Spirit of Truth, School Edition > Grade 8 > Unit 5
Lesson 2: Male and Female: The Imago Dei
Human beings image God not only as individual persons, but most perfectly as male and female in a common union (communion) of love.
Human beings image God not only as individual persons, but most perfectly as male and female in a common union (communion) of love.
Pope Saint John Paul II taught that, “The body, in fact, and only the body, is capable of making visible what is invisible: the spiritual and divine. It has been created to transfer into the visible reality of the world the mystery hidden from eternity in God, and thus to be a sign of it.”
Jesus shows us the greatest expression of love: giving oneself completely to another, body and soul, and He calls us to love as He loves.
Marriage is the primordial sacrament in which the union of one man and one woman reveals an integral part of human nature that has been inscribed in our very bodies.
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 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.
The virtue of chastity blossoms in friendship and shows us how to follow and imitate Christ.
Three specific spiritual practices will strengthen our ability to resist temptation and pursue holiness: prayer and the Sacraments, acts of virtue, and self-denial.
Jesus’ miracle at the Wedding at Cana is a sign that helps us understand that He is the Messiah.
Prayer comes from our heart, where we encounter God and enter into a conversation with Him.
Prayer comes from our heart, where we encounter God and enter into a conversation with Him.
In a Sacrament, God uses something physical and from this world to do something supernatural from Heaven.
In a Sacrament, God uses something physical and from this world to do something supernatural from Heaven.
Prayer comes from our heart, where we encounter God and enter into a conversation with Him.
Jesus’ miracle at the Wedding at Cana is a sign that helps us understand that He is the Messiah.