8th religion ch. 2

explain the three stages our conscience uses while making a moral decision.

Answer explanation

1. As we make moral decisions, our conscience is at work.

• Before we make decisions, our conscience helps us know what is good and to consider the results of our possible choices.

• During the decision-making process, our conscience brings the feeling of peace or discomfort, depending on the choice we make.

After we have made decisions, our conscience enables us to judge our choices as good or evil and to accept the responsibility for our choices.

1. Name and explain the five steps for the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.

Answer explanation

The first step is to examine our conscience and think about whether our decisions were based on the actions and teachings of Jesus. Did they show love for God, others, and ourselves?

The second step is to go before a priest who acts in Jesus’ name, and acknowledge our sins.

The third step is to express our sorrow for any wrongdoing or lack of love for God and others.

In the fourth step we receive absolution from the priest in the name of Jesus which forgives our sins.

In the fifth step, we show repentance by promising not to repeat our sins and by taking action to show that we are truly sorry for our sins.

1. Be able to explain the meaning behind the following passage fron the Gospel of Matthew:

And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will  build my church,* and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven.* Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Matthew 16: 18-19

Answer explanation

This Gospel reading first tells us that Peter is the leader of the Church. Jesus tells us that the Church will always triumph over hell and explains how man can enter Heaven. He tells us that man knows right from wrong, and we must do the right thing to get into Heaven. This reading also establishes the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. If a sin is not forgiven on earth, then it will not be forgiven in Heaven. If a sin if forgiven on earth, then it will be forgiven on earth.

Throughout our lives we constantly face choices between right and wrong, good and evil, _________ and _________.

Answer explanation

eternal life, sin

1. As disciples of Jesus Christ, we are called to choose _______ that show our _______, others, and ourselves. 

1. As ________ of Jesus Christ, we are called to choose actions that show our love for God, others, and ourselves. 

1. It is our responsibility to seek the _________ of God’s Word in Scripture, to listen to the teachings of the pope and bishops to fill our minds with the love and wisdom of our Catholic faith, to look for the guidance of faithful Catholics among us, and to pray for the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

1. Well-formed conscience is a conscience that is educated so that it is able to recognize what is ______ and then direct us to act on that _______.

As we make moral decisions, our _______ is at work.

1. As we make ______, our conscience is at work: