Becoming God’s Masterpiece
This course explores the Church's moral teaching from the perspective of following God's loving plan for your life so you can become the masterpiece that God created you to be. You will gain not only greater knowledge of the Church's moral teaching, but practical strategies for applying moral principles and the process of deep conversion to your life. Morality is more about BECOMING than it is about DOING. Become God's masterpiece!
| Module 1 | The Right Template - Properly Understanding Morality | |
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| Lesson 1 | Legalism and the Distant God | |
| Lesson 2 | Relativism and the God Within | |
| Lesson 3 | Participating in God's Wisdom & Goodness | |
| Module 2 | Living a Fully Human Life | |
| Lesson 1 | What is "Nature"? | |
| Lesson 2 | Are We Different Than Plants & Animals? | |
| Lesson 3 | Made in the Image of God | |
| Lesson 4 | Being Human | |
| Lesson 5 | Human Nature Diagram | |
| Module 3 | Created for Goodness | |
| Lesson 1 | Knowing Good and Evil | |
| Lesson 2 | The Motivating Power of Emotion | |
| Lesson 3 | Choosing the Good and Getting It | |
| Lesson 4 | We Are Made for Goodness Activity | |
| Module 4 | Human Emotion | |
| Lesson 1 | Human Emotions | |
| Lesson 2 | Temperament & Personality | |
| Module 5 | Human Freedom and Human Actions | |
| Lesson 1 | Perceptions of Freedom | |
| Lesson 2 | True Freedom | |
| Lesson 3 | Am I Free to Follow My Conscience? | |
| Lesson 4 | I Am Free to Follow My Conscience | |
| Lesson 5 | Human Action | |
| Module 6 | Human Happiness Proves the Need for God | |
| Lesson 1 | Defining True Human Happiness | |
| Lesson 2 | Levels of Happiness | |
| Lesson 3 | Life Philosophies & Levels of Happiness Activity | |
| Lesson 4 | Relationship With God - Our Only True Fulfillment | |
| Module 7 | Created in God's Image | |
| Lesson 1 | Creation as Covenant | |
| Lesson 2 | Created in God's Image | |
| Lesson 3 | Image of God Activity | |
| Module 8 | Original Sin | |
| Lesson 1 | Satan's Temptation of Eve | |
| Lesson 2 | The Pattern of Sin | |
| Lesson 3 | Pattern of Sin Activity | |
| Module 9 | Learning to Trust God - the Virtue of Hope | |
| Lesson 1 | Abraham Learns to Trust | |
| Lesson 2 | Living in Trust through Hope | |
| Module 10 | Intimacy with God: Faith | |
| Lesson 1 | Moses is Invited to Intimacy with God | |
| Lesson 2 | Growing in Intimacy with God Through the Virtue of Faith | |
| Module 11 | Committing to the Covenant | |
| Lesson 1 | The Hebrew People Learn Commitment | |
| Lesson 2 | Commitment to God: Faithfulness | |
| Module 12 | To Love Like Jesus | |
| Lesson 1 | Jesus Teaches Us to Love | |
| Lesson 2 | Learning to Love with the Help of Charity | |
| Module 13 | Building Your Character | |
| Lesson 1 | Personality, Character and Temperament - What You Can Change | |
| Lesson 2 | How to Form Your Character | |
| Module 14 | Cooperation with Grace | |
| Lesson 1 | Grace - a Freely Given Gift of . . . What? | |
| Lesson 2 | Cooperating with Grace - What Does it Mean? | |
| Module 15 | The Commandments: Leading Us to Love | |
| Lesson 1 | First Commandment: Have No Other Gods | |
| Lesson 2 | Second Commandment: Do Not Take the Lord's Name in Vain | |
| Lesson 3 | Third Commandment: the Sabbath | |
| Lesson 4 | Fourth Commandment: Honor Your Father & Mother | |
| Lesson 5 | Fifth Commandment: Do Not Commit Murder | |
| Lesson 6 | Sixth Commandment: Do Not Commit Adultery | |
| Lesson 7 | Seventh Commandment: Do Not Steal | |
| Lesson 8 | Eighth Commandment: Do Not Bear False Witness | |
| Lesson 9 | Ninth Commandment: Do Not Covet Your Neighbor's Wife | |
| Lesson 10 | Tenth Commandment: Do Not Covet Your Neighbor's Goods | |
| Module 16 | Sin - Missing Out on the Goodness | |
| Lesson 1 | Understanding Sin | |
| Lesson 2 | Mortal Sin & Venial Sin | |
| Lesson 3 | Kinds of Sin | |
| Module 17 | The Capital Sins - Warping the Soul | |
| Lesson 1 | Capital Sins: Pride / Vainglory | |
| Lesson 2 | Capital Sins: Avarice / Greed | |
| Lesson 3 | Capital Sins: Gluttony & Lust | |
| Lesson 4 | Capital Sins: Anger | |
| Lesson 5 | Capital Sins: Envy | |
| Lesson 6 | Capital Sins: Sloth | |
| Module 18 | The Beatitudes - Transforming the Hearts | |
| Lesson 1 | Beatitudes as Words of Comfort | |
| Lesson 2 | Beatitudes as Call to Virtue | |
| Lesson 3 | Beatitudes as the Virtues of Jesus | |
| Module 19 | Sermon on the Mount - the Principles of the New Law | |
| Lesson 1 | Jesus Fulfills the Law | |
| Lesson 2 | Jesus Calls us to Perfection | |
| Module 20 | Jesus - the Divine Law | |
| Lesson 1 | Jesus is the Divine Law |