8.God’s commandment

The truth is sometimes unpleasant, no wonder that a person eats it sometimeshe wants to avoid having to face her.
The Lord Jesus mentioned the bloody massacre of those who had risen against the Roman occupation, as well as the victims of the fall of a tower; then he built these catastrophes in the light of God’s truth, because God has allowed them. In the Psalm the Lord God praises: “Truth is the essence of your words and all the judgments of your righteousness are eternal. ”So God is the Truth itself, he not
 only does not lie to anyone, he cannot lie either: there is no transformation in him nor eclipses from turnover. The Holy Apostle John about Christ, the Son of God, he wrote that it is full of grace and truth. ”The eighth commandment forbids distorting the truth in relations with others. As the Catechism further teaches, this moral prescription stems from the profession holy people to be witnesses of their God who is truth and wants truth (cf. KKC 2464). In the Church, we especially value those who have gone to the uttermost that martyrdom testify their faith in God’s truth in what
finally, the Lord himself raised his predecessor John the Baptist. Truthfulness as a virtue is a balance between what to say and what keep it a secret. Sometimes I have to keep silent. well even in this case it is not allowed to deceive: I cannot reveal the truthbut I must not say false. The commandment must also be remembered of respect for the good name of persons. Any attitude and every word it can do is forbiddencause unjust harm: defamation, who without objectively valid reason reveals the mistakes and guilt of the neighbor to those about themthey do not know; daring judgment, who, although tacitly without sufficientaccepts as a true moral mistake of the neighbor;sneering, who harms claims that contradict the truththe good name of others and gives an opportunity for misjudgment about others. after all
However, adequately warn of the dangers of someone to consultand ask prayers for the wrongdoer, or make a good point to his friend errors, not only is the right lie and the act of love. Ethics of the word today is particularly concerned with communication in the mass media. just here it turns out that repeat lies are easy for people to believe. All the moreconsequently, it seeks to repair the damage.
We laugh at the “Emperor’s New Clothes” event, but we often fall difficult to keep true. Remember, once everything is revealed, in ridicule to those who have distorted the truth. As Christians are also in the ordinary.Let us testify in this world as witnesses in interviews and minor deedsof his God who is Truth and Love.

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