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2133 ‘You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your strength’ (Dt 6:5). 2134 The first commandment summons man to believe
in God, to hope in him and to love him above all else. 2135 ‘You shall worship the Lord your
God’ (Mt 4:10). Adoring God, praying to him,
offering him the worship that belongs to him,fulfilling the
promises and vows made to him, are acts of the virtue of
religion which fall under obedience to the first
commandment. 2136 The duty to offer God authentic worship
concerns man both as an individual and as a social being. 2137 ‘Men of the present day want to profess
their religion freely in private and in public’ (DH
15). 2138 Superstition is a departure from the worship
that we give to the true God. It is man j[ested in
idolatry, as well as in various forms of divination and
magic. 2139 Tempting God in words or deeds, sacrilege and
simony are sins of irreligion forbidden by the first
commandment. 2140 Since it rejects or denies the existence of
God, atheism is a sin against the first commandment. 2141 The veneration of sacred images is based on
the mystery of the Incarnation of the Word of God. It is not
contrary to the first commandment. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God
in vain.72 You have heard that it was said to the men of
old, ‘You shall not swear falsely...’ But I say
to you, Do not swear at all.73
2142 The second commandment prescribes
respect for the Lord’s name. Like the first
commandment, it belongs to the virtue of religion and more
particularly it governs our use of speech in sacred matters.
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