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Name__________________________________ Your Life in Christ
Chapter 3 Directed Reading Worksheet
2 9 22
Date___________________________________ Law as a Guide to Freedom
Directions: Read through the chapter and fill in the missing information. All the questions run sequential to the chapter. If a
true/false statement is false, correct it.
Introduction: The Need for Boundaries to Freedom (pages 81 83)
1. True or False? Sometimes moral laws violate the human conscience.
2. responsibility
____________________ is the heart iof Christian morality. Each of us is gifted with thefreedom
________________ to respond in faith
________________ ________________ over sin and death and
covenant victory
treating
relies on our ________________________
cooperation
gift
by ________________ others as brothers and sisters. Likewise, the ability to respond is a free ____________ from God and it
3. True or False? gift of law helps to balance the tension between freedom and responsibility.
civil natural path
4. Good ____________ law is grounded in ________________ law and can keep us on the right ____________ to our eternal
reward. Good civil law can help ____________ us in moral living, pointing out the ________________________ to freedom.
guide boundaries
Good laws have their roots in ____________________law which is expressed most fully in the life and teachings of
________________.
divine
Jesus Christ
Section 1: (pages 84 88)
5. In what ways does the human capacity to think and choose separate us from all other creatures?
humanreasonenablesYoo tosearch forthetruthfreewillgives
themasterofYourownactionstheabilityto love
Youtheabilityto be
6.
7. righteousness
____________________________,
forgives sins and brings renewal of our ________________. The grace of justification
_________________, passion
Justification refers to
________________.
mercy
hearts ____________________ us from our sins through conversion,
cleanses
________________ in Jesus Christ, and Baptism. (p. 85)
faith
8. True or False? We can only grow in holiness by cooperating with the gifts the Holy Spirit has given to us at Baptism.
9. Theholy
capacity
spirit grace is not
baptized and all people are created with the
the
____________________ infuses grace into the soul at ________________,
________________ This something we ________________,
deserve it is not something we can
____________, and it does not automaticallytransform
freely
____________________ the baptized person. We must ________________
earnto the graces God gives to us as he never ________________his love or his gifts on us. (p. 85)
respond forces
10. Why does God create us with a hunger for goodness and truth?
This hunger paintsYOU to god because onlyhe cansatisfy thesecravings
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, 11. True or False? Habitual grace also known as actual grace is a supernatural disposition that perfects the soul to enable it to
live with God.
12. True or False? Every sacrament brings particular graces proper to the sacrament.
13. Explain the purpose of charisms and provide a few examples.
Theyre at the service of lovewhichbuildsup thechurch
They'redirected to the commongood
14. grace.
grace enables you to
father
gracemakesyouan heir ofheavenGrace call God
unitesYou
Grace adoptsyou into thefamily
to JC
15. What did St. Thomas Aquinas teach about the charism of speaking in tongues?
It's a clearsign that Christcameto save the
entireworld and unite everyone
Merit
16. The concept of ____________ grace
_______________. He made the first move in extending his
forgiveness and ________________________ to us at Baptism. But strictly speaking, God does not owe
________ us anything.
justification
However, in choosing to ____________ offer his grace, God made the merit of an eternal ____________ of union with the
freely
Blessed Trinity in ____________________
heaven
reward
is possible, provided we cooperate with these graces.
17. True or False? The source of all merit is the work of the Holy Spirit, whose sacrifice has won redemption for humankind.
18. Explain what living a holy life requires.
The strengththatcomesfromGodsgraceselfdenial death to Yourown
selfishness makingdifficultdecisions and accepting the consequences
thatfollow
Section 2: More about Freedom (pages 89 93)
19. True or False? Ultimately, no one can take away our freedom completely.
20. How does the CCC define freedom? What are the benefits of freedom?
Thepowerrootedin reasonand will to act or notto acttodo this or do that andso
performdeliberateactionsonone'sown responsibility
Freedomallowsyou toshapeyourown life choice
21. Some people believe thathuman beings
____________________________ psychologists and
are not truly free and some ________________________
sociologists say that people lack freedom because their ____________________________ are fixed by their environment,
personalities
________________ , and education. Those who believe in determinism hold that every event, ______________, and decision
upbringing action
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Name__________________________________ Your Life in Christ
Chapter 3 Directed Reading Worksheet
2 9 22
Date___________________________________ Law as a Guide to Freedom
Directions: Read through the chapter and fill in the missing information. All the questions run sequential to the chapter. If a
true/false statement is false, correct it.
