MODULE 1

Lesson 3
Introduction to Salvation
History

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 Content Standard

The learner will be able to understand the truth

about God’s saving action in Hiscreation in order to
reveal himself as a loving Creator.

Performance Standard

The learner will display profound faith in God by

loving and respecting everything that God created.

Learning Competencies

Doctrine
Discuss God’s work in creation and the salvific act He
made known to humanity.

Morals
Promotes ways to preserve creation and to
savetheearth from destruction.

Worship
Gives praise and thank God for the wonderful gift
of creation through prayer.

Lesson 1: God’s Saving Action in Creation

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 “For God so love the world that He gave us his only Son, so that everyone who believes in
Him might not perish but might have eternal life” (John 3:16)

Learning Targets:
At the end of the lesson, I can:
Doctrine:
 discuss God’s work in creation and salvation.
Morals:
 promote ways to preserve creation and save the Earth from
destruction.
Worship:
 give praise and thank God for the wonderful gift of creation
through prayer.

Opening/Closing Prayer

A prayer for God’s wonderful creation

Loving Father and Creator of all, we come to You today deeply grateful for
Your creation. As we look around us, we are amazed at the greatness and majesty
of all that You have made. Nature around us speaks of your greatness - the vast
expanse of the sky, the mountains, trees, lakes and streams speak of your great
design. You have given us such beauty in the colors of the rainbow, the beauty of
flowers and fields. Words cannot adequately express the magnificence of all You
have created. We join in praise with the writer of the Psalms when he says, "O
Lord, our Lord, how majestic is Your Name in all the earth." May we show our
love and reverence to You, our Lord, by caring for all that You have created. We
humbly give You praise and thanks. Amen Glory be …

What does the Bible say?

One of the most beautiful stories in the Bible is found in the beginning of the
first book, first chapter. It is the story of CREATION.
The Story of Creation
(Gen. 1:1-31)

In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth and the earth
was without form or shape, with darkness over the abyss and a mighty wind
sweeping over the waters. Then God said: Let there be light, and there was light.
God saw that the light was good. God then separated the light from the darkness.
God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” Evening came,
andmorning followed—the first day. Then God said: Let there be a dome in the

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middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the other. God made the
dome,* and it separated the water below the dome from the water above the dome.
And so it happened. God called the dome “sky.” Evening came, and morning
followed—the second day.

Then God said: Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single basin,
so that the dry land may appear. And so it happened: the water under the sky was
gathered into its basin, and the dry land appeared. God called the dry land “earth,”
and the basin of water he called “sea.” God saw that it was good. Then God said:
Let the earth bring forth vegetation: every kind of plant that bears seed and every
kind of fruit tree on earth that bears fruit with its seed in it. And so it happened: the
earth brought forth vegetation: every kind of plant that bears seed and every kind
of fruit tree that bears fruit with its seed in it. God saw that it was good.Evening
came, and morning followed—the third day.

Then God said: Let there be lights in the dome of the sky, to separate day
from night. Let them mark the seasons, the days and the years, and serve as lights
in the dome of the sky, to illuminate the earth. And so it happened: God made the
two great lights, the greater one to govern the day, and the lesser one to govern the
night, and the stars. God set them in the dome of the sky, to illuminate the earth, to
govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw
that it was good. Evening came, and morning followed—the fourth day.

Then God said: Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures,
and on the earth let birds fly beneath the dome of the sky. God created the great
sea monsters and all kinds of crawling living creatures with which the water teems,
and all kinds of winged birds. God saw that it was good, and God blessed them,
saying: Be fertile, multiply, and fill the water of the seas; and let the birds multiply
on the earth. Evening came, and morning followed—the fifth day.

Then God said: Let the earth bring forth every kind of living creature: tame
animals, crawling things, and every kind of wild animal. And so it happened: God
made every kind of wild animal, every kind of tame animal, and every kind of
thing that crawls on the ground. God saw that it was good. Then God said: Let us
make human beings in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over
the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the tame animals, all the wild animals, and
all the creatures that crawl on the earth.

