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Chapter 1: The Universal Call to Holiness
The universal call to holiness is the vocation of every human person; God calls each of us to be holy as He is holy, that is, to be saints.
The universal call to holiness is the vocation of every human person; God calls each of us to be holy as He is holy, that is, to be saints.
In this lesson your children explore the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. In this Sacrament, our sins are forgiven and we are reconciled to God and His Church through the confession of those sins and acts of penance. We are also strengthened by this Sacrament to avoid sin in the future.
In this lesson your children explore the gateway to the Christian life: Baptism. In Baptism, your children were cleansed of the stain of Original Sin and became part of God’s family.
The main effect of the Sacrament of Confirmation is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit that was also given to the Apostles on the day of Pentecost.
The Sacrament of Baptism is essential for salvation and is the ordinary means of salvation.
The sins of adultery, fornication, masturbation, and homosexual activity offend the unitive and procreative purposes of marriage and diminish the goods of marital love.
The Mass is a representation of Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross.
The Eucharist is the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ.
Grace is the free, undeserved help that God gives us to respond to His call to become His adopted sons and daughters, and sharers in His divine and eternal life.
The main effect of the Sacrament of Confirmation is the special outpouring of the Holy Spirit that was also given to the Apostles on the day of Pentecost.
The sins of pornography, prostitution, rape, the use of contraception, and abortion offend the unitive and procreative purposes of marriage and diminish the goods of marital love.
God is always waiting to forgive us and welcome us back in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
The scriptural basis, matter, form, minister, and effects of the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
The Church is an enduring sign of salvation and is the very instrument of our salvation.
The Eucharist is the “source and summit of the Christian life.”