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LOVING GOD, THE SOURCE OF LIFE
THE FIRST THREE COMMANDMENTS
The First Three Commandment
Focus on our relationship with God
Emphasize the most important
obligation
Serve as the foundation for loving
others
The First Commandment
States our first moral obligation – to give our worship to God alone and love Him above all else.
Most important of all, others are derived from it – it is because “to know God, and gratefully accept His Lordship, is the foundation of all Christian moral life” (CFC 880)
How do we obey?
Fulfill our duty of worship
- recognition of God’s Lordship
expressed in filial devotion and service
- it also entails serving Him in faith and
hope
- involve sincere acts of adoration, prayer,
sacrifice.
The Second Commandment
Impels us to show reverence for God’s name
God’s name is holy and it represents God Himself
How do we show respect?
Everytime we repeat the prophet Isaiah’s text in the Eucharistic acclamation:
“Holy, holy, holy Lord God of power and might. Heaven and earth are full of Your glory…”
Everytime we reverently make Sign of the Cross.
Everytime we pray the Lord’s Prayer.
Finally, we obey this commandment when:
we reject blasphemy (speaking of God with contempt)
we refrain from cursing (calling down punishment on others)
we keep ourselves from taking false oaths (using God’s name to confirm a false statement)
The Third Commandment
Stresses the importance of keeping holy the day for the worship of God and recreation
Sabbath, is founded on God’s creative action in Genesis
Symbol of final celebration and test which is the conclusion of God’s work
How do we fulfill?
Active participation in the EucharistWe have to abstain from those work and
business concerns that prevent us from focusing on God and our worship of Him
When we set aside Sunday to rest and renew bodily strength, enjoy a decent measure of recreation, and to promote family unity
Précis
The First Commandment states that God alone is our Lord and we should not have other gods besides Him.
The Second Commandment states that we should not use the name of God in vain.
The Third Commandment states that we should keep holy the Lord’s day.
Précis
Worship is due to God alone
Participating in the Eucharist and focusing
on God in all our Sunday activities are
ways of obeying the Third Commandment.
God’s name is Himself, therefore we
should respect and revere it.
Précis
The doctrinal ground for these first three Commandments has already been brought out in detail: only God, as Creator Lord of all, is to be worshipped and adored.
Thus, the worship dimension is intrinsic to all three Commandments, not just the Third.
Précis
Our duty as human persons and as Christians is to worship our heavenly Father, the Lord our God, as members of His people, the Church, through sharing in the Eucharistic sacrifice of His own divine Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, in the power of their Holy Spirit, dwelling in and amongst us. (CFC 923)