God created mankind in his image; in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.God blessed them and God said to them: Be
fertile and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of
the sea, the birds of the air, and all the living things that crawl on the earth. God
also said: See, I give you every seed-bearing plant on all the earth and every tree
that has seed-bearing fruit on it to be your food; and to all the wild animals, all the
birds of the air, and all the living creatures that crawl on the earth, I give all the

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green plants for food. And so it happened. God looked at everything he had made,
and found it very good. Evening came, and morning followed—the sixth day.

Messages that we can get from the story:

God creates everything
Ultimately, God creates everything – “Let it be…” Creation is the making of
something out of nothing, from nothing God created everything on earth. God also
puts order – first day… second day… seventh day. In God, everything comes at its
appointedtime; He organizes it and gives meaning to our existence.

God creates all things good

All the things that God created are originally good. At the end of each day
of the creation story, God ended it with the statement “it was good”. Everything in
the universe, living or non-living plays a vital role in the balance of life.

God creates man in His image

Human beings are created in God’s image and likeness. God’s image is seen
in ourselves. It shows how special is a human being. We have faculties to perform
different tasks, emotions to feel sadness and joy, and we have a mind to think.

Humans are called to subdue the earth

Through our faculties, we are entrusted with tasks for the development of
everyone. We are not given an authority to do things that would harm our world.
Our efforts must be for the common good and sustainable development. We will
use our gifts for advancements but will ensure not to compromise the future
generation.

What does the Church teach?

Creation is not just a fairy tale that puts children in awe at the power of God,
the creator. According to the Church’s teaching, “Creation is the foundation of all
God’s saving plans, the beginning of the history of salvation” (CCC #280).
Pope Francis, in Laudato Si, highlighted three crucial point:
1. Service to Common Good
The notion of the common good also extends to the future generations. The
global economic crises have made painfully obvious the detrimental effects of
disregarding our common destiny, which cannot exclude those who come after us.
We can no longer speak of sustainable development apart from intergenerational
solidarity. Once we start to think about the kind of world we are leaving to the
future generations, we look at things differently; we realize that the world is a gift
which we have freely received and must share with others.

2. A call to Stewardship

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 Human beings are not only the beneficiaries but also the stewards of other
creatures. Thanks to our bodies, God joined us closely to the world around us that
we can feel the desertification of the soil almost as the physical ailment, and the
extinction of a species as a painful disfigurement.

3. A call to responsibility
The environment is God’s gift to everyone, and in our use of it, we have a
responsibility towards the poor, towards future generations and towards humanity
as a whole… our duties towards the environment are linked to our duties towards a
human person, considered in himself and in relations to others. It would be wrong
to uphold one set of duties while trampling on the other.

What can I say and do?

To deepen your understanding on the works of God in creation and salvation,

go back to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, particularly articles 280 to 289.
If you want an online copy of these articles, you may use the link below then go to
Activity 1.a for your guidance.
(http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p1s2c1p4.htm)

As followers of Christ, the Church is calling us to promote ways to preserve

creation and save the earth from destruction. Identify ways that organizations
(e.g., schools, NGOs, government, etc.) are already doing to preserve creation. Go
to Activity 1.b.

Activity 1.1
Direction: Write two (2) sentences of reflection on the truths of God’s creation
taken from the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC).

Catechism of the Catholic Church My own interpretation/Response

283 The question about the origins of the
world and of man has been the object of many
scientific studies which have splendidly
enriched our knowledge of the age and
dimensions of the cosmos, the development
of life-forms and the appearance of man.
These discoveries invite us to even greater
admiration for the greatness of the Creator,
prompting us to give him thanks for all his
works and for the understanding and wisdom
he gives to scholars and researchers.

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286The existence of God the Creator can be
known with certainty through his works, by
the light of human reason, even if this
knowledge is often obscured and disfigured by
error. 

286 God reveals himself as the One to whom

belong all the peoples of the earth, and the
whole earth itself; he is the One who alone
"made heaven and earth".

Activity 1.2
Direction: Name groups/organizations and individuals, then describe their
advocacy or project for preservation of the environment.

Groups/Organization Advocacy/Works/Projects

Individual (e.g. Joey Ayala) Environmental Songs

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Activity 1.3
A. Direction: If you are to imitate Christ as the Perfect Model of
Stewardship, how are you going to show it in the different areas below?
Write it inside the box.

