1. COMMANDMENTS
SEVEN
EIGHT
&
TEN

2. • The Seventh Commandment – You shall not steal
• This commandment forbids taking something
that rightfully belongs to another
• Respect for a person includes respecting their
possessions

3. • The seventh commandment also tells us to:
- Keep promises
- Honor contracts
- Pay fair wages
- Not damage property
- Make restitution (repair what you damage)
- Do a good job in your work
- Not cheat
- Not plagiarize (stealing intellectual property)

4. • Political authorities have a responsibility to
promote the common good
• Respect for the poor - Jesus instructed His
followers in the Works of Mercy. These are
charitable actions by which we come to the aid of
our neighbors
• The Works of Mercy allow us to love God’s people
through our actions, giving of ourselves instead of
always taking

5. • The Corporal Works of Mercy – help with physical
needs:
- Feed the hungry and drink to the thirsty
- Shelter the homeless
- Clothe the naked
- Visit the sick and imprisoned
- Give alms (donations) to the poor
- Bury the dead with dignity

7. • The Spiritual Works of Mercy allow us to help
others with emotional and spiritual needs:
- Admonish (warn) sinner
- Counsel the doubtful
- Comfort the sorrowful
- Forgive all injuries
- Bear wrongs patiently
- Pray for the living and the dead

9. • The Tenth Commandment: You shall not covet
your neighbor’s goods
• The tenth commandment expands on the lessons
of the seventh
• The tenth commandment forbids greed and the
desire to amass earthly goods without limit
• This commandment requires us to banish envy
from our hearts

10. • The Eighth Commandment: You shall not bear
false witness against your neighbor

11. • Sins against the eighth commandment include:
- outright lying
- “stretching” or twisting the truth
- detraction – making comments that damage a
person’s reputation
- slander – accusing an innocent person of
wrongdoing
- rash judgment – making a judgment about a
person’s character before you know all the facts

12. - disparaging comments – putting a person down, as
though they are beneath human dignity
- hypocrisy- “phony” behavior; showing yourself to be
of moral character, but behaving in a way that goes
against these traits
- duplicity – dishonest behavior that is meant to trick
another person
- gossip – discussing someone else’s business
- concealing the truth when doing so will cause harm

14. • The eighth commandment requires respect for
the truth
- There are times we must respect the privacy
of others
- information that is confidential must be kept
- However, when there is danger to the safety of
another, or for the good of the community, we
may be obliged to reveal the truth to proper
authorities

15. • The Seal of Confession is the absolute duty of
priests not to disclose anything they learn from a
person during the sacrament of Reconciliation
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