Adam and Eve are in perfect

harmony with God that within their

nakedness they see everything is pure
knowing only good. However, when they
committed the first sin, they are able to
gain knowledge to know evil, but the
consequence changes our lives in to
suffering. A suffering that gave man
hope which is the key of love.
Vocation :
Best Expression of Love
Developing Friendship w/
purpose and Purity
 Learning Objectives
1. Identify the true meaning of love

2. Understand the different vocation

and life states

3. Manifest understanding on the

importance of commitment to God
despite chosen life states
 Song of Songs 4: 9, 12
“You have ravished my heart, my sister,
my bride; you have ravished my heart
with one glance of your eyes, with one
bead of your necklace. A garden
enclosed, my sister, my bride, a garden
enclosed, a fountain sealed!”
 In terms of love, it is both exposed
and revealed by the stories of love that
we know from fantasies to reality this
are expositions on the other hand, love
is revealed into your own encounter
and understanding. Therefore, love is
both feeling and decision.
 1 Cor 13: 4-8, 13

➢ always patient and kind; never jealous;

➢ not boastful or conceited,
➢ never rude and never seeks its own advantage, does not take
offence or store up grievances.
➢ does not rejoice at wrongdoing but finds its joy in the truth.
➢ always ready to make allowances, to trust, to hope and to endure
whatever comes.
➢ never comes to an end.
“…not merely a feeling, but an act of will that consists of preferring,
in a constant manner, the good of other to the good of oneself” – JP II
The 3 stages of love
Love as Attraction
Recognizing the good of another person; seeing the
inner and outer beauty of the person
Love as Desire
Wanting a good for yourself; desiring goodness
and happiness
Love as Goodwill
Willing (or desiring) the good of
another person
 Chastity
➢ To avoid our confusion to Love and Lust let us
see the meaning of Chastity.
Lust – a distortion of truth
Abstinence – a “No” to sex
Chastity – a “Yes” to love and “a sure way to
happiness” (Love & Responsibility p.172)
 Chastity
● Chastity means the successful integration of sexuality
within the person and thus the inner unity of man in his
bodily and spiritual being.
● Sexuality, in which man's belonging to the bodily and
biological world is expressed, becomes personal and
truly human when it is integrated into the relationship
of one person to another, in the complete and lifelong
mutual gift of a man and a woman.- CCC 2337
➢ It includes an apprenticeship in self-mastery which
is a training in human freedom. The alternative is
clear: either man governs his passions and finds
peace, or he lets himself be dominated by them and
becomes unhappy. - CCC 2339
➢ The virtue that directs all our sexual desires, emotions and
attractions towards the dignity of the person and the real
meaning of love

➢ When I am chaste, I am saying YES to LOVE

➢ Chastity makes no sense without Love. The whole purpose

to be chaste is to love others as they deserve to be loved.

➢ Why? Because they are persons with dignity and not

objects for pleasure
How to be
chase ?
 Make a decision to be chaste person beginning today

Good news is don’t matter how sinful I was before, I

can start to live a chaste life today!
Develop habit of prayer

Depending on God always, ask God to grant you

purity and virtue of chastity

When you are in temptation to lust over

opposite sex, instead of repression, pray!
Vocation
Part II
 Married Life
Sacrificial for they give their-selves
to one another becoming as one.
“Love in marriage refers not to any
superficial, romanticized sentiment, but to the
deepest, most fundamental reality of human
life… But we fin fulfillment only when accepted
as a person, only in personal. Only love affirms
us in our basic human dignity because it
accepts us in our very selves.” -CFC 1909
 The Single Blessedness
The lay vocation comes from the
Sacrament of Baptism where we are
immersed (baptize in in Greek means
immersion) in the Most Holy Trinity
and communion with him. Therefore,
a single lay person is called first and
foremost to “be” instead of doing, to
be present to the Lord.
It is called blessedness commonly for it is a
sacrifice, but it is for God, and the Church
recognize for it is a act of HOLINESS.
 The Religious life
• The degrees of the sacrament of Holy Orders
The (1) diaconate, (2) the priesthood and
(3) the episcopate are intimately related as
grades of the one sacrament of Holy Orders,
received successively and inclusively.

• At the same time, they are distinguished

according to the sacramental reality
conferred and their corresponding functions
in the Church.
● Ordained person do not have difference with the
lay people. The bishop, priest, and deacon are
instruments of God to continue the work of Jesus
to call people to Holiness

● Priests especially the Holy Father (Pope) is not a

God, he acts in the person of Christ (in persona
Christi), they are also called (alter Christus)
meaning another Christ as representation of
Christ whose responsibility is to proclaim God’s
word as he continues his ministry.
“Consecrated men and women, generally known
as Religious, playing an indispensable role. . .
They consecrate theme-selves totally to the
service of God and neighbor.”- PCP II,448
 Commitment
Making a commitment involves dedicating
yourself to something, like a person or a cause.
Before you make a commitment, think carefully.
A commitment obligates you to do something.
Some commitments are large, like marriage.
 Louis and Zelie Martin, parents of Therese of
Lisieux, become first husband and wife saints.
Activity
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 Filipinos are used of pakikipag-kapwa in other words the
help that we are doing to others consciously or
unconsciously is giving space to others which in Filipino to
term “ puwang” that can be understood also as opening.
Developing
Friendship with
Purpose of Purity.
 Friendship is a complex, variable relationship
that can provide us with moral and spiritual support
or set us on paths that are deeply destructive.

➢ The spiritual core reason for friendship is that it

can and is meant to help us change and grow. It
is the first responsibility to help our friend to
become a better person. We are each of us, as
created beings, made for a purpose.
 Friendships are vital
throughout life, peer groups
and social relations among
friends gain increasing
importance during puberty
and adolescence. As the
peer group becomes a more
significant source,
friendships begin to take on
a new meaning.
Many of have best friends however it is hard to stay
that in that way especially when you are far away.

Pope John Paul II give us an example to reflect on in

his life, when he still alive friendship is very special
to him.