WOL 3rd Grade - Teacher Manual

Chapter 12 The Church Draws Us to God CHAPTER SUMMARY PREPARING MY HEART God created us to be in communion with Him. Since Original “There are many parts, yet one body” (1 Corinthians 12:20). Sin broke this relationship, God’s plan was to gather His family together to unite them to Him. God began to grow His family The Church is the Body of Christ, and through Baptism, we with His Chosen People. God’s plan came to fulfillment with the become members of this Body. Each of us has a unique role coming of Jesus, who came to offer the gift of salvation to all. to play to bring the message of Jesus Christ to the world. It is As the Body of Christ, the Church is called to continue Christ’s sometimes easy to recognize the gifts and vocations of others mission to preach the Gospel to every person. To identify the and be blind to our own. Some of us do not think we have the one true Church that Jesus founded, we can look for the four skills necessary to contribute to building up the Body. This is marks. Only the Catholic Church is one, holy, catholic, and not true. apostolic. Each of us is called to spread the love of Christ in the context in CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH (CCC) which God has placed us. Because of the great gifts of God’s REFERENCES grace through the sacraments, we have everything we need to live out our calling. The way we do this will be unique to The four marks of the Church: 811–12 our own situations. Every member of the Body is needed The Church is one: 813–16 to contribute to the health of the whole. The Church is holy: 823–29 The Church is catholic: 830–31 Think about a football team. There are eleven people on The Church is apostolic: 857–60 offense. Not everyone is called to be a quarterback or a wide receiver or a center. If every player were a quarterback, who would block? If every player were a receiver, who would throw the ball? To win the game, the players must be united as a team and do their own jobs effectively. They must rely on one another and work together to achieve their mission. This is also true for the Church. What are the gifts God has given you to contribute to the Church? Where do you see your role in the Body of Christ? What are some ways you can help your students recognize their unique roles in the Church? Unit 4, Chapter 12 155

Chapter 12: Lesson 1: Lesson 2: Lesson 3: Lesson 4: Review The Church Draws Learning about The Body of Christ The One and The Catholic and Us to God God’s Word: Holy Church Apostolic Church Words to Know Ephesians 1:10 Materials Chapter Aims vocation Christian, four catholic Activity Objectives marks of the Church Preparation All lessons: Bible, writing materials, whiteboard. See Bonus Activities on page 168 of the Teacher Manual for more. Preparing Our Hearts • Students will recognize that Christ established the Church to preach the Gospel to all people. Proclamation • Students will know that the Church is the Body of Christ. Proclaiming the • Students will begin to understand that every member of the Church has a vocation to holiness and may have a unique Good News Explanation vocation to a particular state in life. Learning Our Faith • Students will recognize that each of the four marks of the Church is essential to her identity. Application • Lesson 1 Activity: Students will identify that God’s plan was to call all people back to Himself. Optional: Students will Living Our Faith trace the growth of God’s people. Celebration Celebrating Our • Lesson 1 Living Our Faith: Students will discuss how the Church accomplishes God’s plan of salvation. Faith • Lesson 2 Activity: Students will identify that the Body of Christ is the Church—the People of God. Bonus: Students will identify different ways the laity can be the hands and feet of Jesus. • Lesson 2 Living Our Faith: Students will discuss that all members of Christ’s Body are called to be virtuous and holy regardless of their role in the Church. • Lesson 3 Activity: Students will identify the four marks of the Church. Bonus: Students will research how the Church has all four marks, contrary to other Christian denominations. • Lesson 3 Living Our Faith: Students will discuss their call to holiness. • Lesson 4 Activity: Students will identify how the Church is catholic and apostolic. Optional: Students will identify how the Church is catholic and expressed in many different cultures. • Lesson 4 Faith Alive: Students will discuss and explore why each of the marks of the Church is important to the identity of the Church. Opening Prayer in Sacred Art: The Scripted Prayer Lectio Divina: Student Text Church Militant and Ephesians 4:5  V Triumphant, Andrea da Firenze  V God’s plan is to call all people into communion with Him through the Church. Focus: God’s plan is Focus: We each Focus: There are Focus: The one true Chapter Review to “unite all things have a role in the four marks of the Church is catholic in him, things in Body of Christ—the one true Church and apostolic.  V heaven and things Church. established by on earth” Christ. (Ephesians 1:10). Mission Called to Holiness Blessed Pier Giorgio Faith Alive: We Enrichment: Accomplished Frassati Need the Four Character Marks of the Church Come, Holy Spirit Prayer followed by Prayer followed by (through “and You Come, Holy Spirit Come, Holy Spirit Prayer followed by shall renew the face Come, Holy Spirit of the earth”) 156 Unit 4, Chapter 12

