FINALS REVIEWER SECOND SEMESTER

LESSON 1. WE DEVELOP RESPECT FOR EQUALITY

Objectives:

 Define the meaning of respect, equality and discrimination.

 Explain the situations in line with respect of equality.

 Express thoughts or reflection about the song Upuan.

I. DEFINITIONS:

EQUALITY: the quality or state of being equal or of having the same rights, social status, etc. The state of being equal,
especially in status and opportunities, and in the eyes of God, all persons are equal regardless of their color, race,
gender and wealth

EQUAL: the same in number, amount, degree, rank, or quality.

QUALITY: a high level of value or excellence.

RESPECT: a feeling or understanding of admiring that someone or something is important, good, valuable, serious and
should be treated in an appropriate way.

II. QUOTATION
1. “ I have dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color
of their skin, but by content of their character” --- Martin Luther King
2. Galatians 3:28
“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male or female; for you are
all one in Christ Jesus.”

III. PROTECTED CHARACTERISTICS UNDER THE EQUALITY

1. Age – Every human person, old and young people should complement one another. Everyone should
always consider abilities of any age that may be useful in some ways.
Example: The president of the Philippines complements his secretary after the meaning in
Malacańang.
2. Disability – There are people who were not given a chance to live a normal life and with complete and
functional body. Although there are persons with disability they two can make something especial.
Example: Nick Vujicic becomes a excellent preacher, swimmer, singer and role model despite of his
disability.
3. Gender reassignment – sometimes there are man who becomes woman physically even in his
genitals. Although this may consider immoral we still need treat them normal because they are still
human beings. They may be committed sins but still the goodness of their hearts remains. Everybody
commits sins.
Example:
4. Marriage and civil partnership – There are four kinds of husband and wife. Some were married in the
church, some were married in civil, some were live-in, and some were mistress.
Example: The parish priest helps his live-in parishioners to get marry so that the ratio of unmarried
couple will be lessened.
5. Pregnancy & maternity – pregnancy is a precious gift from God for bearing a new life of human. Thus,
pregnant woman should be given proper rights equally.
Example: a teenage girl was pregnant at a young age but we may consider it as a blessing and not a
sin.
6. Race – we should not judge a person base on the color of the screen or from what race he came.
Example: I have dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be
judged by the color of their skin, but by content of their character” --- Martin Luther King
7. Religion and/or belief – we have different religion and beliefs but it must divide us into helping one
another but rather it must unite us into being human.
Example: A Catholic priest helps a group of Muslims who are victims of war and calamities.
 8. Sex and Sexual orientation – we are created in the image and likeness of God. Even though there are
people which is opposite sex or beyond our sex should still be consider as human.

IV. ENEMIES OF EQUALITY

1. Discrimination – the practice of unfairly treating a person or group of people differently from other
people or groups of people.
a. Direct Discrimination - “Person A directly discriminates against Person B when A treats B less
favourably than A would treats or would treat others in the same circumstances”
Example: “A 70 year old lady was refused a broadband contract by Carphone Warehouse in the UK
and was told that she could only register if she came to the store with a younger member of her
family. The Carphone Warehouse had provided guidance to staff not to sell broadband contracts
to customers aged 70+ as they believe they will not understand the terms of the contract.”

b. Indirect Discrimination - “This happens when a requirement is applied equally to everyone but has
the effect of excluding one group of people more than another”
Example: Your employer brings in a new shift pattern which means that everyone has to work
fewer but longer days. You have a disability that means you’re exhausted after two long days of
working. So the new shift pattern puts you and other people who have the same disability as you
at a disadvantage. Your employer will have indirectly discriminated against you if it can’t justify
the new shift pattern.

c. Associative Discrimination - “you were accused of something even though you are not part of it.
You were blame by something you did not do.”
Example: You become the leader of your group project which consists of group mates who are
known as worst students. Even though you are not like them the teacher gave your group a failing
grade due to the characteristics of your group mates.

d. Perceptive Discrimination - Discrimination against an individual because of a perception that he or

she has a protected characteristic when he or she does not, in fact, have that protected
characteristic
Example: An employer rejects a job application submitted by a white man whom the employer
wrongly assumes to be black because he has an African name
e. Victimisation - This happens when an individual is singled out because they have used the system
to make a complaint or challenge treatment
Example: “If you are lesbian and your fellow colleagues started passing unwelcome comments
about your sexuality and you complained to your manager, but rather than doing something
about the problem you are sacked for no reason or for no good reason and you believe that it is
because of the complaint you raised, you may claim compensation for being victimised for making
a complaint about sexual orientation discrimination.”

