1. Excerpt from “Understanding Sin Today” by Richard M. Gula, SS
Sin: to be disconnected from God through the failure to love.
Text, pp ; Leader’s Guide pp

2. In the Past: SIN
understood for centuries as being a crime, a transgression of the law and the breaking of a rule. (legal model of sin)
Text, pp

3. In the Past: SIN
But laws cannot cover all the decisions we have to make - it doesn’t address our attitudes, intentions, and ways of seeing things.
Text, pp

4. In the Past: SIN
Leaves out conversion: a change of heart with the intention of following God more faithfully.
Centered on one’s self. Sin affects me and my salvation.
Text, pp

5. Sin’s “New Look” Responsibility replaces obligation
Dignity of person emphasized
Sin’s “New Look”
Relational Model: Value of sharing life in society
Text, pp

6. Sin’s Root Sense To be disconnected from God by a failure to love
An omission: a failure to do what ought to be done.
Text, pp

7. Sin’s Root Sense
Loving choices are selfless and based on the needs of others
Text, pp

8. Sin’s Root Sense
Because loving God & loving neighbor are “all tied together” sin will always be expressed in & through relationships.
Text, pp

9. “Types of Sin” Original Sin Social Sin Actual Sin Mortal Venial
Text, pp
Harcourt Student Text: Ch. 5, pp ; Manual pp
Case Studies Workbook #5A-5C, application pp

10. Doctrine of Original Sin
There is more evil in the world than that which we cause ourselves.
The face of sin which we recognize as the condition of evil into which we are born.
Text, p. 46

11. Doctrine of Original Sin
A condition of being human that makes us feel as if our freedom were bound by chains from the very beginning
We feel the effects of this evil
in the pull towards
selfishness which
alienates us from
our deepest selves,
from others, from God.
Text, p. 46

12. Doctrine of Original Sin
Because of original sin, we will always know struggle & tragedy as part of our lives.
Text, p. 46

13. Social Sin: A Life of Its Own
Human-made structures that
offend human
dignity by causing people to suffer oppression, exploitation or marginalization
Text, pp

14. A Life of Their Own
We learn to live in a world with social structures & presume that the social customs which they hold in place are good, traditional customs.
Once established, social structures
& systems seem
to take on a life
of their own.
Text, pp

15. This is What Makes Social Sin So Difficult to Recognize & Change
Conversion from social sin:
change own lifestyle,
in word & action
examining regulations
that affect
human dignity
Text, pp

16. Actual Sin We All Know It - Personal Sin
An expression of the person in relationship,
not simply as
disobedience
to the law
2 Kinds: Mortal & Venial
Text, pp

17. Mortal sin: Radical NO to God & Others
Serious break in a relationship of love with God, neighbor, world, & self
Refusal to live in positive, life-giving way
Text, pp

18. 3 Conditions of Mortal Sin
1 pertains to the action
Serious matter
2 pertain to the person
Sufficient reflection
Full consent of the will
Text, pp

19. Venial sin: Failing to Show Care for Others
Immoral acts of less importance than mortal sins
Can weigh us down with “the anchor of bad habits”
Submerged in self-interest
Inconsistent with value
to be for life & love
Text, p. 50

20. God is Merciful
God does not want us to be weighed down with a distorted sense of guilt & responsibility.
We are called to participate more fully in the creative power of God calling us to reconciliation, to reconnect with our best selves, with others, with the world & with God.
Text, pp

21. Sacrament of Penance & Reconciliation
opportunity & invitation to heal the brokenness in our lives & set our relationships right
Text, p. 51

22. DEFINITIONS Obligation: a duty
Vocation: a calling to serve God; purpose in life
Church: the people of God; followers of Jesus across time & space
Decalogue:
“10 Words” –
10 Commandments
Text pp. 33&36&39

23. DEFINITIONS
Covenant: a formal agreement between God & the people, with mutual responsibilities
Conversion: a change of heart with the intention of following God more faithfully
Text pp. 40&43

24. SPELLING
actual
conversion
covenant
Decalogue
dialogue
merciful
mortal

25. SPELLING obligation omission original penance pilgrimage
reconciliation
relativism
sacrament
sin
social
venial
vocation

26. Ch. 2 Test - Morality Matching T/F Multiple Choice 1. 6. 11. 15. 21.
20.

27. Sentence Structure
Always being there for them.