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In the Fifth Commandment almighty God forbids us to destroy our own life, or that of our neighbor, or to treat the lower animals with cruelty.


OUR DUTY IN REGARD TO THE LIFE OF OUR NEIGHBOR
A strict obligation is laid upon us to avoid everything that may destroy the health or life of our neighbor.

1. Accordingly it is sinful to wish ill to one's neighbor, to injure his health, to challenge him or accept a duel, or to put him to death unjustly and willingly.
2. He commits a still greater sin who destroys the spiritual life of his neighbor, either by tempting him to evil or by giving scandal.
3. It is, however, lawful to wound or even to kill our fellowman, if he threatens to take our life by violence, or anything that is absolutely indispensable to our life, and we have no other means of defence. This is called the right of self-defence.
4. He who has wrongfully injured his neighbor, either physically or spiritually, is bound to repair the harm done to the utmost of his power.

What are the Reasons which ought to Deter us from Taking our own Life or that of our Neighbor?

1. He who needlessly imperils or seeks to put an end to his own life, is often punished by God with acute bodily suffering here and sometimes by eternal damnation hereafter.
2. He who takes the life of another is tortured by terrible pangs of conscience, often dies a violent death, and is everlastingly damned.
3. He who hates his neighbor loses his peace of mind, and becomes displeasing to God; his prayers are not heard, and his lot is eternal perdition.

OUR CONDUCT IN REGARD TO THE LOWER ANIMALS.
The lower animals are created by God for the service of man.  In our relations to animals it is our duty to care for their wellbeing, to refrain from tormenting them, not to kill any useful animal without a special reason, and finally not to treat them with exaggerated tenderness. Men who are either cruel to animals or ridiculously fond of them, often are very hard-hearted towards their fellow-men. Both extremes, cruelty to animals and foolish fondness for them, are at variance with the order that God has established in the universe.

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In the Fifth Commandment almighty God forbids us to destroy our own life, or that of our neighbor, or to treat the lower animals with cruelty.

OUR DUTY IN RESPECT TO OUR OWN LIFE.

1. Our body was created by God as an abode for our immortal soul.
2. Since the life and health of the body are of great importance for the life of the soul and for our eternal salvation, we are bound to take precautions for the preservation of our health and of our life.
3. Furthermore we are under a strict obligation to do nothing that tends to destroy health or life.
   Consequently it is a sin to rashly hazard one's life, wantonly to injure one's health, or to take one's own life.
   

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In the Fourth Commandment God enjoins upon us to honor His representatives upon earth, that is to say, our parents, and both the ecclesiastical and secular authorities.

OUR DUTY TOWARDS OUR PARENTS

1. Our parents are to be honored, because they are God's repre sentatives and our greatest benefactors.
2. We ought to honor our parents by respectful behavior, love, and obedience.
3. Our duty is the same in regard to those who are in authority over us, as it is to our parents; our teachers and governors, masters and employers, and our elders in general.

Transgressions of the Fourth Commandment

1. He transgresses the Fourth Commandment of God who is disrespectful towards his parents; who behaves rudely to them, is ashamed of them, etc.

How Does God Reward the Observance of the Fourth Command ment?

1. God promises long life, happiness, and blessings upon earth to children who honor their parents.
2. God threatens to send upon those who do not honor their parents shame upon earth, a miserable end, everlasting damnation.

OUR DUTY TOWARDS THOSE IN AUTHORITY

1. God has appointed two powers, the spiritual and the secular, for the direction of human society. To the spiritual power He has committed the guidance of souls, to the secular the main tenance of peace and order.
2. The highest spiritual authority was given by God to the Pope, the highest secular authority to the monarch of the land; in most countries the people have a share in the secular govern ment.
3. Our duties towards Pope and king are similar to our duties towards God, for they are both His representatives.
4. He who grossly offends against either the ecclesiastical or secular authorities has to expect the severe chastisement of God on earth, and punishment in the world to come.

THE DUTIES OF THOSE WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY.

