Spirit of Truth, Parish Edition > Grade 2 > Unit 1
Lesson 1: God Is Love and Created All Things out of Love
We can know God’s love from the beauty of creation.
We can know God’s love from the beauty of creation.
God has always desired for His people to be a “royal priesthood,” anointed and consecrated as His Chosen People.
God called Abraham to enter into a covenant with Him and to be the father of His Chosen People.
The Old and New Testaments together make up one story of Salvation History.
The Commandments aren’t rules to prevent us from being happy, but rather safeguards to keep us happy.
God led the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt.
The Paschal Mystery is how Christ’s Passion, Death, and Resurrection saved us from sin and death for new life as sons and daughters of God.
The Bible—Sacred Scripture—is the Word of God put down in human writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
The Eucharist is the “source and summit of the Christian life.”
The sacrifice of Isaac foreshadows Christ’s sacrifice.
The Lord is always the initiator in our relationship with Him. God calls man first, and man’s first response is prayer.
True freedom is possible only in service of the good and just.
God worked many signs and wonders through Moses to prove to the Egyptians and the Israelites that He is the one true God.
Matthew’s Gospel is an orderly and reliable historical account of Jesus’ life and teachings.
Scripture and Tradition communicates to us God’s revelation of Himself.