Commandments of Compassion

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.

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

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