Compulsory Scripture
Unit Content 1:
Luke 2: 22-26, 39-40 The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple
Matthew 2:13-23 The Escape to Egypt and The Return to Nazareth
Matthew 13:55 Jesus the Carpenter
Luke 2:40 The child grew and became strong
Luke 2:41-52 The Boy Jesus in the Temple
Unit Content 2
Mark 1:9-11 The Baptism of Jesus
Luke 3:23 Jesus begins his Ministry
John 11:1-44 The death of Lazarus
Luke 7:1-10 Healing a centurion’s servant
Mark 4:35-41 Jesus stills a storm
John 6:1-15 Feeding the five thousand
Matthew 10:1-9 Jesus Appoints the Twelve
Matthew 16:13-22 Peter’s Declaration about Jesus
Unit Content 3
John 19:17-19; 25-27 The Crucifixion of Jesus
John 6:38 The Fulfillment of God’s Plan of Salvation
Church Documents
Catechism of the Catholic Church
Catechism of the Catholic Church
457 – The Word became flesh for us in order to save us by reconciling us with God, who “loved us and sent his Son to be the expiation for our sins”: “the Father has sent his Son as the Saviour of the world”, and “he was revealed to take away sins.
464 – The unique and altogether singular event of the Incarnation of the Son of God does not mean that Jesus Christ is part God and part man, nor does it imply that he is the result of a confused mixture of the divine and the human. He became truly man while remaining truly God. Jesus Christ is true God and true man.
478 – Jesus knew and loved us each and all during his life, his agony and his Passion, and gave himself up for each one of us: “The Son of God. . . loved me and gave himself for me.” He has loved us all with a human heart. For this reason, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, pierced by our sins and for our salvation, “is quite rightly considered the chief sign and symbol of that. . . love with which the divine Redeemer continually loves the eternal Father and all human beings” without exception.
481 – Jesus Christ possesses two natures, one divine and the other human, not confused, but united in the one person of God’s Son.
482 – Christ, being true God and true man, has a human intellect and will, perfectly attuned and subject to his divine intellect and divine will, which he has in common with the Father and the Holy Spirit.
483 – The Incarnation is therefore the mystery of the wonderful union of the divine and human natures in the one person of the Word.
512 – Concerning Christ’s life the Creed speaks only about the mysteries of the Incarnation (conception and birth) and Paschal mystery (passion, crucifixion, death, burial, descent into hell, resurrection and ascension). It says nothing explicitly about the mysteries of Jesus’ hidden or public life, but the articles of faith concerning his Incarnation and Passover do shed light on the whole of his earthly life. “All that Jesus did and taught, from the beginning until the day when he was taken up to heaven”, is to be seen in the light of the mysteries of Christmas and Easter.
533 – The hidden life at Nazareth allows everyone to enter into fellowship with Jesus by the most ordinary events of daily life: The home of Nazareth is the school where we begin to understand the life of Jesus – the school of the Gospel.
534 – The finding of Jesus in the temple is the only event that breaks the silence of the Gospels about the hidden years of Jesus. Here Jesus lets us catch a glimpse of the mystery of his total consecration to a mission that flows from his divine sonship: “Did you not know that I must be about my Father’s work?” Mary and Joseph did not understand these words, but they accepted them in faith. Mary “kept all these things in her heart” during the years. Jesus remained hidden in the silence of an ordinary life.
535 – Jesus’ public life begins with his baptism by John in the Jordan. John preaches “a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins”. A crowd of sinners – tax collectors and soldiers, Pharisees and Sadducees, and prostitutes – come to be baptized by him. “Then Jesus appears.” the Baptist hesitates, but Jesus insists and receives baptism. Then the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, comes upon Jesus and a voice from heaven proclaims, “This is my beloved Son.” This is the manifestation (“Epiphany”) of Jesus as Messiah of Israel and Son of God.
