BELIEVING IN GOD QUOTES 1.

The family is the community in which, from childhood, one can learn moral values, begin to honour God and make good use of freedom. Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church. 2. Honour your mother and father. Exodus 20 3. Then Jesus held the fishes and loaves and looked up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke them. He gave them to the disciples who were able to feed the entire crowd with 12 basketfuls left over NT: the miracle of the feeding of the five thousand. 4. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. Matthew 7 5. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1 6. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying, or pain Revelation 1 (i.e. God works in mysterious ways)

MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH QUOTES 1. If we live, we live to the Lord; if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. Romans 1 2. So God created man in his own image. In the image of God he created him; male and female, he created them. Genesis 1 3. You shall not commit murder. Exodus 20 4. God alone is Lord of life no one can under any circumstances claim for himself the right directly to destroy an innocent human being. Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church 5. Your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God. You are not on your own. 1 Corinthians 6. A new commandment I give to you; love one another as I have loved you. John 13 7. Love your neighbor as yourself. Mark 12 8. Those who have died in Gods grace and are perfectly purified go to heaven. Those who have died in Gods grace but were imperfectly purified (e.g., Catholic sinners) will go to Purgatory and be purified. Those who have refused to believe will go to hell Then God will judge everybody. Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church 9. God will give to each person according to what he has done. To those whose by persistence in doing good seek glory... He will give eternal life. Romans 2

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10. So will it be the with the resurrection of the dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable it is sown in a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. 1 Corinthians 11. Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Jeremiah 1 12. For you created my innermost being; you knit me together in my mothers womb. Psalm 139 13. Abortion is a horrible crime the law must provide appropriate sanctions for every deliberate violation of the childs rights. Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church 14. In an imperfect world, the right choice (abortion) is the lesser of two evils. Church of England 15. It would be next to impossible to ensure that all acts of euthanasia were truly voluntary. House of Lords, 1993 16. An act or omission which causes death in order to eliminate suffering constitutes a murder greatly contrary to the dignity of the human person and to the respect due to the living god, his creator. Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church 17. We are now always able to control pain in terminal cancer in the patients sent to useuthanasia as advocated is wrongit should be unnecessary and is an admission of defeat. Christian Hospice Movement 18. We believe that it is right to use medical treatment to control pain. We deny the right to legalise the termination of life by a doctor. Salvation Army

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY - KEY QUOTES 1. The greatest of them all (virtues) is love Corinthians 13 2. The sexual act must take place exclusively within marriage. Outside marriage it always constitutes grave sin Roman Catholic Catechism 3. You shall not commit adultery Exodus 20 4. Two unite to become one flesh Mark 10 5. Wives submit to your husbands, as to the Lord Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church Ephesians 5 6. What God has joined together, let no man tear asunder. Marriage service 7. Anyone who divorces his wife And marries another woman commits adultery against her Mark 10 8. Anyone who divorces his wife, except in the case of adultery, and marries another commits adultery Matthew 19 9. Be fruitful and multiply Genesis 1

10. No man is to have sexual relations with another man; God hates that Leviticus 18 11. Neither the sexually immoral, not the homosexual offenders will inherit the Kingdom of God 1 Corinthians 6 12. Homosexuals must be accepted with respect, compassion and sensitivity. Roman Catholic catechism 13. Children, obey your parents Parents, do not exasperate your children, instead, bring them up in the instruction of the Lord Ephesians 6 14. Honor your mother and father Exodus 20