Chapter 12 Preparing Our Hearts The Church Draws Us to God Prayer our cardinal “One Lord, one faith, one baptism.” Read the Opening Prayer on page 141 of the Student Text. Begin and dence. They end with the Sign of the Cross. We can (Ephesians 4:5) ur daily lives. Holy Spirit, fill us with gratitude for the gift of the Church. Lead s LHtthhoeeelytCC’ShhspuuirPrrcicthrh, .,afiLwlyeleauwdsouwusiltdthonguorntadtbieetruisdntaecnfoodmrtmthhauetngwiiofitnthoofut us to understand that without the Church, we would not be in her: “Holy communion with You. Amen. my life today.” with You. Amen. to think Review Chapter 11 . Guide Wgahthaetrispaeogpoloedtowgaeythteor? ons: What day did the Apostles receive the Holy Spirit? (Pentecost.) Proclaiming pect today? the Good News What did the Holy Spirit give the Apostles so they were no longer engthen the afraid? (Courage.) ay. Amen.” GpHeoiomdp’sltephilrnaontuogischottmohcmeaCullhnauilorlnchw. ith 5 and choose Besides the theological virtues, what virtues strengthen us to d benefit from. 141 live lives of virtue? (The cardinal virtues.) he meaning of lives. What are the four cardinal virtues? (Fortitude, justice, temperance, one or all the and prudence.) nal virtues. dinal virtues What do the four cardinal or hinge virtues do? (They open the der to memorize door to a life of virtue.) hildren Which virtue strengthens us to pursue what is good, no matter how difficult life becomes? (Fortitude.) ldren review on Which virtue helps us give to God and others what is due? ortal. (Justice.) Optional Preparation Activities Which cardinal virtue makes us able to control and direct our desires for created goods and pleasures? (Temperance.) Memory Verse The Bible verse we are learning in this chapter is the following: Which cardinal virtue gives us the ability to know what is truly “One Lord, one faith, one baptism” (Ephesians 4:5). good in certain situations and how to do it? (Prudence.) Optional memory verse activity ideas may be found on the teacher portal. Introduction Words to Know Turn to page 141 of the Student Text. catholic: Universal. The Church is catholic because it is called to bring the truth to the whole world. What is a good way to gather people together? (Answers may vary.) Christian: A person who believes in Jesus, is baptized, and is in friendship with God through grace. four marks of the Church: The characteristics that identify the one true Church established by Christ. The Church is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. vocation: A call from God to a certain state in life. All the baptized have a vocation to holiness. Unit 4, Chapter 12 157

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God’s plan of salvation is to call all people to communion with Him. Our call is to be a holy and faithful people. er GgwertJprtnoecoGeKeheeomddrsoriwaone,neudatgpttsgcsiitaalhtanndoo,etolecuoniholrrancimeteupeneogsinrerntmtwoJeoophauSefdppaeetascalsHiloulHoeoikvplseosmnyiihcila’nnoseavemuamgrlnspeyw,dnninuecHosafbda.oasanmieiitIpsitsmointema.holnhpdeneeHpfaltnatfuaetlowohnloalrrtlrvrittoetteoeteoaoohhsmuandftHesg,GaGknaaihapbomvaliollrnlednlNdoi,sg.tts’smoost,hdJhohuaeofeouielahsstrmslfuemhskasatds.e.ioimin’tTnBlSkhymHdahgua,fideletvnuiAtlasohiblCgvnsbomeediewhruroc,noaCumnifaw.lmehhrulTblichausslbhheoebmraertrcy,oplGowei.hlaunasoGeco.rgadfdauTcotthv’sl.ol.shdedlmItTuei’pnshsnchsemCoepogteouthhmCesuopalueeohslnelterpulhiscolroehench, • Were the Israelites able to be faithful to God? (No.) • What does Jesus give us through the Church so that we can be faithful? (Answers may include the sacraments, grace, virtue, and priests to guide us.) • Do you think we can be holy and faithful on our own, without the sacraments we receive in the Church? (No.) with God forever. Think about this: From the beginning, God called His people to Himself. All throughout salvation history, He was merciful and forgiving, but His God Accomplishes His Plan people were unable to remain faithful. With Noah, God sent an ark to save mankind. Two thousand years ago, Jesus gave us the Church to sepagraattCehdehrurchFAGtiolfloteiHdnr’istmAhpdeslaeabmlnfl.aoTanfhnklrdsoo.vEuevgewh