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 Write one situation
THAT’S NOT FAIR!
where you will say
“That’s not fair!”

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 Yes to
Justice and
Truth
Seventh, Eighth, and Tenth
Commandment

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 Objectives

• Explain how the seventh, eighth, and

tenth commandments promote and
justice
• Come up with a plan of action on how
to live up to the truth and justice in
loving service of others

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The Seventh Commandment

• Prohibits all ways of robbing other’s

freedom
• Protects personal freedom and freedom in
community living
• Fulfilled when we give to others what is
rightfully theirs

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• Involves respect for the dignity and
integrity of creation
• we steal from nature when we contribute to
any activity that may harm the
environment, or when we are indifferent or
insensitive to our duty as stewards of
God’s creation

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The Tenth Commandment

• Deals with the disordered desires of the

heart, its covetousness, from which
stealing and exploitation of our neighbor
arise
• Focuses on internal attitudes
• Forbids craving for another’s property and
envy at the success of others
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• Challenge all to check our disordered
desires and reform our hearts
• Calls for total dedication of heart and of
desire, not just external acts

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Both govern our basic relationships in relating with justice
toward others

• Seventh: deals with our outward actions

regarding possessions and social structures
• Tenth: focuses on the inner desires of our
hearts from which our external actions
originate

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The Eighth Commandment: Ex. 20:16

Aims against the serious, destructive

perversions of the truth that radically damage
the life of the community
Deals with the honor and respect owed to our
fellow community members in our speech

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Violations
• Lying, talebearing, gossip, rash judgment,
prejudices, detraction, slander, and perjury –
they bring harm and chaos to people and the
community
• Telling lies: harm integrity
• Harms peace and harmony

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Challenge
• Imitate the ways of Jesus by speaking the
truth in the spirit of love
• Maturity and discernment on our part
• Ask the grace and guidance of the Holy
Spirit

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 Any Questions?

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TASK: STEWARDSHIP OF CREATION

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Rationale:

The seventh commandment Involves respect for the

dignity and integrity of creation. We steal from nature
when we contribute to any activity that may harm the
environment, or when we are indifferent or insensitive to
our duty as stewards of God’s creation. With this, we are
called to live our task as stewards of God’s creation.
Hearing the cry of our shared land we are called to
preserve it by planting a hardwood seedling.

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Instruction:
1. Look for a hardwood tree seedling.
2. Gather planting materials.
3. Plant the seedling in your garden or on your farm with your
family or at least one member.
4. Install a tree guard to protect your plant
5. After the planting, say a short prayer.
6. Film the entire thing. The video should be cut down to 2-4
minutes in length.

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CRITERIA:

Quality of the plant (Hardwood) 30

Protection of the Plant (Tree guard) 15
Quality of the video
15
Presentation ( following the instruction) 15

Total 75

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 Submit your video in our Google class
 Deadline: May 7, 2023

 Note: We are already in the Fourth Grading. Failure to

submit on the scheduled date will mean a failing mark on
this task.