At Home

“I am a steward of God,
Reference:
In the Church
and I have Christ who is In School

my Model”
Christian Living Education. Panagtagbo Series. (2018).

In my community

Lesson 2: The Catholic Church and Non-Christians

“For true faith, you are all children of God in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized
into Christ” (Galatians 3:26-27)

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Learning targets:
At the end of the lesson, I can:

Doctrine:
 identify the individual religious beliefs and practices.
 explain the teachings of the Church on our relationship with other
religions
 deepened the understanding on the roots of Catholic teachings,
beliefs and practices.
Morals:
 appreciate the beliefs and practices of other religions
 recognize God’s love in other religions.
Worship:
 offer prayers for unity among different religions .

Opening/Closing Prayer
Prayer for Peace by Christian, Jewish and Muslim
(Excerpted from Current Dialogue 24/93, p.36)

Eternal God, Creator of the universe, there is no God but You. 

Great and wonderful are Your works, wondrous are your ways. 
Thank You for the many splendoured variety of Your creation. 
Thank You for the many ways we affirm Your presence and purpose, 
and the freedom to do so. 
Forgive our violation of Your creation. 
Forgive our violence toward each other. 
We stand in awe and gratitude for Your persistent love 
for each and all of Your children:
Christian, Jew, Muslim, 
as well as those with other faiths. 
Grant to all and our leaders attributes of the strong; 
mutual respect in words and deed, 
restraint in the exercise of power, and 
the will for peace with justice, for all. 
Eternal God, Creator of the universe, there is no God but You. Amen.
Glory be…

What does the Bible say?

Christ and the Church

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 St. Paul in his letter to the Ephesians emphasizes that the Church is Christ’s
body. As His Body, in Jesus, we experience the fullness of life. Jesus fills every
empty part of our being and provides us with every blessing we need.

“And He put all things beneath His feet and gives Him as head over all
things to the Church, which is His body, the fullness of the One who fills all things
in every way.” (Eph. 1:22-23)

The Church and other Religions

“Whoever is without love, does not know God, for God is love”. (1John 4:8)

Using this passage of St. John, may help us in our relationship with other
religions. Love is the core value of every Christian. This love is not only shown to
others but all people including those of other religions.

What does the Church teach?

The Church in this present time is called to examine closely her relationship
to non-Christian religions by considering what people have in common and what
draws them to fellowship. Pope Paul VI, in his Nostra Aetate, presents ways on
how Catholic Christians should relate to other religions.

Hinduism and Buddhism

The Catholic Church rejects nothing that is true and holy in these
religions. She regards with sincere reverence those ways of conductand of life,
those precepts and teaching, though differing in many aspects from the ones she
holds and sets forth, nonetheless often reflect a ray of that Truth which
enlightens all men. Indeed, she proclaims and ever must proclaim Christ “the
way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6), in whom men may find the fullness of
religious life, in whom God reconciled all things to Himself. The Church,
therefore, exhorts her sons, that through dialogue and collaboration with the
followers of other religions, carried out with prudence and love and in witness to
the Christian faith and life, they recognize, preserve and promote the good things,
spiritual and moral, as well as the socio-cultural values found among these men
(Pope Paul VI, 1965).
Islam
The Church also regards with esteem the people who embrace the Islamic
religion. Since the course of centuries not a quarrels and hostilities have risen
between Christians and Moslems, it is urged that it is better to forget the past and
instead work sincerely for mutual understanding for the benefit of all mankind
(Pope Paul VI, 1965).

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 Moreover, the Church acknowledges common beliefs with Islamic
religion. “The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator,
in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith
of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind’s
judge on the last day”(CCC 841).

Judaism
The Catholic Church has a unique and strong relationship with the Judaism.
“The Church, the people of God in the New Covenant, discovers her link with the
Jewish people, “the first to hear the Word of God”. The Jewish faith, unlike other
non-Christian religions, is already a response to God’s revelation in the Old
Covenant. To the Jews “belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving
of the law, the worship, and the promises; to them belong the patriarchs, and of
their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ”, “for the gifts and the call of God
are irrevocable” (CCC 839).

