Spirit of Truth, Parish Edition > Grade 1 1st Ed. > Unit 2
Session 10: Baptism Makes Us Members of God’s Family and the Church
Baptism is necessary for salvation from sin.
Baptism is necessary for salvation from sin.
The sins of adultery, fornication, masturbation, and homosexual activity offend the unitive and procreative purposes of marriage and diminish the goods of marital love.
By the development of conscience, a person is able to take responsibility for his or her choices.
We each receive unique gifts from the Holy Spirit and can ask God for His grace to strengthen these gifts.
Prayer is a battle, and Scripture provides guidance for how to triumph.
The first three commandments show us how to be faithful to God and honor Him.
The sins of pornography, prostitution, rape, the use of contraception, and abortion offend the unitive and procreative purposes of marriage and diminish the goods of marital love.
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.
We must rely on the gifts and talents of others and ask for and receive help from God and others in order to flourish in this life.
In order to live the good life we must cultivate not only the inner life of moral virtue, but the outer life by our participation in our communities, participation in the Sacraments, and instruction by those holy ones who came before us.
God speaks to us in our consciences, helping us make good choices.
The virtue of chastity blossoms in friendship and shows us how to follow and imitate Christ.
God desires for us to be reconciled to Him and see Him face-to-face in Heaven.
Jesus is the light of the world and the way, the truth, and the life.
As Christians, we should always try to make good choices.