Spirit of Truth, Parish Edition > Grade 2 1st Ed. > Unit 2
Session 7: Jesus Gave His Apostles the Power to Forgive Sins
Jesus gave His Apostles authority to heal as He healed and to forgive sins as He forgave sins.
Jesus gave His Apostles authority to heal as He healed and to forgive sins as He forgave sins.
Virtues help us be receptive to God’s grace.
God will always welcome us back and forgive our sins if we are truly sorry for them.
A Sacrament is an outward and visible sign of an inward and invisible grace.
In order to live the good life we must cultivate not only the inner life of moral virtue, but the outer life by our participation in our communities, participation in the Sacraments, and instruction by those holy ones who came before us.
Jesus gave His Apostles authority to heal as He healed and to forgive sins as He forgave sins.
Baptism is the first Sacrament we receive and is the first of the Sacraments of Initiation.
God shows His mercy in many ways, but most powerfully in the forgiveness of sins.
Jesus established the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick so that we might be healed and strengthened, not only of our physical afflictions, but also of our spiritual sins.
An Examination of Conscience helps us to think about how we have sinned so that we may prepare to make a good Confession.
A Sacrament is an efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, through which divine life is dispensed to us.
Grace is the free gift of God’s life in us.
Choosing good and avoiding evil make us into the person God made us to be and helps us to live happy lives.
Sin is an offense against God.
God will always welcome us back and forgive our sins if we are truly sorry for them.