“The Church considers all goodness and truth found in these religions as
“a preparation for the Gospel and given by Him who enlightens all men that they
may at length have life” (CCC 843). As loving people, our attitude toward other
religions is to accept and honor whatever is good while identifying errors and
seeking out of love to bring their believers into the full light of the Gospel.

What can I say and do?

The Bible and Church’s teachings are very clear on promoting unity among
God’s people. The Catholic Church acknowledges the common beliefs she shares
with other religions. To deepen your understanding of common beliefs with
other religions, do some research and identify some of these. Go to Activity 2.1.

We can appreciate the different beliefs of other religions such as in

Buddhism, Judaism, Hinduism, and among others. These religions have guided
heir followers in living a good life. To learn more about core beliefs, go to Activity
2.2 for guidance.

Activity No. 2.1

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Direction: Do some research works to identify common beliefs among Christians
and Muslims. Use the table below for your research outputs. For reference, you
may visit this link – http://islam.101.com/religions/christianity/christ_islam.html
Beliefs Christians Muslims

God

Jesus

Mary

Activity 2.2

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Direction: Read the statements below and identify the religion with its
corresponding specific belief.

Buddhism Hinduism Islam Judaism

Jainism Shinto Taoism

_________ 1. Five pillar – declaration of faith; ritual prayer; welfare; a month of

fasting during Ramadan, and pilgrimage.
_________ 2. Respect for elders; reverence for teachers; regard for guests; and
tolerance of all races and religions.
_________ 3. Refrain from harming living beings; taking what is not given; sexual
misconduct; harmful speech; and drinks or drugs which cloud the
mind.
_________ 4. Love one’s neighbour is the great principle of social life.
_________ 5. Enlightenment through austerity and rejection of the world.
_________ 6. Recognizes no all-powerful deity and is a diverse set of traditional
rituals and ceremonies, rather than a system of dogmatic beliefs or
ethics.
_________ 7. A relaxed and peaceful religion based on following and accepting
the flow of life.

Note: For references to the answers, visit the following links:

1. https://goo.gl/Nv4oLL
2. https://goo.gl/B7cNYw
3. https://goo.gl/A239tL

Lesson 3: Faith in God who Saves

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 “For true faith, you are all children of God in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized
into Christ” (Galatians 3:26-27)

Learning Targets:
At the end of the lesson I can:
Doctrine:
 explain the doctrines of Catholic faith.
Morals:
 articulate one’s Faith by sharing it with others.
 Show gratitude to God in prayer for the gift of faith.
Worship:
 Express thanks to God and exhibit proper disposition during
Liturgical Celebrations.

Opening/Closing Prayer

I See You, Lord

I’m so blessed my Lord, I can see you

In all the lovely things so fine and true
Songs of Worship
I see you in beauty of the flowers and the rain
I see you between the lines of a sweet refrain You can visit this site to play
the song.
I’m so blessed my Lord, I can see you
https://www.youtube.com/wat
Even when I’m lonely and in pain, I see you in the
ch?v=TtXdPHmQ1zM
beauty of the stars at night
I see you in my life, I feel alright.

I see you Lord in sorrow and in happiness

I see you in the glory of sweet success
I see you Lord every hour, everyday
I can see you Lord whenever I pray.

I’m so blessed my Lord I can see you

In the smile of baby sweet and true
I can see you in the eyes of my very best friend
I see you in these bonds just like your love that never
ends.
(Repeat chorus.)

What does the Bible say?

