In this session, we turn to Christian morality through the lens of the Ten Commandments—always interpreted in light of Jesus Christ who “came not to abolish but to fulfill” the Law (Matthew 5:17–20). We review the foundations: beatitude as our common end, the call to repentance, and the way law and grace work together. Then we walk through the First Table of the Decalogue (Commandments 1–3) and begin the Fourth Commandment, covering practical questions like the occult/mediums, superstition, reverence for God’s name, keeping Sunday holy, holy days of obligation, and the precepts of the Church. We conclude with Q&A about livestream/TV Mass and the Sunday obligation, then close in prayer.

• Matthew 5:17–20 — Christ fulfills the Law
• Luke 10:27; 1 John — Love of God and neighbor together

• Why the Ten Commandments must be read through Christ
• Beatitude and the moral choices it demands
• Law and grace: the “fence around the playground”
• Commandment 1: no other gods; idolatry; divination/occult; superstition; simony; sacrilege
• Q&A: “mediums,” charisms, discernment, and why Christians should not seek occult power
• Commandment 2: reverence for God’s name; blasphemy; perjury; habitual flippant speech; profanity and speech discipline
• Commandment 3: Sunday worship; rest; culture of Sunday; holy days; precepts; fasting/abstinence; Fridays as penance
• Commandment 4 (beginning): link between love of God and love of neighbor; honoring parents; family as domestic church; duties of children and parents

• Ask: What “idols” compete with God in my life right now?
• Treat God as Father, not a vending machine—avoid superstition in devotional life
• Make Sunday visibly different when possible (worship, rest, joy)
• Recover Friday penance/charity as a quiet, countercultural witness

• Miss Nancy Glover: Catholic Social Teaching (next week)
• Then return to continue Commandments 4–10