1. The Christian ought not to strive after a position of au thority which he is not competent to fil
2. He who is called by God to fill some post of authority, must not on that account think much of himself, but rather consider the responsibility laid on him.
3. Those who rule others ought to promote as far as possible the welfare of their subjects, and treat them with impartiality and justice.
4. Those who are in high places ought to set a good example.

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THE THIRD AND FOURTH COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH.

1. In the third and fourth commandments the Church enjoins upon us the duty of approaching the Sacrament of Penance and receiving holy communion at Easter.
2. The time for fulfilling the Easter precept was formerly only two weeks, from Palm Sunday to Low Sunday; it is now extended in almost all dioceses, being from the first Sunday of Lent to Low Sunday, sometimes even to Trinity Sunday.
   
3. 
    It is fitting that we should receive holy communion at Easter, because it was just before Easter Day, on Holy Thursday, that Our Lord instituted the Adorable Sacrament of the Altar.
   
4. The Church allows Catholics to make their Easter confes sion elsewhere than in their parish church.
5. Christian burial can be denied to a Catholic who has not been in the habit of receiving the sacraments at Easter, and who dies unrepentant.

THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT OF THE CHURCH.
By the fifth commandment of the Church we are bound to con tribute to the support of our pastors.

THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT OF THE CHURCH.
Marriage and the penitential seasons.
In the sixth commandment marriage with non-Catholics is for bidden, also the marriage of those who are related within the fourth degree of kindred. Marriages are not to be solemnized during fixed seasons. These penitential times are from the beginning of Advent until the Epiphany, and from Ash Wednesday until Low Sunday.




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THE SECOND COMMANDMENT OF THE CHURCH
By the second commandment of the Church the precept of fast ing is laid upon us.
In the second commandment of the Church we are ordered to abstain on all Fridays of the year; and to fast during the forty days of Lent, on the Ember days, and on the vigils of certain feasts.

1. We are forbidden to eat meat on Friday, because on that day Our Lord died for us.
2. During the forty days of Lent only one full meal is to be taken, as a partial imitation of Our Lord's fast of forty days, and as a suitable preparation for celebrating the festival of Easter.
3. We ought to keep the fast of the Ember days strictly, in order to implore almighty God to send us good priests, and to thank Him for the benefits received during the past quarter.
4. We are also bound to fast on the vigils of certain feasts, in order the better to prepare ourselves for celebrating those feasts.
5. It is by no means the desire of the Church that we should fast to the injury of our health, or that we should thereby be hindered from performing the duties of our station.
6. Fasting is beneficial both for the soul and the body.
7. Abstinence from food is only pleasing to God if, at the same time, we refrain from sin and perform good works.

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THE FIRST COMMANDMENT OF THE CHURCH : THE OBSERVANCE OF SUNDAYS AND HOLYDAYS.

1. In the first commandment of the Church the solemn observance of the holydays is enjoined upon us. There are seven festivals of Our Lord, five of Our Lady, and three of the saints.
2. The holydays of obligation ought to be kept in the same manner as the Sundays; we must abstain from servile work and assist at holy Mass.

The Ecclesiastical Year.

1. The ecclesiastical year is an annual commemoration and representation of the life of Christ and of the time before and after His birth.
2.  The ecclesiastical year begins upon the first Sunday in Ad vent; its three principal feasts are: Christinas, when the birth of Christ is celebrated; Easter, the day of His resurrection; and Pentecost, when the coming of the Holy Spirit is commemorated.
3. The aspect of nature corresponds to the three principal festivals.

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Motives for the Sanctification of Sunday.

1. God rewards with temporal blessings those who keep holy His day.
2. The profanation of the Lord's Day is frequently punished with temporal evils, sickness and poverty.
3. The non-observance of Sunday undermines family life and social relations.

THE PRECEPT OF LABOR

1. The obligation to work was laid upon mankind by God after the Fall as a penance.
2. Every individual who can work is bound to work. St. Paul says : " If any man will not work, neither let him eat " (2 Thess. iii. 10).
3. Every man is bound primarily to perform the work apper taining to his calling or station.
4. We must not forget God in what we do ; before and during our work we should implore His aid and renew our intention.
5. Labor obtains a temporal and an eternal recompense, be cause it is a kind of divine worship. The temporal recompense is contentment and earthly happiness.

