man’s freedom
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Man is rational and therefore like God,he is created with free will and ismaster over his acts.
CCC 1731
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Freedom and Responsibility.
Freedom is the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that,and so to perform deliberate actions onone’s own responsibility.
By free will one shapes one’s own life .
Human freedom is a force for growthand maturity in truth and goodness; it
attains its perfection when directed towardGod.
CCC 1731
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The more one does what is good,the freer one becomes.
There is no true freedom except in
the service of what is good and just.The choice to disobey and do evil is
an abuse of freedom and leads tothe slavery of sin.
CCC 1733
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Freedom makes man
responsible for his acts to theextent that they are voluntary.
Progress in virtue, knowledgeof the good, and self disciplineenhance the mastery of the willover its acts.
CCC 1734
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Hindrances for Perfect Freedom :a. Concupiscence or Passion –strongemotions
b. Violencec. Habits
d. Fear
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SIN – The Lord asked Eve after the
sin in the garden: “What is this that you have done? He asked Cain thesame question. The prophet
Nathan questioned David in thesame way after he committedadultery with the wife of Uriah andhad him murdered. (CCC 1736).
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Every human person, created in
the image of God, has thenatural right to be recognized asa free and responsible being. Allowe to each other this duty of respect.
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Man’s freedom is limited and
fallible (capable of makingmistake) In fact, man failed. Hefreely sinned. By refusing God’s
plan of love, he deceived himself and became slave to sin . Sin is an
abuse of freedomccc 1739
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By his glorious Cross Christ
has won salvation for all men.He redeemed them from the
sin that held them inbondage. “ For freedom
Christ has set us free . In him we have communion with thetruth that makes us free.
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The Holy Spirit has beengiven to us and, as the Apostles teaches,” Where the
spirit of the Lord is, there isfreedom. Already we glory in
the “ liberty of the Childrenof God.CCC 1741
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…as Christian experience attests
especially in prayer, the moredocile we are to the promptings of grace, the more we grow in innerfreedom and confidence duringtrials, such as those we face in the
pressures and contraints of theouter world. CCC 1742
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By the working of grace the
Holy Spirit educates us inspiritual freedom in order to
make us free collaborators in his work in the Church and in the world. CCC 1742
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PRAYER
Almighty and merciful God, in your goodness take away from
us all that is harmful, so that,made ready both in mind and
body, we may freely accomplish you will.