Spirit of Truth, High School > Course A > Unit 2
Chapter 5: Cain and Abel to the Tower of Babel
The story of Cain and Abel demonstrates the impact of sin on humanity; but God gives everyone the opportunity to repent of their sins.
The story of Cain and Abel demonstrates the impact of sin on humanity; but God gives everyone the opportunity to repent of their sins.
The aim of this lesson is for your children to understand that after we have asked God to draw us to Him, we then pray the last four petitions of the Our Father for the needs of our life for both our body and our soul. As children, we ask in confidence and trust for our heavenly Father to care for us. We ask that God give us our daily needs, both physical and spiritual; we ask God to forgive our sins and to flood our hearts with forgiveness for others; we ask God for help in our battle against sin; and we ask for His defense against the evil one.
The aim of this lesson is for your children to understand that we have the freedom to choose between good and evil. God knows that choosing the good is not always easy for us. To help us, He gave us each a conscience, which is His law written in our hearts. A well-formed conscience makes it possible to live a moral life.
In this lesson your children will learn that sanctifying grace is God’s very life in our soul. Mortal sin destroys that life and leads to the death of the soul. But God in His mercy gives us countless opportunities to turn back onto the path of life. Children will also learn that the Church gives us five precepts or laws that show us the very minimum required to develop our spiritual lives and grow in love of God and of neighbor.
The aim of this lesson is for your children to understand that virtues are firm habits to do the good. They will learn about the cardinal and theological virtues and how they act as signposts in the moral life. If we turn these virtues into habits, they will become part of who we are, making us like Christ.
Your children will begin to learn what it means to be made in the image and likeness of God. We also begin to see the story of creation unfold: the Original Sin of Adam and Eve lost for them and all humanity the friendship and harmony they shared with God, each other, and all of creation. But although man offended God, God’s mercy never faded. He promised a Redeemer and entered into covenants with mankind.
The Original Sin was a result of the lies and temptation of the devil.
God shows His mercy in many ways, but most powerfully in the forgiveness of sins.
A well-formed conscience helps us make good decisions, in spite of how we might initially feel.
Grace is the free gift of God’s life in us.
God rejoices when we return to Him in Confession.
We learn from Jesus’ example that God wants to enter into our ordinary lives and make them extraordinary.
Grace is the free and undeserved gift of God’s life within us that makes us adopted sons and daughters of God.
We learn from Jesus’ example that God wants to enter into our ordinary lives and make them extraordinary.
Humanity, suffering, and death become special and new because God became man in the Person of Jesus Christ and suffered for our redemption.