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.
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 Beatitudes point us toward perfect happiness that lasts forever.
The Ten Commandments have their fullest meaning in the context of covenant.
The most well-known and essential of Jesus’ teachings was the Sermon on the Mount, in which Jesus delivered the Beatitudes.
If we humbly recognize that we are God’s poor servants, that all our possessions are gifts from God, and that we are dependent on God for every minute of our lives, we will enter His Kingdom.
Jesus is the end of the moral law and the perfect model of holiness.
Jesus taught us how to achieve perfect happiness in Heaven with God by living our purpose here on earth by following the Beatitudes.
Jesus taught us how to achieve perfect happiness in Heaven with God by living our purpose here on earth by following the Beatitudes.
Jesus demonstrates His meekness throughout His Passion; He is firm in doing the will of the Father.
There is continuity of the law from the Old Testament through the New Testament until the end of time.
Jesus inaugurates the Kingdom of God on earth because He founded the Catholic Church during His earthly life.
We all need God’s mercy, and we must show mercy to each other.
The cardinal virtues are prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude and the theological virtues are faith, hope, and love.
As the Father loves Jesus, Jesus loves us, and Jesus wants us to love each other.
