Name: Hanna Isabelle M.

Gonzales Section: 10-Hope

Module 5: The Foundation of the Church Social Teachings

PRESENTATION

Content Standard • God’s commandment of love is the foundation of the social

teaching of the Church

Performance standard • Give special attention to the needs of the poor and the vulnerable
and see Christ above
all in the faces of these people.

Objectives - Explain the meaning of Preferential Option for the Poor

- Identify ways on how to respond to the sufferings of others.
- Pray for the strength and hope for our least fortunate brothers and
sisters.

OP- Siena Graduate God-Centered

Attributes ✓ Love of God , Love for the Eucharist, Faith
Servant-Leader
✓ Obedience, Service, Humility, Responsibility

• Bible
Instructional Materials
• Cellphone
• Computer and internet connectivity

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 Opening Prayer

Prayer to the Holy Spirit

Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful.
And kindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth Your Spirit and they shall be created.
And you will renew the face of the earth.

O God, who
by the light of the Holy Spirit
grant that by the gift of the same Spirit
we may always be truly wise
and ever rejoice in His consolation.

Our Lady of the Holy Rosary………………………………………….… Pray for us!

St. Dominic De Guzman ………………………………………………….Pray for us!
St. Catherine of Siena…………………………………...………………...Pray for us!
St. Thomas Aquinas…………………………………………….…...…….Pray for us!
Venerable Mo. Francisca del Espiritu Santo de Fuentes……….……..Intercede for us!

Bless us Lord that we may be a blessing to others as we praise your name

and preach Your word now and always. Amen

Introduction

Good morning, Blessed be God forever and Mabuhay!

Module 5 focuses on the Biblical Foundation of the Church’s Social Teachings.

Tell 5 things about the

Activity 1: Pre-assessment picture below

1. Obey Your Parents Command.

2. Do not Lie.
3. Have Faith in God.
4. Respect Your Elderly.
5. Remember to Pray at night

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 Modular Learning Discussion

Biblical Foundation of the Church’s Social Teachings

Foundation
- A stone or concrete structure that supports a building from underneath. : something
(such as an idea, a principle, or a fact) that provides support for something
- An underlying basis or principle for something.

Catholic Social Teachings (CST)

- The body of the Church’s social teachings.
- The Church develops CST based on Sacred Scripture, Church Tradition, and human nature
and experience.

Bible Reading
The 10 Commandments – Exodus 20:1-17

God wrote the 10 Commandments on stone tablets and gave them to Moses to share with all
the Israelites soon after they left captivity in Egypt (Exodus 20:1-26). Moses reiterated them
40 years later in Deuteronomy 5:1-22 as the Israelites neared the Promised Land.

1. I am the LORD your God: you shall not have strange gods before me.
2. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
3. Remember to keep holy the LORD'S Day.
4. Honor your father and your mother.
5. You shall not kill.
6. You shall not commit adultery.
7. You shall not steal.
8. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
9. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
10. You shall not covet your neighbor's goods.

Explanation of the ten commandments

1. “I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt not have any strange gods before Me.”
This commandment forbids idolatry, the worship of false gods and goddesses, and it
excludes polytheism, the belief in many gods, insisting instead on monotheism, the belief in
one God. This commandment forbids making golden calves, building temples to Isis, and
worshipping statues of Caesar, for example.

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2. “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.”
The faithful are required to honor the name of God. It makes sense that if you’re to love God
with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, then you’re naturally to respect the name of God
with equal passion and vigor.
3. “Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.”
The Jewish celebration of Sabbath (Shabbat) begins at sundown on Friday evening and lasts
until sundown on Saturday. Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox Christians go to church on
Sunday, treating it as the Lord’s Day instead of Saturday to honor the day Christ rose from the
dead.
4. “Honor thy father and mother.”
This commandment obliges the faithful to show respect for their parents — as
children and adults. Children must obey their parents, and adults must respect and see to the
care of their parents, when they become old and infirm.
5. “Thou shalt not kill.”
The better translation from the Hebrew would be “Thou shalt not murder” — a subtle
distinction but an important one to the Church. Killing an innocent person is considered
murder. Killing an unjust aggressor to preserve your own life is still killing, but it isn’t
considered murder or immoral.
6. “Thou shalt not commit adultery.”
The sixth and ninth commandments honor human sexuality. This commandment forbids the
actual, physical act of having immoral sexual activity, specifically adultery, which is sex with
someone else’s spouse or a spouse cheating on their partner. This commandment also
includes fornication, which is sex between unmarried people, prostitution, pornography,
homosexual activity, masturbation, group sex, rape, incest, pedophilia, bestiality, and
necrophilia.
7. “Thou shalt not steal.”
The seventh and tenth commandments focus on respecting and honoring the possessions of
others. This commandment forbids the act of taking someone else’s property. The Catholic
Church believes that this commandment also denounces cheating people of their money or
property, depriving workers of their just wage, or not giving employers a full day’s work for a

