Society itself depends upon the well-being of the family; therefore, the good of the family should take priority in nature to the good of civil society or the State.
The Decalogue is God’s simple framework for how to love God and love your neighbor.
Jesus is the Word who became flesh, the Son of God, who was with God from all eternity and is fully God and fully man.
Studying the history of the Church gives us a stronger sense of who we are, what we believe and why, and allows us to forge a path into the future that is firmly rooted in successes, wisdom and a living tradition.
The truth of who we are — human persons made in the image and likeness of God — is at the beginning of your children’s study of our Life in Christ. We need to understand how God made us if we are to understand how we are to live the life that God has planned for us — which is to know, love, and serve Him on earth and be happy with Him forever in Heaven. From our conception, God destined us for Heaven. But because God gave us free will, we can choose between life in Christ or death in sin.
Your children will begin to learn what it means to be made in the image and likeness of God. We also begin to see the story of creation unfold: the Original Sin of Adam and Eve lost for them and all humanity the friendship and harmony they shared with God, each other, and all of creation. But although man offended God, God’s mercy never faded. He promised a Redeemer and entered into covenants with mankind.
The aim of this lesson is for your children to understand that God is the Creator of everything that is, including everything we can see and everything we cannot see. God is the source of all life, and everything good comes from Him. Your children will also begin to understand that God communicates invisible, spiritual realities to us through visible, material signs and symbols in creation.
The mystery of the Holy Trinity is that God is three Persons in one God.
God is love and He made us out of love.
We listen to and talk with God when we pray.
The world was made for the glory of God, to show it forth and communicate it.
We are God’s children and are made in His image and likeness.
God shows His mercy in many ways, but most powerfully in the forgiveness of sins.
The Blessed Trinity is Three Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in One God.
The Bible, the sacraments, and prayer are three ways we can know God’s love for us and become friends with Him.
