How does the first Commandment help us to keep the great Commandment of the love of God?
A. The first Commandment helps us to keep the great Commandment of the love of God because it commands us to adore God alone. Q. 1144. How do we adore God? A. We adore God by faith, hope, and charity, by prayer and sacrifice. Q. 1145. By what prayers do we adore God? A. We adore God by all our prayers, but in particular by the public prayers of the Church, and, above all, by the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. Q. 1146. How may the first Commandment be broken? A. The first Commandment make be broken by giving to a creature the honor which belongs to God alone; by false worship; and by attributing to a creature a perfection which belongs to God alone. Q. 1147. What is the honor which belongs to God alone? A. The honor which belongs to God alone is a divine honor, in which we offer Him sacrifice, incense or prayer, solely for His own sake and for His own glory. To give such honor to any creature, however holy, would be idolatry. Q. 1148. How do we offer God false worship? A. We offer God fals