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 full day’s pay. Embezzlement, fraud, tax evasion, and vandalism are all considered
extensions of violations of the Seventh Commandment.
8. “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.”
The Eighth Commandment condemns lying. Because God is regarded as the author of all
truth, the Church believes that humans are obligated to honor the truth. The most obvious
way to fulfill this commandment is not to lie — intentionally deceive another by speaking a
falsehood. So a good Catholic is who you want to buy a used car from.
9. “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife.”
The Ninth Commandment forbids the intentional desire and longing for immoral sexuality. To
sin in the heart, Jesus says, is to lust after a woman or a man in your heart with the desire
and will to have immoral sex with them. Just as human life is a gift from God and needs to be
respected, defended, and protected, so, too, is human sexuality. Catholicism regards human
sexuality as a divine gift, so it’s considered sacred in the proper context — marriage.
10. “Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s goods.”
The Tenth Commandment forbids the wanting to or taking someone else’s property. Along
with the Seventh Commandment, this commandment condemns theft and the feelings of
envy, greed, and jealousy in reaction to what other people have.

Activity 2: Performance Task

Compose your own 10 Commandments in RESPONSE to the 10 Commandments of God
(Things that you will do to follow and be faithful to the 10 Commandments of God)

Ten Commandments showing my love and Faithfulness to God

1. Obey Your Parents Command.
2. Do not Lie.
3. Have Faith in God.
4. Respect Your Elderly.
5. Remember to Pray at night
6. You Shall Not Steal Something That You Don’t Own.
7. We should treat our neighbor’s good.

8. You should always thank God.

9. You Shall not harm others.

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 10. Always remember to only have one God.

What is the foundation of the social order in the community? Jesus tells us the story.

The Greatest Commandment

One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that
he answered them well, he asked him, 'Which commandment is the first of all?' Jesus
answered, 'The first is, "Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall love
the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and
with all your strength." The second is this, "You shall love your neighbour as yourself."
There is no other commandment greater than these.
' Then the scribe said to him, 'You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that "he is one,
and besides him there is no other"; and "to love him with all the heart, and with all the
understanding, and with all the strength", and "to love one's neighbour as oneself",-this is
much more important than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices.' When Jesus saw that
he answered wisely, he said to him, 'You are not far from the kingdom of God.' After that
no one dared to ask him any question.
- Mark 12:28-34

Activity 3
1. Who dared to ask Jesus the first of all the commandments?
Israel was the one who asked Jesus.
2. Which is the greatest of all the commandments?
, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."
3. Was the Scribe convinced of Jesus’ answer to his question? Support your answer.
Yes, because they didn’t bother to asked God anymore question.
4. What does Jesus mean with this statement: “You are not far from the Kingdom of God”?
When we keep on practicing about our live, we improve our relationship with God which leads to love
and affection for him.

▪ Love is at the center of Jesus’ teachings. To love God with one’s whole heart, soul,
mind and strength and to love one’s neighbor as oneself summarizes the Ten
Commandments given by God to Moses. This is the greatest of all the commandments
of God. (Lk. 10:27) Jesus teaches that loving our neighbor is the concrete proof of our
love for God. This love is the fundamental of our apostolate and good works.
▪ Loving God is not only the first precept that we must accomplish so as to pass to the
next level. Loving God is the foundation of the very possibility of loving anyone else for
the simple reason that, only in the relationship with God can I feel fundamentally loved.
▪ Only in the relationship with God can I feel truly forgiven despite my fragility. I can only
generate love if I feel truly acknowledged in this original relationship that is rooted in the
deepest depths of my heart.

