The Ten Commandments Explained
The goal of human life is to achieve eternal salvation, because there is no point in gaining the whole world if you lose your own soul! For Christians, reaching Heaven is the great adventure of a lifetime: their eternal happiness or unhappiness is at stake, and in order to enter through the narrow gate they need to know how to act.
In this course, rather than answering speculative questions, the aim is to respond to the desire that all serious Catholics have to deepen their notions of morality, so that they can lead an upright life, pleasing to God, and crown their existence with the eternal reward.
It is offered to people with a thirst for holiness, who wish not only to know, but to put into practice the Commandments of God, perfected in the New Testament by the doctrine and example of the Divine Master.
In addition to the theoretical notions, the course will include timely examples and thoughts from the Fathers of the Church, the Saints, the Catechism of the Church and the most renowned scholars.
The course is divided into four modules: it starts with a general introduction and covers each of the Commandments. The Blessed Virgin Mary, our Mother and Teacher, is the patron of this course. Through her intercession, the students will be able to let themselves be modeled in her hands to be true imitators of her Divine Son.
Fr. Marcos Faes de Araújo, EP, holds a Doctorate in Theology from the Pontifical University of San Tommaso d’Aquino (Angelicum – Rome). His doctoral thesis was awarded the highest grade (Summa cum Laude).
He has been a director of Houses of Formation in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and Bedford, New York (USA); he has been responsible for the Heralds of the Gospel in Canada and the United States. He is Professor of Theology, Mariology and Ecclesiology at the St. Thomas Aquinas Theological Institute (ITTA) since 2009 and has taught postgraduate courses abroad.
