LESSON EIGHT

 

Preparation: Opening Prayer

 

Proclamation: Acts 2: 1-4: When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled….

 

Song: Veni Creator

 

I. Veni, Creator Spiritus, Mentes tuorum visita, Imple superna gratia, Quae Tu creasti pectora.

Come, Creator, Spirit, visit the souls of your own; fill with heavenly grace the breasts that you have created

II. Qui diceris Paraclitus, Altissimi donum Dei, Fons Vivus, Ignis, Caritas, Et spiritalis unctio.You who are called Paraclete, gift of the most high God, living water, flame, charity,
and spiritual anointing;

III. Tu septiformis munere, Digitus paternae dexterae, Tu rite promissum Patris Sermone ditans guttura.

You who are sevenfold in your gift, finger of God's right hand, you who were rightly promised by the Father, enrich our throats with speech.

 

IV. Accende lumen sensibus, Infunde amorem cordibus; Infirma nostri corporis, Virtute firmans perpeti

Inflame the light of our senses, pour love into our hearts, the weakness of our bodies strengthen with lasting power.

 

V. Hostem repellas longius, Pacemque dones protinus; Ductore sic te previo, Vitemus omne noxium.

Drive the enemy far back, and at once grant us peace; with you going ahead of us,
may we avoid all harm.

 

VI. Per te sciamus da Patrem, Noscamus atque Filium Teque utriusque Spiritum, Credamus omni tempore.

Through you may we know the Father and recognize the Son; and may we always believe in you, Spirit of both.

Deo Patri sit gloria, Et Filio, qui a mortuis Surrexit, ac Paraclito, In saeculorum saecula. Amen.

Composed by an Unknown Author in the Ninth Century
This translation is as close as possible to the original Latin and is also largely based on Dom Wilmart's verse translation into French.

Reflection

 

Explanation: Registration forms; Check homework answers;

Questions: Salvation outside the Catholic Church; Baptism for Catholics (CCC 1213)

 

Christ’s Promise: The Gift of the Spirit

           

  1. Who is the Holy Spirit?

  2. Why is it we know so little about the Holy Spirit?

  3. When did the Holy Spirit come?

 

  1. What was the effect of the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples?

  2. What are the gifts of the Holy Spirit?

  3. What is the relationship of the Holy Spirit and the Church?

 

Section 33, p. 233: Faith, Hope and Love

  1. Why do we receive the divine life here on earth??

  2. How do we receive the divine life?

  3. How does the divine life grow within us?

  4. What is faith?

  5. How can we earn the gift of faith?

  6. What is an act of faith?

  7. How do we live by faith?

  8. What is hope?

  9. What is an act of hope?

  10. What is love?

  11. How are faith, hope and love increased within us?

  12. What are the moral virtues?

  13. What are the gifts of the Holy Spirit?

    1. Wisdom

    2. Understanding

    3. Right judgment

    4. Courage

    5. Knowledge

    6. Piety

    7. Fear of the Lord

  14. How can we express our love for God?

  15. How do we show love for all people?

  16. What are the works of mercy?

  17. Why do we have to love all people?

 

Introduction of a Saint’s life: St. Peter

Prayer: V - Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful. R - And kindle in them the fire of your love.   V - Send forth your spirit and they shall be created. R - And you shall renew the face of the earth.  Let us pray, O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit did instruct the hearts of your faithful; grant that in the same Spirit we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in his consolation. Through the same Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Homework: Section 6 , p. 33: The Creation of the World

 

  1. What does this biblical account of creation teach?

 

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

 

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

 

  1. Does this biblical account rule out evolution?

 

  1. How did God create the world?

 

  1. Was it necessary that God create?

 

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

 

  1. What are the angels?

 

  1. How do angels differ from God?

 

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

 

  1. Do angels play any part in our lives?

     

Section 7, p. 41: 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?

 

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

 

  1. What is a human being?

 

  1. Has the soul a life of its own?

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Closing Prayer