a_Js_e_sto_u_s___a_n___d__t__h__e_______________________________________________________________t_h__e__m___sH_e_ilsv_ef_as_m_fri_oly ,mbGaGocdokd, save mankind. • Do you think God’s plan of salvation to draw us back into communion includes the Church? (Yes.) accomplishes His plan. • How do you think God may be calling you to His mission through the Church to save mankind? (Answers may vary.) Fai h Challenge Challenge: Take time to thank your parish priest personally for serving the Church. TpaekresotnimalelytofotrhsaenrkviynogutrhpeaCrihsuhrpcrhi.est 143 Review Chapter 12, Lesson 1 Who fulfilled God’s plan to call all people to communion with Himself? (Jesus.) Optional Activity: The Growth of God’s People What did Jesus establish to carry on His mission of proclaiming His Gospel to all people? (The Church.) Objective: Students will trace the growth of God’s people. What is God’s family and the beginning of the Kingdom of God on earth? (The Church.) You can access the blackline master for this activity on the teacher portal. Where will the Church lead us? (The Kingdom of Heaven.) Living Our Faith Chelebrating Our Faith Mission Accomplished In this chapter, we will continue to pray the Come, Holy Spirit prayer. Whom did God send to be our Savior to heal us from our broken • When we pray “send forth Your Spirit and they shall be friendship with God? (Jesus.) created,” we are asking to be made into new creations, or to be like Jesus. • Yes, through Jesus’ Death on the Cross, He won the grace of salvation for all who believe in Him. • When we pray “and You shall renew the face of the earth,” we are saying that when Jesus comes again, He will bring a new • But if the grace comes from Jesus’ Death and Resurrection Heaven and a new earth. and that happened two thousand years ago, how do we receive that grace? (Pause.) Let’s pray the Come, Holy Spirit prayer together. See page 328 of the Student Text (page 370 of the Teacher Manual). Begin and end with the • We can receive the graces of Jesus Christ only through the Sign of the Cross. Church that Jesus established while He was on earth. • The Holy Spirit was sent to guide the Church on earth. Through the Holy Spirit, the Church continues Christ’s mission. Unit 4, Chapter 12, Lesson 1 159

Lesson 2 • As we look at the people being led through the archway, we are TTotaAvvharohvnhooneropedvcdcdcaHeoaCaegartcdertithtivasaBieisouooedta,nansnirocossoocoft.onidfhmhntIsftnehsiyiomhts.seCnhteIahatBhnkeoBhreouscrtvoef,drvaihdoancyoBleyChcglucoo.eavafnldfT,hotrtisyfCpihioc,eooreahem.rnonotireHfipilosotGsioClfongtetloh.yHihoodsJroeufSeoiltrspssrlyovuiteibne.rOlsairiTegttrCohcshditihoseeseheu.rrirePtirTstshrsea,hsstleoimi,pefpnfsaoroeleoeuenu,snupdntsaolaesedfrrosteoeeGeerfpdalavoitlingelethdnsdhiesooaaelecusiBrorfhCesoptveihhdstr.elduhiieyOseierrrntsuoceetumhnfrrrsnes.,Cefa.libimhniqrIginrdussbiihoteestiuosrthspse,s, reminded that it is through the Church that we can become holy and faithful people who will one day be in eternal glory with God forever. Lord God of Heaven andMFilleinmthebbelarnskso. FfinCd htherifsigtu’rsesBbeolodwyin the sacred earth, lead all to enter Your Church and art on page 144l.ead all in Your Church to holiness. Amen. The ___R__e__v_C_ie__hw__u__rC_c_h_h_a__p__t_e__r_ i1s 2the, Body of Christ. 1 Lesson Who fulfilled God’s plan to call all people to communion with JHesimusself? (Jesus.)____________________________ is the Head of the Body. What did Jesus establish to carry on His mission of proclaiming the HisfollowingGvocoatsiopnseinlthteosaacreldl aprt.eople? Circle (The Church.) Religious brother PrieWst hat is Religious sister and of the Kingdom of God the beginning God’s family on earth? (The Church.) Where will the Church lead us? (The Kingdom of Heaven.) Proclaiming the Good News Fai h Challenge riteospuot nwsiitbhilaityspaencdific Let’s quiet our heartsChoose one daily and minds to hear the truth we believe: focus on carrying virGtueo. d’s plan is to call all people into communion w1i4t5h Him through the The Church MilitanAt nadnrdeTardiuamFpirheannzte, Church. 144 Chapter 12 Preparing Our Hearts Learning Our Faith Prayer: Sacred Art Reflection: The Church Militant and Triumphant, by Lesson 2 Focus: We each have a role in the Body of Christ—the Andrea da Firenze  V Church. Direct the students to look at the artwork on page 144 of the Student See “Teaching Tips: How Do I Discern My Vocation?” sidebar on page 167. Text. Begin and end with the Sign of the Cross. Look at the sacred art on page 144 of the Student Text. Heavenly Father, guide us in this work of art to see that You gave us the gift of the Church as a means to our salvation. • What part of this picture is the Church? (Answers may vary.) Look around all that is going on in this fresco that is painted on the wall • A church