Spirit of Truth, High School > Course V > Unit 2
Chapter 4: The Celebration of the Sacrament of Baptism
The principal symbol of Baptism is water, one of the most fundamental elements to life on earth.
The principal symbol of Baptism is water, one of the most fundamental elements to life on earth.
The universal call to holiness is the vocation of every human person; God calls each of us to be holy as He is holy, that is, to be saints.
In this lesson your children explore the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. In this Sacrament, our sins are forgiven and we are reconciled to God and His Church through the confession of those sins and acts of penance. We are also strengthened by this Sacrament to avoid sin in the future.
The aim of this lesson is for your children to understand that God is merciful. Your children will be able to explain the “special grace” from God that we receive during the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. They will also see the relationship between Jesus’ healing and the Church’s continuation of this healing through the sacrament.
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.
The Eucharist is the “source and summit of the Christian life.”
The virtue of chastity blossoms in friendship and shows us how to follow and imitate Christ.
People who are suffering from illness need special strength to suffer with Jesus and to continue to practice virtue.
Penance and Reconciliation is the Sacrament by which our sins are forgiven and we are reconciled to God and His Church.
Mary is the world’s greatest example of how to follow Jesus; she is the greatest of all the saints.
The matter, form, minister, recipient, effects, and symbols of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.
The Sacraments are special ways in which Jesus gives us grace.
The sacrificial lamb was a sign of the Passover that saved the Israelites from the Angel of Death.
The effect of this Sacrament is reconciliation with God and the Church.
Like Mary, we can keep important moments in our hearts in order to discern how they can help us become the person God wants us to be.