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 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.
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.
The Sacrament of Holy Orders is a vocation to which God calls only baptized men.
Vocations, or calls to various states of life, are not something received only by a select few. Rather, God calls each and every one of us to be holy.
In a Sacrament, God uses something physical and from this world to do something supernatural from Heaven.
Truth is knowable, and the search for it is worthwhile.
The Sacraments of Initiation are Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist.
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.
Marriage forms an unbreakable bond of love between the husband and the wife, which was God’s plan for humanity from the beginning.
Jesus fulfills the Old Testament role of king, who was to rule justly according to the law of God. A king was to lead his people into relationship with God and right worship of Him.
In a Sacrament, God uses something physical and from this world to do something supernatural from Heaven.
Holy Orders is the Sacrament through which Christ continues His ministry in the Church until the end of time.
Matthew’s Gospel is an orderly and reliable historical account of Jesus’ life and teachings.