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 In the letter of St. Paul to the Hebrews, different people manifested an
inspiring image of faith, firm and unyielding in the face of obstacles confronting
them. It also shows the period of significant people in the Old Testament,
through faith, God guarantees the blessings to be hoped for Him, providing
evidences that what He promises will eventually happen.
Faith of the Ancients
(Hebrew 11:1-40)
Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.
Because of it the ancients were well attested. By faith we understand that the
universe was ordered by the word of God, so that what is visible came into being
through the invisible.  By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice greater than Cain’s.
Through this he was attested to be righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts, and
through this, though dead, he still speaks. By faith Enoch was taken up so that he
should not see death, and “he was found no more because God had taken him.”
Before he was taken up, he was attested to have pleased God.  But without faith
it is impossible to please him, for anyone who approaches God must believe that
he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. By faith Noah, warned about
what was not yet seen, with reverence built an ark for the salvation of his
household. Through this he condemned the world and inherited the
righteousness that comes through faith. By faith Abraham obeyed when he was
called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; he went out,
not knowing where he was to go. By faith he sojourned in the promise land as in
a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs of the same
promise; for he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect
and maker is God. By faith he received power to generate, even though he was
past the normal age—and Sarah herself was sterile—for he thought that the one
who had made the promise was trustworthy. So it was that there came forth
from one man, himself as good as dead, descendants as numerous as the stars in
the sky and as countless as the sands on the seashore. All these died in faith.
They did not receive what had been promised but saw it and greeted it from afar
and acknowledged themselves to be strangers and aliens on earth, for those who
speak thus show that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of
the land from which they had come, they would have had opportunity to return.
But now they desire a better homeland, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not
ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. By faith
Abraham, when put to the test, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the
promises was ready to offer his only son, of whom it was said, “Through Isaac
descendants shall bear your name.”  He reasoned that God was able to raise even
from the dead, and he received Isaac back as a symbol. By faith regarding things
still to come Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau. By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed

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each of the sons of Joseph and “bowed in worship, leaning on the top of his staff.”
By faith Joseph, near the end of his life, spoke of the Exodus of the Israelites and
gave instructions about his bones.  By faith Moses was hidden by his parents for
three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and
they were not afraid of the king’s edict.  By faith Moses, when he had grown up,
refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; he chose to be ill-treated
along with the people of God rather than enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin. He
considered the reproach of the Anointed greater wealth than the treasures of
Egypt, for he was looking to the recompense. By faith he left Egypt, not fearing
the king’s fury, for he persevered as if seeing the one who is invisible. By faith he
kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, that the Destroyer of the firstborn
might not touch them. By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if it were dry land,
but when the Egyptians attempted it they were drowned. By faith the walls of
Jericho fell after being encircled for seven days. By faith Rahab the harlot did not
perish with the disobedient, for she had received the spies in peace. What more
shall I say? I have not time to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David
and Samuel and the prophets, who by faith conquered kingdoms, did what was
righteous, obtained the promises; they closed the mouths of lions, put out raging
fires, escaped the devouring sword; out of weakness they were made powerful,
became strong in battle, and turned back foreign invaders. Women received back
their dead through resurrection. Some were tortured and would not accept
deliverance, in order to obtain a better resurrection. Others endured mockery,
scourging, even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, sawed in two, put
to death at sword’s point; they went about in skins of sheep or goats, needy,
afflicted, tormented. The world was not worthy of them. They wandered about in
deserts and on mountains, in caves and in crevices in the earth. Yet all these,
though approved because of their faith, did not receive what had been promised.
God had foreseen something better for us, so that without us they should not be
made perfect.

What does the Church teach?

Faith is human’s positive response to God’s saving acts. It touches every part
of human life – our minds (believing), our wills (doing), and our hearts (trusting).

Believing
Faith involves our basic convictions as Christians. “For if you confess with
your lips that Jesus is Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the
dead, you will be saved” (Rom 10:9). Faith, then, is knowing that is not mere
“head knowledge” of some abstract truth but is a personal knowledge of Jesus

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Christ as “my Lord and my God” (Jn 20:28). It is like the deep knowledge we have
of our parents or of anyone we love dearly” (CFC 129).

Doing
“Other than believing, faith is also doing. As St. James writes: “My brothers,
what good it is to profess faith without practicing it” (Jas 2:24). Christ himself
taught: “None of those who cry out ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of God,
but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven” (Mt. 7:21). Faith,
then, is a commitment to follow (obey) God’s will for us. PCPII brings out this
“doing” dimension of faith as “witnessing” through “loving service”of our needy
neighbors. In our concrete situation, particularly urgent is the call for: 1)deeds of
justice and love; and 2) for protecting and caring for our endangered earth’s
environment (cf. PCP II 78-80)” (CFC 130).