f. Disability Discrimination - Person A discriminates a disabled Person B if A treats B unfavourably

because of something arising in consequence of B’s disability.
Example: “Amir is a 12-year-old student with autism and sensory difficulties. One day he becomes
very anxious when the fire alarm goes off in school. He stands with his hands covering his ears and
is unable to move. The teacher tells Amir to leave the building but the pupil is frozen to the spot.
The teacher shouts at Amir and the situation escalates to a point where the pupil attacks the
teacher with a pencil and hit the teacher in her eye. Amir is kick-out from school for assaulting the
teacher.”

2. Favoritism – the unfair practice of treating some people better than others.
John 2:8-9 = “If you really keep the royal law found in scripture, ‘Love uor neighbor as yourself’ , you
are doing right. But if you sho favouritism, you sin….”
3. Assumptions – arrogance, pretention, an assuming that something is true.
a. WHAT assumptions do we make about people?
b. WHY do we come to the conclusions we do?
c. WHEN do we tend to make these assumptions?
d. WHERE can this cause us difficulties?
e. HOW can we stop ourselves doing this?
f. WHO does it and who does it affect?
LESSON 2: WE UPHOLD RESPECT FOR UNIQUENESS

Prayer

THE DIGNITY OF MAN:

You formed my inmost being; you knit me in my mother’s womb

I praised you, so wonderfully you made me; wonderful are your works!
My very self you knew; my bones were not hidden from you,
When I was being made in secret, fashioned as in the depths of the earth

OBJECTIVES

1. Explain Church teachings on respect for uniqueness of each person.

2. Identify ways to uphold the truth that each person is unique
3. Create a reflection paper about one’s own uniqueness.

A. Characteristics of human person

1. Rational
based on or in accordance with reason or logic.
Example: Your propose plan in building your new business strategy will be on the day after tomorrow. So
prepare everything you need for your presentation because you think that this will help in progress and
development of your company.
2. Relational
concerning the way in which two or more people or things are connected.
Example: St. Teresa of Calcutta helps Christians and other religion that are dying on the streets.
3. Embodied Spirit
the living animating core within each of us, the driving force behind all that we think, say and do. Sensations,
feelings, insights, fancies -- all these are private and, except through symbols and at second hand,
incommunicable.
4. Historical
belonging to the past, present, future.
5. Unique yet fundamentally equal
- Every human person are created differently, with different talents, physical treats and more. Despite
all of this still we are created as HUMAN.

Song Analysis:

Minahal kita, hindi lang dahil maganda ka

Minahal kita , hindi rin dahil mahinhin ka
Minahal kita lalong hindi dahil mayaman ka
Minahal kita sa taglay mong PAMBIHIRA

Uniqueness - The quality of being the only one of its kind, or the quality of being particularly remarkable,
special and unusual.

B. STEPS OF UNIQUENESS

1. IDENTIFY YOUR UNIQUENESS -

What are your uniqueness?
2. PRICE YOUR UNIQUENESS
Your uniqueness is waiting to be acknowledge
3. OWN YOUR UNIQUENESS
Who you are makes you unique.
4. LIVE YOUR UNIQUENESS
Find experiences that define your life
5. SHARE YOUR UNIQUENESS
Let your uniqueness guide your choices
 C. Human description according to Familiaries Consortio:

1. Imago Dei - Image of God

- God created man in His image, in the image of God He created Him, male and female He created
them.
a. Intellectual likeness - Thinking
b. Moral likeness – doing what is moral
c. Volitional likeness – we decide like God
d. Body – through Jesus incarnation
2. Every Human person is capacitated to do good and avoid evil.
3. To know through reason

D. ASPECTS OF THE HUMAN PERSON:

1. 1. Openness to transcendence – Going beyond
2. Uniqueness and being Unrepeatable –
No two human person is exact the same.
3. Respect for one’s Uniqueness.

“It’s a lie to think you’re not good enough”. “It’s a lie to think you’re not worth anything”. Nick Vujicic
Lesson 3: We Grow in constant Communication

Opening Prayer: Our Father by Don Moen

Watch the Nestle: Sali-Salita

I. Jesus’ Ideal of Constant Communication

COMMUNICATION

Is a way of exchanging thoughts, feelings, opinions, ideas, information, or one’s very inner self.

