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CLE MODULE 85

The document discusses the importance of respecting the property of others as outlined in the Seventh Commandment, emphasizing the moral obligation to avoid stealing, lying, cheating, vandalism, and other forms of dishonesty. It highlights the need for social justice and the protection of individual rights while addressing the consequences of greed and the call for restitution. Additionally, it encourages prayer and reflection on one's relationship with God and the teachings of the Church regarding materialism and the dignity of all individuals.

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CLE MODULE 85

The document discusses the importance of respecting the property of others as outlined in the Seventh Commandment, emphasizing the moral obligation to avoid stealing, lying, cheating, vandalism, and other forms of dishonesty. It highlights the need for social justice and the protection of individual rights while addressing the consequences of greed and the call for restitution. Additionally, it encourages prayer and reflection on one's relationship with God and the teachings of the Church regarding materialism and the dignity of all individuals.

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I am Called to Respect the

Property of Others
Module 85
Book 3
• Have you experienced getting a thing that
is not yours?
• Did you keep it without asking the
permission of the owner?
• Do you return to the owner the thing that
you identify found?
• Do you return extra change?
You shall not steal
The seventh commandment
Objectives:
• Stresses the seriousness of the moral
obligation to obey the seventh
commandment;
• Identify ways on how to protect one’s
dignity, freedom, and well-being of oneself
and others; and
Objectives:
• Write a prayer asking God to guide and
guard you to live in simplicity and to
overcome the temptations of being
materialistic and envious of others.
Seventh Commandment
• This commandment makes it very clear
that you can’t use a person’s life and
liberty as a means to extort money or any
material things or political advantage from
others, no matter how noble the cause.
Seventh Commandment
• God created man and woman with equal
rights and dignity.
• Was given the authority to have dominion
over all His creations.
• They were happy and contented until pride
and selfishness came into their being.
Seventh Commandment
• They disobeyed God and this was the
beginning of evil in the world.
Seventh Commandment
• The seventh commandment enjoins
respect for the integrity of creation.

• It simply means no claim unjustly the


possession of another as one’s own.
Seventh Commandment
• It protects the right of possessing goods
and properties for the good of individuals
and families and the community as well.
Prohibitions under the Seventh
Commandment

1. Stealing – immoral act; someone takes


something, either materials or ideas, without
permission from the rightful owners.
Examples:
• Paying unjust wages – unfair payment of
salaries to employees or workers. This is
the opposite of social justice which refers to
the giving of what is due to others.
Examples:
• Tax evasion or business fraud or graft
and corruption – acquisition of money,
power and other things by dishonesty or unfair
means; by taking advantage of a position of
trust.
Prohibitions under the Seventh
Commandment
2. Lying – an intentionally deceptive message in
the form of a statement. A piece of
information deliberately presented as true;
anything meant to deceive or give a wrong
impression.
Prohibitions under the Seventh
Commandment
3. Cheating – a non-verbal act of deception and
dishonesty, while lying is verbal. To
deceive someone for one’s gain. An
example of this is when you copy from your
seatmate when answering.
Prohibitions under the Seventh
Commandment
4. Vandalism – deliberate destruction of
somebody else’s property. The common forms
of vandalism is writing on walls, desks, and
other private and public properties that are not
intended for writing. It also include
destroying someone’s property intentionally.
Prohibitions under the Seventh
Commandment
5. Buying Stolen Goods – it is a form of
stealing because it encourages the one who
steals to do it again. After all, he knows he can
earn from it.
6. Piracy – it is the unauthorized use or copying
of materials. Today, the most commonly
pirated materials are movies and compact
disk (CDs).
A person who steals is demanded to return
or pay the value of what he has stolen. This
is called restitution.
• As the seventh commandment forbids
theft of every kind, it also despises greed
because it is also a type of theft.
• To covet means to excessively desire for
something that belongs to another.
• The Church protects three values relative
to the Seventh Commandment. These will
help us to solve poverty that causes the
suffering and misery of so many of our
fellow brothers and sisters here in our
country and abroad.
1. Universal Destination and the Private
Ownership of Goods
- people can meet their human needs and of
those who depend on them
- not an absolute and unconditional right
• Violations against the right to property are
two kinds: from above and theft from
below.
 Theft from above – is a kind of theft which is
primarily motivated by the greed of the rich
who take advantage of the poverty and
helplessness of the poor.
 Theft from below – is a kind of theft committed by
the poor who take the goods of others in
violation of the principle of justice and fairness.
2. Social Justice – Pope John Paul II strongly
declares that the violation of the fundamental
dignity of the person can never be justified. No
social organization could claim to serve the
common good if basic human rights are
violated.
3. Preferential Love for the Poor – love for
the poor is the opposite of a life lived in
extravagance while a great number of people
are very poor.
A. Scripture
• Get your bible, read and reflect on the
message of Psalm 63. Compose a prayer
expressing your ardent longing for God.
B. Church Teaching
• Church teaching illuminates the primary
meaning of the Seventh Commandment
and Tenth Commandment as dealing with
the disordered desires of the human heart,
the covetousness of the heart.
Answer the activities!

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