Spirit of Truth, High School > Course V > Unit 2
Chapter 5: Living the Sacrament of Baptism
A disciple has the seeds of holiness instilled by the Sacraments, but a person must cooperate with the graces to mature as a Christian.
A disciple has the seeds of holiness instilled by the Sacraments, but a person must cooperate with the graces to mature as a Christian.
As the sacrament of salvation, the Church contains everything we need for communion with God. Through her, Gods grace is made visible to humanity; she lacks nothing.
Jesus remains present to us in His Church through the Sacraments, especially in the Eucharist, and through His teaching, which has been handed on through the centuries.
Baptism makes us adopted children of God and incorporates us into the Mystical Body of Christ – His Church
When we are baptized as Christians, all our sins are forgiven, including Original Sin, and God makes us His adopted children, restoring our inheritance as partakers in His divine life. We are no longer the lost descendants of Adam; we are children of God.
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.
Confirmation is often misunderstood as a kind of “graduation” or public acceptance of the Faith. In fact, the Sacrament of Confirmation is an important step on the path of Christian initiation that completes, or confirms, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit received at Baptism and sends the person out to proclaim boldly the Good News.
The Works of Mercy are both physical and spiritual.
Penance and Reconciliation is the Sacrament by which our sins are forgiven and we are reconciled to God and His Church.
At Jesus’ Baptism, the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus and God the Father spoke from Heaven.
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 essential features of divine love that shape married love are fidelity, self-sacrifice, and generativity.
God created everything for man; but man in turn was created to serve and love God and to offer all creation back to Him.
The Sacraments are holy mysteries that reveal invisible grace and truth.
Baptism makes us God’s children.