Spirit of Truth, School Edition > Grade 2 > Unit 1
Lesson 3: God Calls Us to Love Him
To love God means to love our neighbor, which is a sign of being a disciple of Christ.
To love God means to love our neighbor, which is a sign of being a disciple of Christ.
The Blessed Trinity is Three Persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, in One God.
He created the things we can see and the things we can’t see.
Adam was created in God’s image.
Friendship is necessary for us as persons.
The Persons of the Trinity are distinct from each other but are each fully God.
The Bible, the sacraments, and prayer are three ways we can know God’s love for us and become friends with Him.
Like Him, we can think, we can make choices, and we can love. God wants us to make loving choices.
We respond to God’s goodness, and to the good things He has given us, with thanksgiving and with the pursuit of holiness.
Faith is a gift from God. We also choose to have faith.
We can know God’s love from the beauty of creation.
The first three commandments show us how to be faithful to God and honor Him.
God wants us to Love in the way the He loves.
We can come to know God and His goodness through His creation.
Believing in and loving God “with all our being has enormous consequences for our whole life” (CCC 222).