Spirit of Truth, School Edition > Grade 7 > Unit 1
Lesson 3: Growth in the Virtues and in the Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit
We each receive unique gifts from the Holy Spirit and can ask God for His grace to strengthen these gifts
We each receive unique gifts from the Holy Spirit and can ask God for His grace to strengthen these gifts
Jesus teaches us how to love someone, and what love is. Love can take many different forms.
Humanity, suffering, and death become special and new because God became man in the Person of Jesus Christ and suffered for our redemption.
God rejoices when we return to Him in Confession.
When we confess our sins to a priest, we are going to God directly.
The matter, form, minister, recipient, effects, and symbols of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.
The Parable of the Prodigal Son helps us understand God’s infinite mercy.
Jesus established the Sacraments of Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick so that we might be healed and strengthened, not only of our physical afflictions, but also of our spiritual sins.
At the end of this course, we can reflect on the evidence that religious faith and Jesus’ moral teaching are the pathways not only to eternal salvation but also to emotional, relational, and marital health in this life. Growing in our faith, following Jesus’ moral teachings, resisting temptations, avoiding sin, and living the virtues, however, are difficult. Each of us is part of a transcendent spiritual struggle between good and evil that ultimately requires divine assistance to prevail — to resist temptation and change sinful habits.
God allows even virtuous people to suffer because suffering can bring us closer to salvation.