Introduction: The Need for Boundaries to Freedom (pages 81 83)
1. True or False? Sometimes moral laws violate the human conscience.
2. responsibility
____________________ is the heart iof Christian morality. Each of us is gifted with thefreedom
________________ to respond in faith
________________ ________________ over sin and death and
covenant victory
treating
relies on our ________________________
cooperation
gift
by ________________ others as brothers and sisters. Likewise, the ability to respond is a free ____________ from God and it
3. True or False? gift of law helps to balance the tension between freedom and responsibility.
civil natural path
4. Good ____________ law is grounded in ________________ law and can keep us on the right ____________ to our eternal
reward. Good civil law can help ____________ us in moral living, pointing out the ________________________ to freedom.
guide boundaries
Good laws have their roots in ____________________law which is expressed most fully in the life and teachings of
________________.
divine
Jesus Christ
Section 1: (pages 84 88)
5. In what ways does the human capacity to think and choose separate us from all other creatures?
humanreasonenablesYoo tosearch forthetruthfreewillgives
themasterofYourownactionstheabilityto love
Youtheabilityto be
6.
7. righteousness
____________________________,
forgives sins and brings renewal of our ________________. The grace of justification
_________________, passion
Justification refers to
________________.
mercy
hearts ____________________ us from our sins through conversion,
cleanses
________________ in Jesus Christ, and Baptism. (p. 85)
faith
8. True or False? We can only grow in holiness by cooperating with the gifts the Holy Spirit has given to us at Baptism.
9. Theholy
capacity
spirit grace is not
baptized and all people are created with the
the
____________________ infuses grace into the soul at ________________,
________________ This something we ________________,
deserve it is not something we can
____________, and it does not automaticallytransform
freely
____________________ the baptized person. We must ________________
earnto the graces God gives to us as he never ________________his love or his gifts on us. (p. 85)
respond forces
10. Why does God create us with a hunger for goodness and truth?
This hunger paintsYOU to god because onlyhe cansatisfy thesecravings
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, 11. True or False? Habitual grace also known as actual grace is a supernatural disposition that perfects the soul to enable it to
live with God.
12. True or False? Every sacrament brings particular graces proper to the sacrament.
13. Explain the purpose of charisms and provide a few examples.
Theyre at the service of lovewhichbuildsup thechurch
They'redirected to the commongood
14. grace.
grace enables you to
father
gracemakesyouan heir ofheavenGrace call God
unitesYou
Grace adoptsyou into thefamily
to JC
15. What did St. Thomas Aquinas teach about the charism of speaking in tongues?
It's a clearsign that Christcameto save the
entireworld and unite everyone
Merit
16. The concept of ____________ grace
_______________. He made the first move in extending his
forgiveness and ________________________ to us at Baptism. But strictly speaking, God does not owe
________ us anything.
justification
However, in choosing to ____________ offer his grace, God made the merit of an eternal ____________ of union with the
freely
Blessed Trinity in ____________________
heaven
reward
is possible, provided we cooperate with these graces.
17. True or False? The source of all merit is the work of the Holy Spirit, whose sacrifice has won redemption for humankind.
18. Explain what living a holy life requires.
The strengththatcomesfromGodsgraceselfdenial death to Yourown
selfishness makingdifficultdecisions and accepting the consequences
thatfollow
Section 2: More about Freedom (pages 89 93)
19. True or False? Ultimately, no one can take away our freedom completely.
20. How does the CCC define freedom? What are the benefits of freedom?
Thepowerrootedin reasonand will to act or notto acttodo this or do that andso
performdeliberateactionsonone'sown responsibility
Freedomallowsyou toshapeyourown life choice
21. Some people believe thathuman beings
____________________________ psychologists and
are not truly free and some ________________________
sociologists say that people lack freedom because their ____________________________ are fixed by their environment,
personalities
________________ , and education. Those who believe in determinism hold that every event, ______________, and decision
upbringing action
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