Spirit of Truth, Parish Edition > Grade 4 > Unit 7
Session 32: Saintly Dinner Party
The saints give numerous examples of just how rich and varied the call to holiness looks among the members of the Church.
The saints give numerous examples of just how rich and varied the call to holiness looks among the members of the Church.
Every Christian is called to holiness. We have real examples of holiness in the saints.
Saints are people who lived before us, who loved and followed Jesus, and who are now in Heaven.
Vocations, or calls to various states of life, are not something received only by a select few. Rather, God calls each and every one of us to be holy.
We study the history of the Church so that we can learn about our identity as Christians, why we are who we are, and to inform our future, built upon the successes, wisdom, and traditions of the past.
God wants every person to be a saint.
Jesus teaches us how to show love to God and each other.
The Apostles preached the Good News throughout the ancient world, to Jew and Gentile alike.
Following Jesus means following the Ten Commandments.
Saints are people who lived before us, who loved and followed Jesus, and who are now in Heaven.
Saints Peter, Paul, Stephen, and more bore a bold witness for Christ in this era.
Prayer is how we talk to God.
The saints are models of holiness, of how to love God and love our neighbor.
In the period from AD 100 to 500 the Church spread throughout the Roman Empire.
A saint is a holy person whom the Church has officially recognized as having practiced heroic virtue and lived a holy, faithful life worthy of imitation and who is in Heaven with God.