Entrusting/Worshipping
“Beyond believing and doing, faith is also entrusting oneself into God’s hands.
Abraham, our father in faith, at God’s command, left everything to set out for a
foreign land. Against all human odds, Moses trusted Yahweh to free the Hebrews
from their slavery in Egypt. In the New Testament, Jesus worked signs and cures
only with those who trusted in him. He promised the possessed boy’s father:
“Everything is possible to a man who trusts” (Mk 9:23). Faith, then, is from the
heart – the loving, trusting, and hoping in the Lord that comes from God’s own
love flooding our hearts. This trusting faith “lives and grows through prayer and
worship” – personal heartfelt conversation with God that is the opposite of
mindless, mechanical repetition of memorized formulas. Genuine personal
prayer and group prayer find both their inspirational source and summit of
perfection in the Liturgy, the Catholic Community’s official public Trinitarian
worship of the Father, through Jesus Christ our Lord, in the Holy Spirit (cf. PCP II
74-77)” (CFC 132-133).

With believing we learn our faith, with doing we show our faith in our actions,
and with entrusting we can express our steadfast trust in God. We can articulate
our faith by sharing it with others.
Moreover, we need to remember that Faith is not just a human act but also a
gift from God. For example, during baptism of adults, the candidate will be asked,
“What do you want to ask from the Church?” the candidate’s answer is FAITH. In
the same manner, we can only ask for it and receive it from God through the
Church. Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI once said, faith is a glorious presence of God
in us.
What can I say and do?

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 To deepen your understanding on some of the Doctrines of the Catholic
Church, find the meaning or explanation of the major doctrines of the Catholic
Church. Do the Activities 3.1 and 3.2.

Faith without action is dead, and prayer is one of the expressions of faith.
To learn how people show their faith in God, try to observe the disposition or
actions of the people inside the Church as the liturgical celebration (e.g. Holy
mass) is going on. Doing this will help you observe proper disposition during
liturgical celebrations. You may also refer to the catechesis on proper decorum in
attending the Holy Eucharist. Go to Activity 3.3 for guidance.

Moreover, as Christians, we profess our faith in many ways, not just reciting
the Nicene Creed. What about you? What are the concrete expressions of your
faith? Go to Activity 3.4.

Activity 3.1
Direction:Ask your parents or relatives about the meaning of the following
doctrines of the Church. Using the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) or
Catechism for Filipino Catholics (CFC), find what the Church teaches about these
doctrines.

Doctrines Parents/Relatives Church Teaching

Virgin Mary

Holy Trinity

Eucharist

Immaculate Conception

Activity 3.2

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Direction: Check your knowledge on the teachings of the Church. Match column A
with column B. Write the letter of your answer on the space provided.

A B

____ 1. One God, three persons ____ 9. Fully God and fully human

____ 2. Its teachings and authority

come from the Apostles themselves.
a. The Church is one
____ 3. It is unified in Christ across
regions and periods of time. b. The Church is Holy

____ 4 It contains the fullness of the c. The Church is Catholic

Deposit of Faith, thus, it is truly
d. The Church is apostolic
“according to the whole” and
“universal”.
e. Trinity
____ 5. The grace of Christ given to it
f. Sacraments
and the holy sacraments it provides.

____ 6. Rituals and events through g. Jesus

which God gives us grace.
h. Emmanuel
____ 7. The deliberate, freely chosen,
the transgression of divine law i. Theotokos

____ 8. Mary is the Mother of Jesus j. Sin

Christ, the Mother of God
k. Immaculte Conception
____ 10. God is with us

Activity 3.3

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Direction: This coming Sunday (or whatever time is the schedule of your Church
service like KasaulogansaPulong) observe the disposition and actions of the
attendees. After the celebration, you list down your observations, both proper
and improper, using the table below. On the second and third columns, put the
check to what you believe is the description for each disposition/action.
Disposition/Action Proper Not Proper

Activity 3.4
Direction: As the follower of Christ, you express your faith in many ways. Draw a
symbol of your faith in god. Below the symbol, write a short explanation on how
you can share your faith with others.

LESSON 4: Trinity in Salvation History

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 “Yet for us, there is one God, the Father, from whom all things are and for whom we exist,
and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom we exist” (1 Corinthians 8:6).

