Your children will learn the Church teaches that God placed the desire for happiness in each of our hearts. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus gave us the Beatitudes to show us what it means to be happy. The Beatitudes are the promise of the happiness of those who hope in the Kingdom of God.
The aim of this lesson is for your children to learn that Jesus came to earth to fulfill the Old Law and the prophets, which promised a Messiah that would save us from sin and death and bring us to new life. The Beatitudes are the heart of Jesus’ preaching; therefore, through the Beatitudes we see the perfection and fulfillment of the Old Law in the New.
As the Father loves Jesus, Jesus loves us, and Jesus wants us to love each other.
When we suffer, especially for Jesus, we can grow strong in love for Him to be with Him for eternity.
The Beatitudes teach us the character of the Christian life; they are “paradoxical promises” of hope.
The Sermon on the Mount expresses the highest morals and is a perfect standard of the Christian life.
We must strive to make sure that our actions and piety truly come from the heart, and we must avoid the temptations and sin that make us unclean, without judging our neighbor.
The three parts of a moral act are: (1) the act itself, (2) our intention, and (3) the circumstances.
Jesus is the perfect model of human life.
As Catholics, we are called to build the Kingdom of God here on Earth.
Good moral decisions are guided by specific steps.
Jesus realized each of the beatitudes in his earthly life.
Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water and in the word.
The three artifacts of the Fall are darkened intellect, weakened will, and inclination toward sin.
As Catholics, we are called to build the Kingdom of God here on Earth.
