Spirit of Truth, High School > Course C > Unit 3
Chapter 6: The Dignity of Human Life
Every human person has an inestimable value in the eyes of God.
Every human person has an inestimable value in the eyes of God.
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 we learn about the Sacrament of Holy Orders, one of the sacraments directed toward the service of others. The Sacrament of Holy Orders is the continuation of Christ’s priesthood, which He bestowed upon His Apostles. We will come to understand the three orders of this Sacrament; the signs and effects of the Sacrament; and the form and minister of the Sacrament of Holy Orders.
In this lesson we learn about the Sacrament of Matrimony in which a baptized man and woman are joined together in a holy covenant. Christ raised this covenant to a Sacrament in which the couple receives grace to love one another as Christ loves the Church: permanently, faithfully, and fruitfully. We will come to understand the signs and effects and the form and minister of the Sacrament of Matrimony.
God intentionally and deliberately created each one of us.
We are made in the image of God, meaning that we are made for communion with God and each other.
Grace is the free, undeserved help that God gives us to respond to His call to become His adopted sons and daughters, and sharers in His divine and eternal life.
True happiness comes only from God, and is self-giving. Being Holy means living like Jesus.
Christ taught us to love God and our neighbor.
Jesus told His disciples that He would always be with them, and that we must be humble and open to the Holy Spirit.
Society is a group of persons bound together organically by a principle of unity that goes beyond each one of them.
In a Sacrament, God uses something physical and from this world to do something supernatural from Heaven.
Relationships founded on justice, love, and mutual respect build up the Church and the Kingdom of God.
Grace is the free, undeserved help that God gives us to respond to His call to become His adopted sons and daughters, and sharers in His divine and eternal life.
The family is a communion of persons, a sign and image of the Holy Trinity.