Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Living the Christian Life - 10.4
- vocation
- a calling from god to
lead the christian
discipleship
- importance
- it shows all christians
are called to live a life
of discipleship, just as
apostles were
- it shows that all christians must
do what god calls them to do is
they want to achieve salvation.
- it is gods
will
- by following vocation
christians are bringing more
people to god by their example
- by following vocation a christian
will lead a holy life and work
towards salvation
- how christians show it
in daily life
- by choosing a caring
profession e.g. doctor
they can show love for
others and god
- by marrying and bringing up
children in a christian family.
meaning parents act as disciple
teaching the faith
- by showing christian love of
neighbour in the way they
treat others
- by being honest
and fair at work.
- why christians
show vocation in
their daily lives
- vocation is about the whole of
life and christians need to
serve god in all they do
- christians believe that jesus'
final command to his disciples
to go and 'baptise all nations'
meant they should show their
faith in all their actions and in
what they say to others
- christian vocation is the call to love
god and love one's neighbour in the
whole of ice as jesus commanded his
disciples in the greatest
commandment
- christian vocation cannot be
restricted to church or sundays.
they call to be a christian must
involve everything a christian does
- how some christians
show vocation by
taking holy orders
- by taking holy orders
christian men copy the work
of the apostles by giving up
everything to follow jesus
- when men take holy orders
they promise to serve just as
jesus served people
- by taking holy orders men witness
their faith to other people and show
gods love to those who suffer
- by taking holy orders men try to
build the kingdom of god by
running parish communities
- why some christians
show vocation by
taking holy orders
- because they have a special
calling from god to devote
their lives to him
- it is difficult to ignore. if they try to
ignore gods call,it is often very
persistent so they have to accept it
- they want to celebrate god in
the church by celebrating the
sacraments that gave spiritual
food and strength to people
- christians working for
social and community
cohesion
- how
- having friends from different faiths
and ethnic groups, supporting
community cohesion and opposing
any racist or religious discrimination
they meet
- the Catholic Education Service (CES) works for
social and community cohesion by making
sure catholic schools are open to all ethnic
groups and teach about non-christian faiths
- churches promote
community cohesion by
bringing different ethnic
groups together and setting
up the Churches Racial
Justice network
- why
- in the parable of the good
samaritan, jesus taught
christians to love their
neighbours of all races
- st peter was given a vision by god showing
him that god accepts the worship of anyone
who does right whatever their race.
- st paul taught that all humans
come from Adam,all ethnic
groups are equal to each other.
- the catechism teaches that it is
the duty of catholics to work
for community cohesion
- using the 10
commandments as a guide
for living
- how
- through their prayers and
worship, christians show
that they are following the
first three commandments
- many Christians don't
swear, particularly not
using gods name
- Catholics use the command to
honour the Sabbath day as a reason
for attending mass every Sunday
- Christians use: don't steal,
don't kill, don't commit
adultery,dont lie, don't desire
other peoples things to help
them make moral decisions
- why
- the 10 commandments are a
precise list of rules from god on
how Christians should behave
- if Christians follow the 10
commandments they will be
worshipping the one god of
the Apostles creed
- following the last seven
commandments will give
Christians a good relationship
with their neighbours
- The Sermon on the
mount
- using it for the
re-interpretation of
the law of Moses
as a guide for living
- how
- Christians can be guided against
anger by Jesus' teaching that to be
angry with someone can lead to
murder. therefore you must seek
forgiveness and reconciliation
- married Christians may be
guided by Jesus' teaching that
lustful thoughts about
someone other than your
marriage partner are as bad
as committing adultery
- they may also be guided by his
teaching that although the law of
Moses allows divorce if you
re-marry after divorce you are
committing adultery
- many Christians use
Jesus' teachings about
an eye for an eye to
become pacifists
- why
- this is the teaching of jesus and has a
lot more detail than the 10
commandments
- the sermon on the
mount shows that the
old Jewish ways have
been fulfilled by the
new law of Jesus
- the sermon on the
mount explains that the
thoughts and feelings
that people have are as
important as their
actions
- if Jesus thought his
disciples needed this
teaching, it must also be
needed by Christians today
- using the teachings as
a guide for living
- how
- guide for how
to worship.
- guide for how to behave
when they are fasting or
giving to charity (not
display what they're
doing)
- guide for their
prayer life.
- used teachings to
avoid being a
hypocrite
- why
- not making a display of
religion is the teaching of
Jesus
- it explains how
christians should show
love of god rather than
public praise
- it explains how displaying
religion will receive no
reward from god because it is
done for public praise rather
than out of love of god
- it gives good guidance
on prayer - the 'our
father' unites all
christian denominations
- using the teachings on
christians and money as
a guide for living
- why
- jesus, as gods son, is the best
person to show christians the
relationship between money
and god
- the teachings show christians
that possessions and money
do not last forever, but by
concentrating on the eternal
god rather than money,
christians can gain eternal life
- they are a useful guide
to show christians that
using money to love
god and their
neighbour is the way to
eternal life
- how
- a guide about the relationship
between their attitude to
money and their relationship
with god. they learn that it is
more important to gain
spiritually than financially
- they find out what they
should do with money
- they find out that
they shouldn't make
money their god
- using the teachings on
judgement and the golden
rule as a guide for living
- why
- jesus as gods son, is the
best person to show
christians when to judge
- the catechism says that the
golden rule helps christians to
work out how to behave in
difficult situations
- how
- Jesus taught that if people judge
someone, they must except to
be judged in the same way
- they are used to concentrate
trying to improve themselves
rather than picking on the things
that other people do wrong
- golden rule = "treat
other people as you
would like to be treated"
- relieving poverty and
suffering in the UK
- how
- the St Vincent de
Paul Society
- many parishes have SVP
groups which relieve
poverty and suffering
- regular visits and personal care
by the same people to help
families with difficulties ect.
- organising holiday
schemes for children from
poor or broken homes
- organising furniture stores
which can be used when
housing the homeless
- organising housing
associations to provide
affordable housing for
the homeless
- providing drop-in centres
for lonely people to have
an opportunity to socialise
- why
- jesus said riches must be
used for the help of
others especially the poor
- christianity teaches that
all humans are equal
- in the parable of the sheep and
the goat people are sent to heaven
because they fed the hungry,
thirsty, clothed the naked and
visited those in prison
- helping to relieve
poverty is a way of
loving your neighbour