Lesson 7: Baptism and Confirmation

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Greatest Commandment
Opening Prayer:
Let us pray.
Loving God,
You sent Jesus to show us how to love you and one another.
Help us to follow your greatest commandment.
In the name of Jesus Christ we pray.
Amen.

Lighting of the Candle

Circle of the Church Year

Exodus 22:20-26
Questions for Reflection
Who are the people most in need?
How are widows and orphans to be treated?
How are strangers to be treated?
How are the poor to be treated?

Matthew 22:34-40
"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"
He said to him,
"You shall love the Lord, your God,
with all your heart,
with all your soul,
and with all your mind.
This is the greatest and the first commandment.
Matthew 22:34-40
The second is like it:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
Questions for Reflection
What question is asked of Jesus?
How does Jesus reply?
What are the two parts of the greatest commandment?
Summary
Today we are going to discuss two sacraments that help us live out the Greatest Commandments: Baptism and Confirmation
Through them we are strengthened to go out into the world to love and help others as ourselves
Saint of the Day:
St. Maria Bertilla Boscardin
As a small child, she was poor and afraid.
Her father drank too much alcohol and became violent
People laughed at her.
When she grew up, she joined the Sisters of St. Dorothy.
There she found that nursing children who were very ill and afraid was her greatest calling.
When soldiers took over the hospital in WWI, she stayed with the children even when there were airplanes dropping bombs
She died of after suffering many years with a painful tumor.
When she became a saint some of the children she had nursed were able to be present.

Prayer of St. Maria

Faith First® Legacy Edition Chapter 12, Grade 5

Chapter 12: Vocabulary

Baptism
The Sacrament of Christian initiation in which we are first joined in Jesus Christ, become members of the Church, are reborn as God’s adopted children, receive the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and original sin and our personal sins are forgiven

Chrism
One of the three oils blessed by the Church for to use in the celebration of the liturgy

Confirmation
The Sacrament of Christian Initiation that strengthens the graces of Baptism and in which our new life in Christ is sealed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit

Chapter 12 Summary

Closing Prayer

For Next Week: Read Chapter 9. Note the Lesson will be The Eucharist Part I: All Saints and the Inspiration of the Holy Spirit. We will also cover page 125 in Chapter 14.