LESSON NINE

 

Preparation: Opening Prayer

 

Proclamation: 2 Corinthians 4:7; see footnote p. 1256: terracotta lamp

Reflection:

 

Song: Earthen Vessels: Chorus: Behold a treasure not made of gold in earthen vessels wealth untold; one treasure only the Lord, the Christ, in earthen vessels. Verse 1: Light has shown in our darkness. God has shown in our hearts with the light in the glory of Jesus the Lord. Verse 2: He has chosen the lowly who are small in this world in his weakness his glory in Jesus the Lord.

 

Explanation: Registration forms; Check homework answers

 

Questions: Papal Infallibility; Apostolic Succession; Church Authority

 

Section 6: The Creation of the World  

 

  1. What does this biblical account of creation teach?

  2. Does the biblical account of creation teach us that the world was made in six days?

  3. Why did the author of Genesis use literary devices?

  4. Does this biblical account rule out evolution?

  5. How did God create the world?

  6. Was it necessary that God create?

  7. Why, then, did God create the world?

  8. What are the angels?

  9. How do angels differ from God?

  10. What is the story of the elevation and fall of the angels?

  11. Do angels play any part in our lives?

     

Section 7: The Creation of Humans

 

  1. What are the main points which God teaches us in the Genesis account of the creation of the human race?

  2. Could the origin of human beings be explained by the theory of evolution?

  3. What is a human being?

  4. Has the soul a life of its own?

  5. What was the greatest gift God gave our first parents?

  6. How are we to interpret the “fall” as described in the Genesis account?

  7. How can we understand the sin of Adam and Eve in the story of creation?

  8. How were Adam and Eve affected by their sin?

  9. How are we affected by the sin of our first parents?

  10. What was God’s response to the sin of Adam and Eve?

  11. What did Jesus mean when he said that he came that we might have life more abundantly?

 

 

 

Introduction of a Saint’s life: St. Katharine Drexel

Prayer: Act of Faith: O my God, I firmly believe that you are one God in three divine Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; I believe that your divine Son became man and died for our sins, and that he shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe these and all the truths that the holy Catholic Church teaches, because you have revealed them, who can neither deceive nor be deceived.

Homework: Section 40: Life Everlasting

 

  1. Will the work of the Church ever end?

 

  1. What will the happiness of heaven be like?

 

a)      Happy in a far greater way

 

b)      Perfect rest

 

c)      Final and complete union

 

d)     Complete ease and familiarity with God

 

e)      Companionship with all members

 

f)       A faint reflection of God

 

  1. Will the world ever end?

 

  1. When will the world end?

 

  1. How did the early Christians interpret these prophecies?

 

  1. What will be the great event at the end of the world?

 

  1. Will the judgment which Christ makes at the end of the world be a real judgment?

 

  1. What do we mean by the resurrection of the dead?

 

  1. How should we prepare for the second coming of Christ?

                 

Closing Prayer