Commandments of Compassion

by Keenan, SJ, James F.,

• ISBN13: 9781580510608
• ISBN10: 1580510604
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-08-01
• Publisher: Sheed & Ward

Summary

To see the Ten Commandments with fresh eyes, Father Keenan examines them through the lens of the First_showing us that above all, our God is a God of compassion. With essays on the contemporary distinction between goodness and rightness, Commandments of Compassion also emphasizes the importance of compassionate listening in moral direction.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction: The Ten Commandments as a Gift from God	ix
The Ten Commandments
The First Commandment	1	(6)
The Second Commandment	7	(6)
The Third Commandment	13	(6)
The Fourth Commandment	19	(6)
The Fifth Commandment	25	(6)
The Sixth Commandment	31	(6)
The Seventh Commandment	37	(6)
The Eighth Commandment	43	(6)
The Ninth Commandment	49	(6)
The Tenth Commandment	55	(8)
Morality, Prayer, and Spirituality
Prayer and the Moral Life	63	(6)
Rooting Morality in Spirituality	69	(8)
Goodness and Rightness
What Does Right and Wrong Have to Do with Good and Bad?	77	(6)
Doing and Not Doing: The Key to Goodness	83	(6)
The Sin of Not Bothering to Love	89	(6)
Are You As Good As You Think You Are?	95	(6)
On Knowing Goodness and Rightness	101	(8)
On the Ministry of Moral Theology
On Giving Moral Advice	109	(10)
Listening to the Voice of Suffering	119	(8)
Moral Theology Today	127