995 – To be a witness to Christ is to be a “witness to his Resurrection”. Encounters with the risen Christ characterize the Christian hope of resurrection. We shall rise like Christ, with him, and through him.
1085 – In the liturgy of the Church, it is principally his own Paschal mystery that Christ signifies and makes present. During his earthly life Jesus announced his Paschal mystery by his teaching and anticipated it by his actions. When his Hour comes, he lives out the unique event of history which does not pass away: Jesus dies, is buried, rises from the dead, and is seated at the right hand of the Father “once for all.” His Paschal mystery is a real event that occurred in our history, but it is unique: all other historical events happen once, and then they pass away, swallowed up in the past. the Paschal mystery of Christ, by contrast, cannot remain only in the past, because by his death he destroyed death, and all that Christ is – all that he did and suffered for all men – participates in the divine eternity, and so transcends all times while being made present in them all. The event of the Cross and Resurrection abides and draws everything toward life.
1704 -The human person participates in the light and power of the divine Spirit. By his reason, he is capable of understanding the order of things established by the Creator. By free will, he is capable of directing himself toward his true good. He finds his perfection “in seeking and loving what is true and good.”
KWL
Unit content 2:
- KWL Book 3 Chapter 1 The Word of God in Scripture p6
Unit content 3:
- KWL Book 4 Chapter 4 Jesus Shows God’s Great Love for Us p26-28
- KWL Book 4 Chapter 17 Jesus’ Promise of New Life p134-135
Prayer
Prayers of Tradition
Nicene Creed
Apostles’ Creed
Eucharist and Liturgical Rites
The Mystery of Faith in the Eucharistic Prayer
Praying with Scripture
Scripture passages from the Bible
Eucharist/Eucharistic Living
Apostolic Constitution
POST-SYNODAL APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION – CHRISTUS VIVIT
Chapter Two: Jesus, Ever Young
In Chapter two, Pope Francis refers to Jesus’ youth, using Scripture to paint a picture of Christ’s early days as his “training” for a life of mission. He uses Jesus’ life growing up as a model for those who work with young people to recognise them and acknowledge them. He talks about how the Church should be inspired by youth and keep them in mind at all times. The end of chapter two references many young saints as witnesses to the faith in particular “when they open themselves up to encounter Christ” [CV 49}. In Chapter three, Pope Francis encourages young people to embrace their role as the present and future of the Catholic Church by building relationships with their community and with God.
APOSTOLIC EXHORTATION – GAUDETE ET EXSULTATE
Chapter 1: The Call to Holiness
Pope Francis presents the universal call to live holy lives which lies at the heart of being a Christian. We are encouraged to strive for and achieve holiness in our everyday lives. As we actively live out holiness each day, we not only draw closer to the Lord ourselves, but become participants in bringing others to Christ. Holiness keeps us faithful to your deepest self, free from every form of enslavement, and bearing fruit for our world. Holiness does not make us less human, since it is an encounter between our weaknesses and the power of God’s grace. But we need moments of solitude and silence before God, to face our true selves and let the Lord enter.
Marian Perspectives
Mysteries of the Rosary
Journeying through the Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious and Luminous mysteries of the Rosary, we bring to mind the Lord’s incarnation, his passion, death and resurrection from the dead. In so doing, the Rosary assists us in growing in a deeper appreciation of these mysteries, in uniting our life more closely to our Lord and in imploring his graced assistance to live the faith. We also ask for the prayers of our Blessed Mother, who leads all believers to her Son.
The Church has used three sets of mysteries for many centuries. In 2002 Pope St John Paul II proposed a fourth set of mysteries – the Mysteries of Light, or Luminous Mysteries. The four sets of mysteries are prayed on the following days:
The Joyful Mysteries: Monday and Saturday
The Sorrowful Mysteries: Tuesday and Friday
The Glorious Mysteries: Wednesday and Sunday
The Luminous Mysteries: Thursday