The Relaxations Permitted vo the Christian.

1. It is lawful for those who work to seek relaxation, for this is a means of renewing one's strength after one's work is done.
2. We must not, however, indulge too freely in amusements, and certainly we must eschew all those that are sinful; more over in all our recreations the thought of God must be present to our mind.

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THE PRECEPT TO SANCTIFY SUNDAYS AND HOLYDAYS.

1. God commands us to sanctify the seventh day, because on the seventh day He rested from the work of creation.
2. God commanded the Jews to keep holy the Sabbath day.
3. Sunday was appointed by the apostles as the day of rest Instead of the Sabbath, because Christ rose from the dead on a Sunday.
4. We are bound on Sunday to abstain from servile work and to assist at the public Mass; we ought, moreover, to employ this day in providing for the salvation of our soul, that is to say by approaching the sacraments, by prayer, hearing sermons, reading spiritual books, and performing works of mercy.

The work permitted on holydays of obligation is (1), Servile work which is absolutely necessary, especially works of mercy; (2), Light and trifling work; (3), Occupations of an intellectual nature; (4), Reasonable recreation.

Sins Against the Third Commandment.

1. By doing or requiring others to perform servile work.
2. By carelessness about attendance at public worship.
3. By indulging in diversions which are over-fatiguing, or which are of a sinful nature.

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We owe reverence to almighty God because He is a Lord of infinite majesty, and of infinite bounty.

1. In the Second Commandment God commands us in the first place to show due respect to His divine majesty. This we must do in the following manner:
2. We should frequently call upon the name of God with true and heartfelt devotion, especially at the commencement of all we do and in time of trouble.
3. We ought to show respect for all that appertains to divine worship ; more especially for the servants of God, for holy places, sacred things, and religious ceremonies.
4. We ought frequently to praise and magnify almighty God on account of His infinite perfections and goodness, especially when He reveals His perfections in a special manner, or confers a benefit upon us.
5. Furthermore, God prohibits everything which is a violation of the reverence due to His divine majesty; and in particular:
   Taking the name of God in vain.
6. Swearing. By this is meant the use of holy names in a moment of anger as an imprecation against certain persons or things.
7. Indecorous behavior towards persons who are consecrated to the service of God, holy places, sacred objects or actions.
8.  Blasphemy. Of this sin those are guilty who revile God, His saints, or speak contemptuously of objects connected with His worship.
9. Simony. This consists in selling spiritualities for money, or the equivalent of money.

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THE EXTRAORDINARY WORSHIP OF GOD
We can, moreover, honor God by taking an oath or by making a vow.

1. To swear or take an oath is to call God to witness that one is speaking the truth, or that one will keep a promise.
2. Christians are not obliged to refuse to take an oath, for it is permitted by God, and pleasing in His sight.
3. We ought therefore to make use of an oath only when it is absolutely necessary, with deliberation, and in the interests of truth and justice.
4. He who swears falsely, commits a grave act of blasphemy, and draws down upon himself the curse of God and the penalty of eternal perdition.

The Vow (Solemn Promise).

1. A vow is a promise voluntarily made to God, to perform some good action.
2. The most important vows are the religious vows, that is to say the solemn promise made voluntarily by persons entering a religious Order, to follow the evangelical counsels.
3. A vow renders the good action which we pledge ourselves to perform more acceptable to God. Consequently by means of a vow we obtain a more speedy answer to prayer, and make more rapid progress in the way of perfection.
4. He who does not keep a solemn promise, offends against God; and so does he who needlessly postpones the fulfilment of his promise (Exod. xxiii. 21).
5. Therefore any one who is desirous of taking a vow, ought to consider well beforehand whether he will be able to keep his word.
6. A Religious who finds himself unable to keep his vows must apply to his Superior to be released from them or have them commuted.

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