The theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity inform and give life to the moral virtues. Thus, charity leads us to render to God what we as creatures owe him in all justice. the virtue of religion disposes us to have this attitude. CCC 2095
In today's reading, the Catechism discusses the service and adoration we owe to God alone as part of the First Commandment. The first part of this is that He is God and we are not. In modern society, we tend to forget that, even if not consciously, we do through our attitudes and behavior. If we are to be a virtuous people, one in which theosis can occur with grace, then adoration, prayer, sacrifice, and honoring promises and vows made to God should be part of our daily lives. We see this in the Old Covenant, but also fulfilled in the New.
The Catechism Compendium summarizes the meaning of the words of our Lord, “Adore the Lord your God and worship Him alone” (Matt 4:10):
These words mean to adore God as the Lord of everything that exists; to render to him the individual and community worship which is his due; to pray to him with sentiments of praise, of thanks, and of supplication; to offer him sacrifices, above all the spiritual sacrifice of one’s own life, united with the perfect sacrifice of Christ; and to keep the promises and vows made to him. (#443)
We are called to adore God, and God alone, as we do when we adore Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament (CCC 2096). (p. 63)
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