building is a physical structure, but the Church is the of a church in Italy. (Pause.) People of God. • Let’s begin by looking at the top of the painting at Jesus Christ, The Church is often called the Body of Christ. who is the King of Heaven. He is holding the Sacred Scriptures and the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. • Even though your body has different parts, how many bodies do you have? (One.) • Do you see that He is being worshipped by all the angels and saints in Heaven? (Pause.) • It is similar with the Church. The Church is one body, even though it is made up of many people of different races and backgrounds, • Below the heavenly scene to the left are more people looking to with different gifts and roles. Heaven, worshipping the Lord, awaiting their entry into eternal life. • The People of God are the members, or parts, of the Body of Christ. • Now look at the archway through which a priest with a black robe • Jesus is the Head of the Body of Christ because He founded the is leading the people dressed in white. Their white robes remind Church. us that in Baptism, they are washed clean of sin. Just like hands and feet do different things, we each have different • Notice that all who enter are standing on top of a church building. roles in the Church. This reminds us that we enter the Kingdom of Heaven through the Church. (Pause.) • Some of these roles are known as vocations because they are callings, or invitations from God, to a certain “state in life.” • Those on the other side of the painting are living their lives outside the Church. We see that another priest is offering • All members are called first to the vocation of holiness and then confession to one who desires to enter the Church. to a specific role in the Church. 160 Unit 4, Chapter 12, Lesson 2 • The vocation of holiness means that we are all called to live lives loving and serving God. We are called to be saints!

bers, MFilleinmthebbelarnskso. FfinCd hthreifsigtu’rsesBbeolodwyin the sacred Living Our Faith d is ist art on page 144. Called to Holiness st ChurchThe ___________________________ is the Body of Christ. No matter what specific vocation God calls us to—Holy Orders, ue religious life, or the laity—what is the one vocation we all share? shops, (The vocation to holiness.) ious n the • Yes, every baptized person shares the same call to holiness. We are all called to be holy, and God gives us the grace to do so. Jesus____________________________ is the Head of the Body. We live the call to holiness in different ways, depending on our vocation. Circle the following vocations in the sacred art. Religious brother • How do the laity, like you or your parents, live their call to Priest Religious sister holiness? (Answers may include encouraging one another in faith, studying well, and working hard for the family.) Fai h Challenge riteospuot nwsiitbhilaityspaencdific • How do priests live their call to holiness? (Answers may include Choose one daily celebrating Mass, hearing confessions, and giving people focus on carrying spiritual advice.) virtue. 145 • How do people in religious life live their call to holiness? (Answers may include praying together, serving the poor, and iumphant, teaching.) da Firenze You also have a call to holiness. You might not yet know your unique • The Holy Spirit leads the Church and sanctifies its members. vocation, but God has called you to live a life of holiness. Right now, you What does “sanctify” mean? (“To make holy.”) The Holy Spirit are called to do those things that God is asking you to do as a son or makes us holy by grace. daughter, a sibling, a student, and a friend. In addition to the vocation to holiness, we can also serve God and the • What are your responsibilities as a son or daughter, sibling, Church in three unique vocations. Again, a vocation is a call from God to student, or friend? (Answers may include studying well, doing a certain state in life. chores, and playing fairly with my friends.) • Some men serve the Church as priests, bishops, and deacons. • We need all the virtues to live out our call to holiness. How will They are called to the vocation of Holy Orders. faith, hope, and charity help us live out our call to holiness? (Answers may vary.) • Some are called to religious life. They are called to various religious orders of nuns, sisters, brothers, and monks. • How will fortitude, temperance, justice, and prudence help us live out our call to holiness? (Answers may vary.) • Many are called to the vocation of marriage. They serve their spouses and children as well as those around them in the By carrying out our responsibilities with virtue, we each can live the call community. to holiness. The Holy Spirit is active in all these vocations. The Holy Spirit is the soul Challenge: Choose