Sharing: Christmas & New Year
Song: Sing Lullaby: Sing lullaby! Lullaby baby, now reclining, Sing lullaby! Hush, do not wake the Infant King. Angels are watching, stars are shining over the place where he is lying: Sing lullaby!
Section 12: The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Did Jesus Christ claim to be God?
Is it not possible that when he said he was the Son of God Jesus was merely claiming to be a prophet sent by God?
Does not Jesus at times speak as if he were inferior to the Father and at other times as if they were equal?
Did Jesus say that he would rise from the dead?
What is the story of Jesus’ Resurrection?
Did the disciples of Jesus expect that he would rise from the dead?
What did Jesus’ Resurrection teach the disciples?
How is the Resurrection of Jesus the source of our hope?
What happened after the death of Jesus?
Did the Resurrection really happen?
What is the importance of the Resurrection?
What was the Ascension of Jesus?
What did Jesus do at the time of the Ascension?
Section 18: Mary: Mother of Christ and the Church
Why do we refer to Mary as the Mother of God?
Why does Mary merit the title “Mother of the Church”?
What do we mean by the Immaculate Conception?
What is meant by the Assumption of Our Lady?
Why is Mary called “Queen of Heaven and Earth”?
What type of prayer is the rosary?
How many decades are in the rosary?
How many mysteries are in the rosary?
Prayer: Prayer to St. Joseph: O blessed Joseph, happy man whose privilege it was, not only to see and hear that God whom many a king had longed to see, yet saw not, longed to hear, yet heard not; but also to carry him in your arms and kiss him, to clothe him and watch over him. Pray for us, blessed Joseph. That we may be made worthy of the promises of Christ.
Homework: Sections 15, 16, 17: The Church is One, Holy, & Apostolic
1. What are the bonds of the Church's unity?
2. Can there be more than one true Church of Christ?
3. How has the unity of the Church been weakened?
4. What is the ecumenical movement?
5. What is a rite?
6. How did these various rites originate?
7. What are some of the differences between the Eastern and Western rites?
8. Do all these rites still exist within the Catholic Church?
9. What other peoples have separated themselves from the unity of the Church?
10. Why did Protestants leave the Roman Catholic Church?
11. What effect did the Protestant Reformation have on the Church?
Section 16: The Church is Holy and Catholic
1. How is the Church Holy?
2. How does the Church help people achieve holiness?
3. How is the Church Catholic?
4. How can the Church be universal and local at the same time?
5. What is a diocese or an eparchy?
6. What is a parish?
7. What is the role of a parish?
8. What is the role of the pastor?
9. What is the role of the people of the parish?
10. Who is the center of the parish?
11. What is meant when it is said that “outside the Church there is no salvation”?
Section 17: The Church is Apostolic
1. Who were the apostles?
2. What do we mean when we say that the Church is apostolic?
3. What is meant by “each in his or her own way” share in this apostolic mission?
4. What is a bishop?
5. Why is the pope called the head of the bishops?
6. Where in Scripture do we read that Jesus made Peter the visible head of the Church?
7. Why is the pope the successor of St. Peter?
8. What special guarantee did Jesus give the apostles to help them teach in his name?
9. How is the Church infallible?
10. How should we respond to that which is taught infallibly?
11. Where do we read in Scripture that Christ gave the apostles the promise of infallibility?
12. What is meant by the infallibility of the pope?
13. Must we accept the teachings of the pope even when he does not explicitly use his infallible authority?