 human person is the
crown of God’s creation
 only being called by God
to share in His infinite
knowing and loving
 to be in relationship with
Him
Image of God
- every individual
possesses the dignity of
a person; he or she is
someone, not just
something
_CCC 357_
REDEEMED BY CHRIST
Redeemed from:
Slavery to sin and death
Paschal Mystery:
- what makes us truly
human is not our self-
centerdness and sin but our
capacity to LOVE.
 Types of Love
• Agape
- unconditional and selfless love
• Eros
- Passionate and Romantic love
• Philia
- “affectionate love”
- a love that you feel for your
friends
 Types of Love
• Philautia
- Self – love, narcissistic and
selfish love
• Storge
- Familiar love (parent – child love)
• Pragma
- Enduring love
 Types of Love
• Ludus
- playful love
- infatuation in the early days of love
• Mania
- obsessive love
EMPOWERED TO LOVE BY THE
HOLY SPIRIT

 God transforms and strengthens

us as individuals to grow in love
and live according to our dignity
DESTINED TO SHARE IN GOD’S
ETERNAL LIFE

 we are all called to be

adopted children of
God
 all persons belong to
God’s family