one daily responsibility and focus on carrying it out of the Body of Christ. with a specific virtue. • Just as our souls give life to our bodies, the Holy Spirit gives life Review Chapter 12, Lesson 2 to the Body of Christ. The People of God are the members of what? (The Body of Christ.) • The Holy Spirit lifts up the members of the Body to live virtuously in every unique vocation and to live out their vocation to holiness. Who is the Head of the Body of Christ? (Jesus.) Conclusion: The Church is the Body of Christ, with Jesus as the Head. Who is the soul of the Body of Christ? (The Holy Spirit.) Each member has a calling, or vocation, from God. What do we call a call by God to a certain state in life? (A vocation.) Activity: Members of Christ’s Body In which vocation do people serve as monks, nuns, religious Turn to page 145 of the Student Text. sisters, and religious brothers? (Religious life.) In which vocation do people serve their spouses and children? (Marriage.) Unit 4, Chapter 12, Lesson 2 161

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Lesson 4 Proclaiming the Good NewsFaith Alive: We Need the Four Marks of the Church TTaitsTsJtlhphoaelhhhtearmestehiseueiCgCeesmfsiCheihniwrCdecnuhusaahrtualoraeyconcrnbvlhstiachdienesthhrhchhkciyteaseuohiortvscipceltoreltuaasauiTalJ.idtptcnreuwhTuioesftohegrssfuhaeleletrsvioarooicn.werrreul.TeiniiadptA“cthtyucCh.poiactTasitoAfhlunothslipoehstseptoretdlohetcoioCotlhesatmpiyhocellstCluesr”owebht.rdbbmeaguToceisuharhspehlchpigaeaiadihooinsrcvveo.pstsefentsaoson“Coen.ufuwlDttdinhtncorihidtuigfsuhvetefoeueheodvCrrcreufeesahocmctrnaeinuntbhtlshr.b”rtsccthyeihurhAoaeeeJnl.lktmelAA.uCispnparuhcegeoisuunoss.trplsthTwtclluetehehihsrteo.haeeyfsin Let’s quiet our hearts and minds to hear the truth we believe: God’s plan is to call all people into communion with Him through the Church. Learning Our Faith Lesson 4 Focus: The one true Church is catholic and apostolic.  V Catholic and Apostolic See “Digging Deeper: Apostolic Succession” and “Teaching Tips: What Is Inculturation?” sidebars on page 168. Write “T” for true. Write “F” for false. What are the four marks of the one true Church? (One, holy, catholic, T1._____ The Catholic Church is universal. and apostolic.) We have already discussed how the Church is one and F2._____ Only one culture or group of people worships God in the Catholic Church. holy.Circle one image. Explain what mark of the Church you see in it. T3._____ Cwuhlitluerebselaierovuinngdththeeswamoreldthcienlgesbraanted dreifcfeerievinntgctuhsetosmams einstahceraCmhuerncths,. even But the ChurcAhnisswalesorscmathaoylivca. ry._______________________________________________________________________________________________ • Did Jesus come to offer salvation to all people_______________________________________________________________________________________________ or just some of F4. _____ The Church is founded on the angels. them? (All people.)_______________________________________________________________________________________________ T5. _____ Jesus gave the Apostles authority. • What did Jesus establish to continue His m1i4s9sion to proclaim His Gospel to all people? (The Church.) 148 Chapter 12 • The word “catholic” means “universal.” • Thus, the Church is rightly called catholic because it is offered universally to all people. Preparing Our Hearts • All people of all time—past, present, and future—are called to belong to the Church. This also includes people of different places. Prayer: Lectio Divina  V Different places have different cultures. Refer to the Lectio Divina Quick-Start Guide on page xi of the Teacher Manual. Begin with the Sign of the Cross. • A culture is how certain groups of people behave. Come, Holy Spirit, open our hearts as we read Your Word in the • For example, Americans do things differently than Mexicans. They Bible so that we are able to see the unity and strength of the eat different foods, speak different languages, and have different Church. Amen. music, arts, and other customs. Lead students in lectio divina on Ephesians 4:5: “One Lord, one faith, • Different cultures celebrate and worship differently, but within the one baptism.” Church, they have the same beliefs and the same Mass. Reflection (If needed, use to prompt students during the meditation • For example, on November 2, the Church celebrates All Souls’ step.) Day, when we pray for all those who have died. • No matter where a believing Catholic is from, he shares the same • In the United States, Catholics celebrate this day with Mass and God, faith, and Baptism as me. by visiting a cemetery to pray. Review Chapter 12, Lesson 3 • In Mexico, they not only visit a cemetery but also decorate the graves of their loved ones and put out their deceased loved Who founded the Catholic Church? (Jesus.) ones’ favorite foods. What are the four marks of the Church that only the Catholic • Another example is the way that weddings are celebrated. Church has? (One, holy, catholic, and apostolic.) • In Mexican, Filipino, and Spanish communities, a giant rosary What do we call those who believe in Jesus, are baptized, and called a lasso is put around the bride and the groom. It are in friendship with God through grace? (Christians.) symbolizes unity in their marriage. What do we call the Church because it has one Creed, one Holy The Church is also apostolic. Sacrifice of the Mass, one pope, and one celebration of the sacraments? (One.) • Who were the men Jesus chose to lead the Church? (The Apostles.) What do we call the Church because it is pure and set apart by God? (Holy.) • We say that the Church is apostolic because the Church is founded on the Apostles. 164 Unit 4, Chapter 12, Lesson 4

Faith Alive: We Need the Four Marks of the Church Optional Activity: Around the World with the Church Objective: Students will identify how the Church is catholic and of expressed in many different cultures. re You can access the blackline master for this activity on the teacher thin portal. he Faith Alive s. as ey We Need the Four Marks of the Church: Each of the four marks of the Church is important. The Church is one. rch. • We are called to be part of God’s one family, to have the same beliefs and the same sacraments. even Answers may vary.Circle one image. Explain what mark of the Church you see in it. • What would it be like if each Catholic parish had different _______________________________________________________________________________________________ beliefs and sacraments? (We would not be united to Christ and _______________________________________________________________________________________________ one another.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________ The Church is holy. 149 • We are led by Jesus, who is perfectly holy, and we are guided by the Holy Spirit, who makes us holy. We are all called to holiness. But we are all sinners. • The Apostles are like the foundation of a building. Would you trust • What would it be like if we were not guided by the Holy Spirit, a building with a strong foundation or a weak foundation? who makes us holy? (We would not have the sacraments, grace, (Strong foundation.) and virtue; therefore, we would not have what we need to be holy.) The Church is catholic. • The Apostles are a strong and trustworthy foundation because • Is the Church just for certain people? (No.) Jesus chose them. • Everyone is called to become part of the Church! Jesus asked His Jesus gave the Apostles authority to guide and govern the Church as disciples to go out into the whole world and baptize everyone. the first bishops. • What would it be like if we didn’t invite all to be part of the • The Apostles passed the authority they received from Jesus to Church? (Answers may include that we would be excluding some other bishops. to their call to holiness and we would be going against Jesus’ command.) • We call this passing on of authority apostolic succession. The Church is apostolic. • Imagine that each bishop is a brick in a building. Are bricks connected and stacked on one another? (Yes.) • From whom comes the authority to lead the Church? (Jesus.) • Like bricks, the authority of the bishops is connected and • Jesus’ authority was handed on to the Apostles and then to each unbroken all the way down to the foundation—the Apostles. bishop who has come afterward. • The authority of the bishops today can be traced all the way back • What would it be like if just anyone could claim the authority to the Apostles. to say Mass, to change the Mass, or even to change the teachings of the Church? (Answers may include that there would Conclusion: The Church is catholic and apostolic. “Catholic” means be a lot of confusion, people wouldn’t know if someone was a “universal”; all people are called to belong to the Church. The Church is legitimate priest, and people wouldn’t know what is the truth.) apostolic because it is built on the foundation of the Apostles. Turn to page 149 of the Student Text. Review Chapter 12, Lesson 4 Activity: Catholic and Apostolic Which mark of the Church means “universal”? (Catholic.) Turn to page 148 of the Student Text. What do we call unique ways that certain people behave? (Culture.) Although a Catholic culture’s worship may look different, what always remains the same? (The faith that we share.) Unit 4, Chapter 12, Lesson 4 165

