Don’t Give False Witness – 8th Commandment, Part 1 – Jul 19 – Homily – Fr Terrance
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Fr Terrance gives the homily at Bloomington, IN on Jul 19, 2022, on how the 8th Commandment, we should not give false witness includes a duty to have a genuine love of truth and of God who is truth and to live in the truth.
CCC 2464-2492 http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc/p3s2c2a8.htm
Truthfulness is part of our vocation to tell the world about God and Christ, Who is truth.
Truth is from Amet or Amen
Jesus came in truth.
Truth sets us free and sanctifies us.
CCC 2467 God created us for the truth, that which corresponds to reality
To lie or not affirm the truth is to not be in touch with reality
We are most obligated to seek and follow religious truth Vatican II: Dignitatus Humanae https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651207_dignitatis-humanae_en.html
Religious truth, how to worship God ...
Against moral relativity
Need to accept objective truth in order even talk about morality
GK Chesterton, if we leave out central truth, get wrapped up in peripheral truths
CCC 2468, Truthfulness, sincerity, Candor, Against duplicity, assimilation,
God is truth, I am wh am, God is who he is, not two-faced
Often a problem of a wounded heart
Truth keeps the middle ground between what needs to be said and what needs to not be mentioned, involves discretion, privacy is legitimate.
Don't need to be scrupulous about telling everything.
CCC 2489 preserving privacy is an excellent reason to stay silent.
Playlist 10 Commandments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHywYqggh-Q&list=PLejh_e0-LN4xHY8ruFpqbwAG2NLNYfGoC
Ave Maria!
Mass: Tuesday in the 16th Week in Ordinary Time - Wkdy
Readings: - http://usccb.org/bible/readings/071922.cfm
1st: mic 7:14-15, 18-20
Resp: psa 85:2-8
Gsp: mat 12:46-50
More on the Readings: https://airmaria.com/r?m=891
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