Learning Targets: At the end of the lesson, I can:

Doctrine:
 explain the doctrine of the Holy Trinity
Morals:
 profess faith on the saving work of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Worship:
 pray for unity amidst adversity of disposition and aspiration among people.

Opening/Closing Prayer
Introduction:

May God dwell in our hearts through faith. Certainly, if God is at the center
of our life, we will not get lost. Our innermost faith in Him will lead us to the way
where we should go. Let us ask God to increase our faith in the Holy Trinity and
that we may be able to show what we believe to others by making God present in
our life.

Glory be to the Father,

Who by His almighty power and love created me,
making me in the image and likeness of God.

Glory be to the Son,

Who by His Precious Blood delivered me from hell,
and opened for me the gates of heaven.

Glory be to the Holy Spirit,

Who has sanctified me in the sacrament of Baptism,
and continues to sanctify me
by the graces I receive daily from His bounty.

Glory be to the Three adorable Persons of the Holy Trinity,

now and forever.

Amen.
Source:https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=784

What does the Bible say?

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 The Commissioning of the Disciples
Mt 28:16-20

The eleven* disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which

Jesus had ordered them. When they saw him, they worshiped, but
they doubted.Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in
heaven and on earth has been given to me.Go, therefore, * and make
disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and
of the Son, and of the holy Spirit,teaching them to observe all that I
have commanded you.* And behold, I am with you always, until the
end of the age.”
In this commissioning, Jesus Christ, presented a baptismal formula which is
explicitly Trinitarian, considered as “proof texts” for the doctrine of the Trinity.
This passage was cited as coming from Jesus Himself that will help us say that
Jesus taught us about the Trinity.

What does the Church teach?

The Dogma of the Holy Trinity is stipulated in the Catechism of the Catholic
Church (CCC), which encapsulated our Christian faith.

The Trinity is One. We do not confess three Gods, but one God in three
persons, the "consubstantial Trinity". The divine persons do not share the one
divinity among themselves but each of them is God whole and entire: "The Father
is that which the Son is, the Son that which the Father is, the Father and the Son
that which the Holy Spirit is, i.e. by nature one God." In the words of the Fourth
Lateran Council (1215), "Each of the persons is that supreme reality, viz., the
divine substance, essence or nature." (CCC233)
The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of Christian
faith and life. It is the mystery of God in himself. It is therefore the source of all
the other mysteries of faith, the light that enlightens them. It is the most
fundamental and essential teaching in the "hierarchy of the truths of faith". The
whole history of salvation is identical with the history of the way and the means
by which the one true God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, reveals himself to men
"and reconciles and unites with himself those who turn away from sin”. (CCC234)

The Trinity is a mystery of faith in the strict sense, one of the "mysteries
that are hidden in God, which can never be known unless they are revealed by
God". To be sure, God has left traces of his Trinitarian being in his work of
creation and in his Revelation throughout the Old Testament. But his inmost
Being as Holy Trinity is a mystery that is inaccessible to reason alone or even to

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Israel's faith before the Incarnation of God's Son and the sending of the Holy
Spirit. (CCC237)

With these aforementioned teaching, the Church expresses her Trinitarian

Faith by professing a belief in the oneness of God in whom there are three
Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The three divine persons are only one God
because each of them equally possesses the fullness of the one and indivisible
divine nature. They are distinct from each other by the reason of the relations
which place them in correspondence to each other.

What can I say and do?

As Christians, we are all challenged to put Jesus at the center of our life
and have a profound faith in Him. It can be shown in a manner of how we relate
to the people around us.

Activity 4.1
Direction: After learning from the scriptures and the teaching of the Church,
assign specific role of each person of the Holy Trinity.

Holy Trinity Specific Role

Father

Son

Holy Spirit

Activity 4.2

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Direction: Using the Venn Diagram below, Illustrate the specific manifestation of
faith to the Holy Trinity.

Activity 4.3
Direction: The Holy Trinity is the model of unity. Each person has a role in the
history of salvation. To give praise to the Holy Trinity, compose a prayer giving
praise to the Holy Trinity and asking for unity amidst the diversity of disposition
and aspiration in humanity. Use the space below.

