Catholic Beliefs On Being Human

The Catholic church expresses unique beliefs and values concerning the idea of personal meaning and identity, such as the meaning of ‘being human’ and the belief of sexual identity. God created humans in his own image , this includes our ideas of being humans and our sexual identity. Consequently when we form relationships we confirm to the fruits of the Holy Spirit and rejoice in our relationship with God. The fruits of the Holy Spirit are, charity, joy, peace, patience, benignity, goodness, longanimity, mildness, faith, modesty, continence and chastity.

The Catholic belief of being human is the pure relationship between humans and God, known as human purity, and is expressed when each individual serves one another. The act of serving one another is defined in Galatians 5:13 as serving one another humbly in love. Jesus is an excellent example of human purity through his sacrifice that consequently restore our relationship with God. We are made in the image of God, therefore each individual is valued the same, no matter the race, class, age, weight, physical appearance or gender. “God created mankind in his own image, male and female he created them.” However society influences our ideas of individual value and sexual identity through manipulation of the perception of beauty. What is now accepted as beauty can be classified as unrealistic
The identity of todays youth could be positively benefited by these beliefs and values. Instead of acceptance and the feeling of self worth coming from the physical aspects of the human dimension wheel, Catholic beliefs because these personal values to come more from the spiritual segment of the wheel. This means that your identity will be based on your values and beliefs, not your outwards appearance or how popular you are. The Catholic values include but not exclusively, commitment to the community , respect