A. Spiritual sense of Communication

1. Revelation
2. Faith

REVELATION – God’s revelation to his beloved human being are as follows. These how God reveal himself
to us.
a. Natural Signs in creation c. The church e. Sacraments
b. Biblical signs in sacred scripture d. Ecclesial signs in liturgy f. Other religion

Faith – this is about our belief to God even we do not see Him with our naked eyes. Believing without
seeing.

PRAYER:
Way of our communication to our God.
We need to pray to God Because prayer is the food of our soul, and it is our way of communicating with Him
and to build a good relationship with Him.

Jesus Prayer
 Choosing of the apostles: Jesus Christ prayed before He chosen the twelve apostles. We need to pray for His guidance
before making any big decisions in our life.
 Jesus’ Temptation: Jesus Christ prayed when He was tempted by the devil in the dessert. We need to pray for His
guidance before making any big decisions in our life.
 Crucifixion: Jesus prayed when He was crucified on the cross, saying “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they
are doing”. We need to pray for our persecutors and to forgive them.
 Agony in the garden : Jesus prayed to the Father during the agony in the garden, saying “Not my will, Lord but Your Will
be done. We need to pray to know and accept the will of God for us.
 Multiplication of the loaves: Jesus prayed to the Father when the multiplication of the loaves happened. We need to
pray to give thanks for all the blessings and graces that we received.
 Jesus Christ is a man of prayer who constantly communicates with the God the Father to listen to His plans
and fulfills them with the Holy Spirit. Jesus was in constant communication with the Father.
 “ Jesus Christ Prayer is an authentic prayer that come from the heart or prayer with love because prayer must not
just come from the mouth, it must come from the heart”

Checklist of Prayer
 Group the class into five. Below are the checklists of prayers. The checklist contains different concept of
prayer such as common prayers and time of prayer In a yellow paper they will write their choices.

II. Growing in constant communication in our context

Ingredients of prayer
Adoration - A prayer of giving praise and glory to God, giving respect and reverence.
Contrition - A prayer asking for forgiveness and mercy, and it is saying sorry for all the sins that we committed.
Thanksgiving - A prayer of gratitude to God for all the graces and blessings that we received from Him.
Supplication - A prayer of humbly or earnestly asking God for something we need.

 TYPES OF PRAYER
Personal – is an spontaneous prayer that came from your personal communication to God
Public – a community gathering to worship God. An example of this kind of prayer is the Holy Mass
Meditative - In the silence of the heart, God speaks. Meditative prayer is a silence prayer that can be done alone or with a
group.
 Effects of Prayer
Prayer can change us, the way we think, the way we act, it changes our hearts.
Prayer can give us the strength to resists temptation.
Prayer can also give us guidance and protection in our daily lives.

POSITIONS OF PRAYER
Eyes and head raised upwards to God- "I lift my eyes to you, O God enthroned in heaven.“ (The Bible,
Psalm 123 verse 1)
Humble kneeling - "Come let us kneel before the Lord our Maker, for he is God." (The Bible, Psalm 95
verse 6)
Eyes closed concentrating on God - "Keeping our eyes on Jesus." The Bible, Hebrews chapter 12 verse 2
Hands and head raised to heaven - "Lifting up my hands to you in prayer.” (The Bible, Psalm 63 verse 4)
Head bowed in respect to God, - Come let us worship and bow down." The Bible, Psalm 95 verse 6
Prostrate - lying flat on the ground in humility. The Bible, Deuteronomy chapter 9 verse 18

III. What Did Jesus Teach About Prayer?

1. Where can we pray?
"When you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father secretly."
2. Don't Give Up!
3. Our Father - the Prayer that God Himself taught us.
Our Father who art in heaven Our Father in heaven
Hallowed be thy name Help us to respect your name
Thy kingdom come Be our king!
Thy will be done Have your way on earth
On earth as it is in heaven Like you do in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread Give us today the things we need
And forgive us our trespasses Forgive us for the things we do wrong
As we forgive those who trespass against us As we forgive people who have hurt us
And lead us not into temptation Help us not to do wrong things
But deliver us from evil And protect us from harm
For thine is the kingdom For everything is yours
And the power and the glory -all the power and glory in the world
For ever and ever Now and for always

Amen I really mean this prayer.