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Jesus, we glorify You for sending Your Apostles into the whole world to save souls and to pass on the one true faith. Amen. • God’s mercy is His love and kindness to us when we sin against Him. Let’s pray the Come, Holy Spirit prayer together. See page 328 of the Student Text (page 370 of the Teacher Manual). • The Church has given us seven specific ways to show others mercy called the spiritual works of mercy. Remembering Our Faith • With each of these works of mercy, we grow in virtue and build Review the chapter by asking the students the following: character. What did Jesus establish to carry on His mission of proclaiming His Gospel to all people? (The Church.) The spiritual works of mercy are concerned with our neighbor’s spiritual The People of God are the members of what? (The Body of Christ.) needs. What do we call a call by God to a certain state in life? (A vocation.) Write each of these on the board: What are the four marks of the Church that only the Catholic Church has? (One, holy, catholic, and apostolic.) • Counseling the doubtful • Forgiving injuries • Instructing the ignorant • Bearing wrongs patiently • Admonishing the sinner • Praying for the living and the dead • Comforting the sorrowful We counsel the doubtful when we give advice to someone who is struggling with his faith. • Whom can you go to when you are having trouble believing? (Answers may include parents, teachers, and priests.) 166 Unit 4, Chapter 12, Review

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Journal pages are available on the teacher, parent, and student one true • portals. union with em. lifts For the Teacher o__l_y_________ , own Digging Deeper: Salvation outside the Church for the The Church has remained constant throughout the centuries in ___ . teaching that “outside the Church there is no salvation.” The ws that the souls in Purgatory. Catechism explains that “all salvation comes from Christ the o Heaven. Head through the Church which is his Body” (CCC 846). So what explaining JWjooruiutrenraonlnapealsgRpeie.riJftouleuarlcnwtaiolorpknaogfems earrecyaovaniltahbelejoounrntahleppaagree.nHt oawndwsitluldyeonut live it out? Write your answer on the does this mean for those who have never heard the Gospel shops. portals. message? The Catechism teaches that those “who, through no e unbroken fault of their own,” have never come to know Christ and His throughout 151 Church can still be saved by God. These persons would need to, ____________ . “with a sincere heart” and by the power of God’s grace, do God’s  . Christ is the will “as they know it through the dictates of their conscience” (CCC 847, quoting Lumen Gentium, 16). Does this mean that any rtain state in “good” person can go to Heaven? The Catechism refutes this by saying that God “in ways known to himself” (CCC 848) can, by We instruct the ignorant when we teach others about the faith. His grace, save persons who have never had the opportunity to know Christ and the Church. However, those “who, knowing the • What are some ways you can help others understand Catholic Church was founded as necessary by God through the faith? (Answers may include sharing my faith, helping a Christ, would refuse either to enter it or to remain in it” cannot classmate, and explaining God to a sibling.) be saved (CCC 846, quoting Lumen Gentium, 14). To admonish the sinner is to call others charitably to holiness when they Teaching Tips: How Do I Discern My Vocation? fall into sin. Every baptized person shares “the common vocation of all Christ’s disciples, a vocation to holiness and to the mission • Sinning makes us unhappy, while avoiding sin helps us become of evangelizing the world” (CCC 1533). Yet within the Church, virtuous. there are different ways to live out this calling: as a priest, a consecrated religious, a married person, or a single person • Admonishing those who sin with kindness and charity protects dedicated to building up the life of the Church. How do we them from the unhappiness of sin. discern what God is calling us to? God’s calling comes from within, so to discern our vocation, we should be attentive to To comfort the sorrowful involves taking time to give comfort to those our own interior life: What gifts has God given us? Where is He who are suffering or weak. guiding us in our lives? What is He asking of us? With this self-knowledge and the guidance of friends, family, and the • How can you comfort the sorrowful? (Answers may include Church, the answer will become clear to us. saying something nice to a friend who is sad, making a card for someone who is going through a difficult time, and doing extra chores when a parent is sick.) Forgiving others is a very important way of showing others mercy. We can forgive others by accepting their apologies when we have been offended. God will always forgive our sins when we are sorry and confess them. Therefore, we should always forgive others as God forgives us. Bearing wrongs patiently is done by uniting our daily difficulties to Jesus’ suffering on the Cross. He lifts us up and strengthens us in virtue. We should bear our difficulties without complaining. Unit 4, Chapter 12 167

