Your students may have heard about the Seven Deadly Sins, but have they taken the time to reflect on how they can protect themselves against these vices in their lives?
Share this Seven Deadly Sins video, then invite students to go deeper with the worksheet below.
The Seven Deadly Sins Explained
Here is a brief description of the Seven Deadly Sins (vices):
- Pride (Hubris) = selfishness and a sense of superiority that leads to destruction
- Greed (Avarice) = excessive desire for money and material possessions
- Envy = desire for what others have, which is called “covet” in the Ten Commandments
- Anger (Wrath) = unwarranted or long-lasting desire to hurt or punish someone
- Lust = intense physical desire for another person
- Gluttony = overindulgences or overconsumption, especially of food
- Sloth (Acedia) = inaction based on lack of interest or care
Practicing a virtue is practicing a balance between too much and not enough of some quality. A vice, therefore, is excessiveness.
Pride, greed, envy, anger, lust, and gluttony all express the desire for too much of a good thing. Sloth is lacking the desire. We then commit sins because of these vices.
Seven Deadly Sins Worksheet
Students will watch or re-watch the video in order to complete the worksheet.
Download the worksheet and the worksheet answers here:
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Seven Deadly Sins Prayer
Close in prayer (from the worksheet):
Lord, forgive me for all the times I have given into the sin of __________. Amen.
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