APPENDIX
THE MEMORARE
Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession, was left unaided. Inspired by this confidence, I fly unto thee O Virgin of virgins, my Mother. To Thee I come; before thce I stand sinful and sorrowful, O Mother of the Word Incarnate. Despise not my petitions, but in Thy Mercy hear and answer me. Amen
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD
The Commandments of God are these ten:
1. I am the Lord thy God; Thou shalt not have strange gods before Me.
2. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain.
3. Remember thou keep holy the Lord's Day.
4. Honor thy father and thy mother.
5. Thou shalt not kill.
6. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
7. Thou shalt not steal.
8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.
9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.
10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.
THE TWO GREAT COMMANDMENTS
1. Love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and soul and strength.
2. Love thy neighbor as thyself.
SIX PRECEPTS OF THE CHURCH
1. To assist at Mass on all Sundays and Holy days of obligation.
2. To fast and abstain on the days appointed.
3. To confess our sins at least once a year.
4. To receive Holy Communion during the Easter time.
5. To contribute to the support of the Church.
6. To observe the laws of the Church concerning marriage.
HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION
1. Christmas (December 25)
2. The Octave of Christmas (January 1)
3. Ascension Thursday (Forty days after Easter)
4. The Assumption (August 15)
5. All Saints Day (November 1)
6. The Immaculate Conception (December 8)
THE EIGHT BEATITUDES (Matt. 5:3-10)
1. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.
2. Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the land.
3. Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted.
4. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice, for they shall be filled.
5. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
6. Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God.
7. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.
8. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice's sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Seek first the kingdom of God and His justice.
CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY
1. To feed the hungry
2. To give drink to the thirsty
3. To clothe the naked
4. To shelter the homeless
5. To visit the sick
6. To visit the imprisoned
7. To bury the dead
SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCY
1. To counsel the doubtful
2. To instruct the ignorant
3. To admonish the sinner
4. To comfort the sorrowful
5. To forgive injuries
6. To bear wrongs patiently
7. To pray for the living and the dead
SINS AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT
1. Presuming to gain salvation without meriting it
2. Despair of salvation
3. Resisting truths which have been made known to us
4. Envy of another's spiritual good
5. Stubbornness in sin
6. Final obstinacy in one's sins
SEVEN DEADLY SINS
1. Pride: An unrestrained appreciation of our own worth.
2. Avarice: An immoderate desire for earthly goods.
3. Lust: A hankering after impure pleasures.
4. Anger: An inordinate desire of revenge.
5. Gluttony: An unrestrained use of food and drink.
6. Envy: Sorrow over the good fortune of our neighbor.
7. Sloth: Laziness to do right or carelessness to do right and to practice virtue because of the trouble attached to it
SINS CRYING TO HEAVEN FOR VENGEANCE
1. Willful murder
2. Sodomy
3. Oppression of the poor
4. Cheating laborers of their wages
NINE WAYS OF AIDING ANOTHER IN SIN
1. Counseling or advising another to sin
2. Commanding another to sin
3. Provoking another to sin
4. Consenting to another's sin
5. Showing another how to sin
6. Praising another's sin
7. Concealing remaining silent about, doing nothing to prevent another's sin.
8. Taking part in, or enjoying the results of another's sin
9. Defending another's sin
DEFINITION OF SIN
The free transgression of a divine law is a sin. Since every law is derived from the divine law, natural or positive, every transgression of a punitive law of legitimately constituted authority, is a sin.
Sin may be mortal or venial. It is mortal when the transgression is of a divine law in a matter that is serious and when the consent to sin recognizes both the law and the serious matter. A sin is venial when it is either committed out of imperfect knowledge and consent, when one transgresses a law which does not bind seriously, or when a sin is actually grave but, because of an invincibly erroneous conscience, the one committing it is ignorant of its gravity. Sin is also classified as to type: Internal sins are those committed through use of the spiritual faculties, e.g., imagination; actual sin is any sinful act or omission of a prescribed good act; habitual sin is the state of sin of one who has not repented. The sin is formal when it is deliberate against a law, even if the law is only supposed to exist; it is material when the transgression is against a law, but when knowledge of the transgression's sinfulness is lacking it is actually no real sin because it lacks consent. (Cf. Commandments of God; Precepts of the Church.)
PLEASE REMEMBER TO
PRAY THE ROSARY DAILY
AND TO
WEAR OUR LADY'S BROWN SCAPULAR!
