1. CMP 2 – Part 1: CHRISTIAN DISCIPLINE AM DG

2. Christian Discipline What is discipline? - noun - 7 definitions - verb - 3 definitions AM DG SELF-CONTROL

3. AM DG Punishment vs Discipline Christian Discipline

4. AM DG …in the Olympics Christian Discipline …in the military …in everyday life

5. AM DG Why must we have Christian Discipline? Christian Discipline - To know and understand the love of the Father - To recognize and combat weakness of the flesh - To avoid the lure of the world - To resist the power of the evil one - To “finish the race”

6. AM DG Why must we have Christian Discipline? Christian Discipline - To know and understand the love of the Father Prv 3:11-12 / Heb 12:1-13 “… For whom the Lord loves he reproves…” “Endure your trials as “discipline”; God treats you as sons. For what “son” is there whom his father does not discipline.”

7. AM DG Why must we have Christian Discipline? Christian Discipline - To recognize and combat weakness of the flesh Rom 7:13-25 “For I do not do what I want, but do what I hate.” “Therefore, I myself, with my mind, serve the law of God but, with my flesh, the law of sin.”

8. AM DG Why must we have Christian Discipline? Christian Discipline - To avoid the lure of the world Rom 12:2 – “Do not conform yourselves to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and pleasing and perfect.” James 4:4 – “Do you not know that to be a lover of the world means enmity with God?”

9. AM DG Why must we have Christian Discipline? Christian Discipline - To avoid the lure of the world 1 John 2:15-17 - “If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him…. Yet the world and its enticements are passing away. But whoever does the will of God remains forever.” - the intrinsic connection between Christian moral conduct and Christian doctrine - the concrete Christian life brings to light the deeper realities of the gospel

10. AM DG Why must we have Christian Discipline? Christian Discipline 13-20 – “Therefore, put on the armor of God… … pray at every opportunity…” 1 Jn 5:19 – “We know that we belong to God, and the whole world is under the power of the evil one.” Eph 6:12 - “For our struggle is not with flesh and blood but… with the world rulers of this present darkness…” - To resist the power of the evil one

11. AM DG Why must we have Christian Discipline? Christian Discipline 1 Cor 9:24-27 – “Run so as to win… I drive my body and train it…” Heb 12:1 - “…persevere in running the race that lies before us…” - To “finish the race”

12. AM DG Who is responsible for discipline? Christian Discipline In the military: officers… squad members…others In life: parents/family… friends… other Christians … authorities – civil … authorities - pastoral In athletics: coach, team mates… others… SELF

13. AM DG Process of Christian discipline Christian Discipline Repentance Renunciation Restitution Reconciliation Forgiveness - love - no retaliation Fraternal correction Lev 19:17 – “Reprove your neighbor openly so that you do not incur sin because of that person.”

14. AM DG Christian Discipline Catholic Formation of a conscience

15. AM DG Catechism of the Catholic Church Christian Discipline The Celebration of the Christian Mystery Christian Prayer The Profession of Faith LIFE IN CHRIST

16. AM DG Christian Discipline “Christian, recognize your dignity and, now that you share in God’s own nature, do not return to your former base condition by sinning.” LIFE IN CHRIST “As long as freedom has not bound itself definitively to its ultimate good which is God, there is the possibility of choosing between good and evil, and thus of growing in perfection or of failing and sinning”

17. AM DG Christian Discipline “Progress in virtue, knowledge of the good, and ascesis enhance the mastery of the will over its acts.” LIFE IN CHRIST What must we do? Our responsibility – the formation of a Catholic conscience (Fr. Paul Lehman)

18. AM DG Christian Discipline “The education of conscience …is indispensible for human beings who are subjected to negative influences and tempted by sin to prefer their own judgment and to reject authoritative teaching... … is a lifelong task.” Conscience “…can make either a right judgment in accordance with reason and the divine law or, on the contrary, an erroneous judgment that departs from them.” LIFE IN CHRIST

19. AM DG Christian Discipline LIFE IN CHRIST Morality – “good or evil” Virtue – “an habitual and firm disposition to do the good.” Mercy and sin: Sin – “an offense against reason, truth, and right conscience; it is failure in genuine love for God and neighbor…”

20. AM DG Christian Discipline LIFE IN CHRIST Life in Society…. Social Justice The Church – Mother and Teacher “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” – Mt 19:16 The Ten Commandments

21. AM DG What is the result? Christian Discipline In education: knowledge In life? In athletics: accomplishment In the military: freedom In society: the common good

22. AM DG What is the result in life? Christian Discipline Habitual Grace – “the permanent disposition to live and act in keeping with God’s call.” St. Catherine of Siena: “When we are whom we are called to be, we will set the world ablaze.”

23. AM DG What is the result in life? Christian Discipline Ultimately… Abundant Life!

24. AM DG JESUS’ TRUTH … His TRUTH … will set you FREE!!! Christian Discipline