Spirit of Truth, Parish Edition > Grade 5 > Unit 6
Lesson 21: The Story of Confession
The matter, form, minister, recipient, effects, and symbols of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.
The matter, form, minister, recipient, effects, and symbols of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.
At Jesus’ Baptism, the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus and God the Father spoke from Heaven.
Baptism is the foundation of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit.
God created everything for man; but man in turn was created to serve and love God and to offer all creation back to Him.
God shows His mercy in many ways, but most powerfully in the forgiveness of sins.
An Examination of Conscience helps us to think about how we have sinned so that we may prepare to make a good Confession.
God rejoices when we return to Him in Confession.
Baptism is the first Sacrament we receive. It makes us members of the Church, forgives our sins, and gives us new life in Christ.
The effects of Baptism are the forgiveness of sins, becoming a new creature, becoming a member of the Church, forming bonds of Christian unity, and imprinting an indelible mark on the soul.
The Original Sin was a result of the lies and temptation of the devil.
God will always welcome us back and forgive our sins if we are truly sorry for them.
Jesus inaugurates the Kingdom of God on earth because He founded the Catholic Church during His earthly life.
Penance and Reconciliation is the Sacrament by which our sins are forgiven and we are reconciled to God and His Church.
Confirmation gives a special strength to witness to the Christian faith and to defend against sin and temptation.
The Sacrament of Confirmation more perfectly binds a baptized person to the Church and fills him or her with a special strength of the Holy Spirit.