Chapter 12 Bonus Activities For the Teacher Lesson 2 Activity Teaching Tips: How Do We Reach Out to Other Christians? The Church urges us to engage in ecumenism, the work of Body of Christ Game bringing together the separated parts of the Body of Christ, the household of God (Greek: oikumene). How can we reach out to Count off students one through five (or a number that divides the our Protestant brothers and sisters? Rather than starting out by class as evenly as possible). Students will group together based on arguing about our differences regarding salvation or the the number they were assigned. All the ones are arms. All the twos interpretation of Scripture, we would do well to first emphasize are legs. All the threes are ears. All the fours are mouths. All the the points we have in common. We can assure our interlocutors fives are eyes. Ask each group what they can (hypothetically) do of our deep devotion to Christ, our reverence for Sacred with their group. If they are legs, can they run at recess? Yes. But Scripture, our belief that the grace of Christ is what brings us to can they hear the teacher? No. salvation. We can also acknowledge that “‘many elements of sanctification and of truth’ (Lumen Gentium, 8) are found outside Since the groups cannot do much with just the members that are the the visible confines of the Catholic Church” and that “Christ’s same, they need to work together with members of other groups to Spirit uses these Churches and ecclesial communities as means make a working “body.” Have the students try to group themselves of salvation” (CCC 819). By beginning with what we have in with one of each other “body part” to make a whole body so there is common, we can more fruitfully discuss our differences. one “arms” student, one “legs” student, one “ears” student, one “mouth” student, and one “eyes” student in each new group. Digging Deeper: Apostolic Succession The Apostles were chosen and sent forth by Jesus: “All authority Explain that the Body of Christ is made of many members who have in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and different talents and abilities. But we need all the members to work make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the together to make up the Body of Christ. Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you” (Matthew 28:18–20). By Lesson 3 Activity this commission, the Apostles received authority to teach, govern, and sanctify. “In order that the full and living Gospel might always Different Denominations Research be preserved in the Church the apostles left bishops as their successors” (CCC 77), handing on their spiritual power and Have each student choose a different Christian denomination to authority through the laying on of hands (see 1 Timothy 4:14). The research (i.e., Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, Anglican, etc.). They will bishops then “have by divine institution taken the place of the research that denomination’s founder and the date of its founding, apostles as pastors of the Church” (CCC 862). The Church has as well as its current leader. Then they will write down their findings maintained this unbroken line of apostolic succession to the and compare them to the two marks of the Church they have learned present day. about: one and holy. They will need to answer the following questions: Teaching Tips: What Is Inculturation? Catholics throughout the world are united in the same faith, • Can it claim to have the mark of one? Why or why not? the same beliefs. Yet we also see that “within the unity of the • Can it claim to have the mark of holy? Why or why not? People of God, a multiplicity of peoples and cultures is gathered together” (CCC 814). The Church teaches that evangelization Conclude the activity by having them share their findings with the “must involve a process of inculturation if the Gospel is to take class. Reiterate that only the Catholic Church has all four marks. The flesh in each people’s culture” (CCC 854). This means that when Church is one because it is led by one pope. It is holy because Jesus the Church brings the faith into a culture, the Church is able to is the founder. take up and purify elements of the culture and incorporate them into the practice of the faith. For example, liturgical processions in Africa will incorporate dance, and the Day of the Dead observed in Hispanic cultures is tied to All Souls’ Day yet has pre-Christian roots. We must remember that “the great richness of such diversity is not opposed to the Church’s unity” (CCC 814) and that the many parts of the Church come together to form one Body of Christ. 168 Unit 4, Chapter 12