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Generalization
Love plays an important role to our world and among all creatures living here.
Love is the most important thing in our lives and this is what we live for that God wants us do.
With love, we create other good virtues, do good deeds with our neighbors, share God's words,
and live happily in this world.
Love transforms us to be a better person and follower of God.
Love is an essential factor to achieve peace in this world and live life to the fullest with our
neighbor and with Him.
The Church’s teaching on matters concerning social, political, and economic issues is based on
a very strong foundation which is love.
God’s commandment of love is the foundation of the social teaching of the Church.
Love is the fundamental aspect of all the teachings of Christ

Activity 4: Performance Task

Develop a short essay that discusses the importance of love in the world today. Indicate your
own title. Refer to the rubric below

LOVE

We experienced different kinds of love which is the love of our partner, family, friends and
God, love is really needed in this time of crisis because all of us needs someone to cry on,
to tell all our problems. Experiencing love can be painful but it depends on the people we
meet, that is what I experience but I get to handle that with my friends and family, love
helps us keep good memories and love can be the source of our joy.

Depth of
reflection Writing Writing Writing demonstrates a Writing demonstrates an in-
demonstrates lack demonstrates a general reflection on the depth reflection on the
of reflection on minimal reflection selected topic, including selected topic, including
the selected topic, on the selected some suporting details and supporting details and
with no details. topic, including a examples. examples.
few supporting
details and
examples.

Quality of
Information Information has Information clearly Information clearly relates to Information clearly relates to
little to do with the relates to the main the main topic. It provides 1-2 the main topic. It includes
main topic. topic. No details supporting details and/or several supporting details
and/or examples examples. and/or examples.
are given.

Structure &

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 Organization Writing unclear, Writing is unclear, Writing is mostly clear, Writing is clear, concise, and
disorganized. and thoughts are concise, and organized with well organized with the use
Thoughts make not well organized. the use of excellent of excellent
little to no sense. Thoughts are not sentence/paragraph sentence/paragraph
expressed in a structure. Thoughts are structure. Thoughts are
logical manner. expressed in a logical expressed in a logical
manner. manner.

Grammar
There are There are more There are no more than five There are no more than
numerous spelling than five spelling or spelling or grammar errors three spelling or grammar
or grammar errors grammar errors per per page of writing reflection. errors per page of writing
per page of page of writing reflection.
writing reflection. reflection.

Generalizations

The Church’s teaching on matters concerning social, political, and economic issues is based on
a very strong foundation which is love.
• God’s commandment of love is the foundation of the social teaching of the Church.
• Love is the fundamental aspect of all the teachings of Christ.
• Jesus Christ teaches us that to love our neighbor is the concrete proof of our love for God.
• “Agape” is the kind of love that relates with our relationship with God and our relationship with
our neighbor.
• Love for our neighbors moves us to treat them justly.
• Recognizing the dignity of each person becomes possible if we love.
• Building a society where justice and peace reign can be accomplished if there is love.

Activity 5: Post Test

Go to browser, type “htup.aralinks.net” and log in using your account. Choose My Subject, Module 5.

Closing Prayer

The Dominican Blessing

May God the Father Bless Us
May God the Son Heal Us
May God the Holy Spirit Enlighten Us
And give us eyes to see with, ears to hear with,
Hands to do the work of God with
Feet to walk with
A mouth to preach the word of salvation with
And angel of peace to watch over us and lead us at last
By our Lord’s, gift of the Kingdom.
Amen.
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 Self - check Chart

Objectives: Activities & pages TOTAL# of items YOUR SCORE

Explain How God revealed ACTIVITY 1, page 2

Himself fully in Jesus. ACTIVITY 3, page 6 - 10 pts.
ACTIVITY 5, Post Test _______
- 30 pts.
_______

share one’s faith to ACTIVITY 2, page 5 - 20 pts.

different group of people ACTIVITY 4, page 7 _______
(evangelization). - 15 pts.
_______
Total Points 75 pts.
SUMMARY
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Congratulations!

You have finished your journey through Module 5.

Now you are ready to build up your knowledge with Module 6.

References
- Bible
- Aflame with God’s Love (VIBAL)
- Catholicism and the Ten Commandments
- https://catholic-link.org/isolation-great-commandments-gospel-reflection

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