LESSON 5: God the Creator, our Saving God

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 “Yet for us, there is one God, the Father, from whom all things are and for whom we exist,
and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom we exist” (1 Corinthians 8:6).

Learning Targets: At the end of the lesson I can:

Doctrine:
 discuss the Biblical foundation attributing to God as Creator and
Redeemer.
Morals:
 explain and express the saving act of god, the Father, to those in
need.
appreciate and value the act of forgiveness with love.
 identify God’s saving act in one’s journey in life.
Worship:
 contemplate on God’s providential grace for creating and saving
humanity.

Opening/Closing Prayer
Almighty God, my Eternal Father,
from the fullness of my soul I adore You.
I am deeply grateful that You have made me
in Your image and likeness,
and that You ever hold me in Your loving embrace.
Direct me to love You with all my heart,
with all my soul,
and with my whole mind.
Direct me to love all Your children as I love myself.
O, my Father, my soul longs to be united to You,
and to rest in You forever.
Have the Holy Spirit touch my soul
so that I may love You as He does,
and as Your Beloved Son Jesus does.

Amen.
Source:https://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=1124

What does the Bible say?

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 Ultimately, God is the creator of everything. To create means to make
something out f nothing. This is the difference between God and human
inventors. Also, God is the Redeemer of humanity. We can find in the Bible, both
Old and New Testaments, attributions to God as Creator and Redeemer.
“Thus the heavens and the earth and all their array were completed. On
the seventh day, God completed the work he had been doing; He rested on the
seventh day from all the work He had undertaken” (Gen 2:1-2).
The Bible is a manifestation of God’s work of salvation. Since the time our
first parents sinned, God did not stop from His work of saving us which climaxed
in the Paschal Mystery of Jesus.
“Thus says the Lord, your redeemer, who formed you from the womb: I am
the Lord, who made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, I spread out
the earth by myself” (Isaiah 44:24). The God, who creates us, is the same God
who saves us.

What does the Church teach?

In the Nicene Creed, we profess our faith in God as “maker of heaven and
earth, and of all things, visible and invisible”. Thus, the Catechism of the Catholic
Church proclaims: "In the beginning God created the heavens and the
earth." [Gen 1:1] Holy Scripture begins with these solemn words. The profession
of faith takes them up when it confesses that God the Father almighty is "Creator
of heaven and earth" (Apostles' Creed), "of all that is, seen and unseen" (Nicene
Creed). We shall speak first of the Creator, then of creation and finally of the fall
into sin from which Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to raise us up again.
Creation is the foundation of "all God's saving plans," the "beginning of the
history of salvation" [GCD 51] that culminates in Christ. Conversely, the mystery
of Christ casts conclusive light on the mystery of creation and reveals the end for
which "in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth": from the
beginning, God envisaged the glory of the new creation in Christ. (CCC 279-280)

In addition, Jesus means in Hebrew: "God saves." At the annunciation, the

angel Gabriel gave him the name Jesus as his proper name, which expresses both
his identity and his mission. Since God alone can forgive sins, it is God who, in
Jesus his eternal Son made man, "will save his people from their sins". In Jesus,
God recapitulates all of his history of salvation on behalf of men. (CCC 430)

What can I say and do?

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 Aside from the aforementioned Biblical Texts about God as a Creator and
Redeemer, there have been several others in the Bible. Look for these accounts
and list down using the activity sheet in Activity 5.1.

Calling God as our Father, the Creator and Redeemer, look back at the
history of your life and see how He revealed Himself to you. Go to Activity 5.2.

Activity 5.1
Direction: Using the Bible, look for Biblical texts not mentioned in this lesson
showing God as Creator and Redeemer. Use the table below.

Bible Verses

God as Creator

God as Redeemer

Activity 5.2
Direction:In your personal life, God revealed Himself in the history of your life
since birth. Draw a timeline or a road map of your life from birth up to present.
Identify the highlights in your life where God was most visible or felt, include
those instances where you shared God’s saving act to others, and times when you
were able to forgive someone. Use a clean piece of paper or its equivalent.

Activity 5.3
Direction: Write at least three ideas that struck you most from the lesson. Explain
each. Use a clean piece of paper or its equivalent for this activity.

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