This document contains summaries of 5 lessons on Catholic teachings: 1. Jesus Christ is both fully God and fully man. He revealed God's love through his passion, death, and resurrection. 2. The Catholic Church is the one true church founded by Christ to teach the universal faith. It is one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. 3. The Holy Mass is the memorial of Christ's sacrifice where his body and blood are truly present through transubstantiation of the bread and wine. It is the source and summit of the Christian life. 4. The sacrament of penance forgives sins through the absolution of a priest. It requires preparation, a

1. Lesson 1: Jesus Christ is God
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2. Who is Jesus Christ?
Jesus Christ is the
Son of God. The
second person in
the Holy Trinity.
“The word became
flesh, and dwelt
among us.” (Jn 1:14)

3. Is Jesus Christ God or Man?
Jesus Christ is both
100% God, and
100% man
“He worked with human
hands, thought with
human intelligence,
worked with human will,
and loved with human
heart.” (G.S., 22)

4. How did God reveal His love through
Jesus Christ?
Jesus’
Passion, Death,
and
Resurrection

5. What does the name “Jesus” mean?
“God saves”

6. Lesson 2: The Catholic Church is the
True Church
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7. What does the word “Catholic” mean?
UNIVERSAL

8. How did the Catholic Church became
the one true church?
It was founded by
Christ.
“You are Peter, and
on this rock I will
build my Church.”

9. What does it mean when we say that
the Church is ONE?
Christ only found one
Church. The faithful
of the Church profess
the same faith, have
the same sacraments
and one single
hierarchy under one
head-the Pope.

10. What does it mean when we say that
the Church is HOLY?
The Head of the
Church is Holy. Christ
has united the
Church to himself as
his body.

11. What does it mean when we say that
the Church is CATHOLIC?
From the word
catholic which means
universal. It is
universal because it
has all means to
salvation. The
Church’s mission is to
the whole of human
race.

12. What does it mean when we say that
the Church is APOSTOLIC?
The Church is built
on the foundation of
Peter and the
apostles. With the
assistance of the
Holy Spirit, it
transmits faithfully
the teachings of the
apostles. The
apostolic succession.

13. Lesson 3: The Holy Mass
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14. What is the Holy Mass?
It is the memorial of
Christ’s Passover, the
making present and
the sacramental
offering of his unique
sacrifice, in the
liturgy of the Church.
(CCC, 1346)

15. What is the Eucharist?
It is the sacrament
in which the Body
and Blood of Jesus
is truly, and really
substantially
present through
the
transubstantiation
of the bread and
wine.

16. What is the purpose of this sacrament?
It is a sacrament of
love and unity that
gives us the
Author of grace. It
is the source and
summit of the
whole Christian
life.

17. The Need for Holy Communion
“Truly, truly, I say
to you, unless you
eat the flesh of the
Son of Man, and
drink his blood,
you will have no
life in you.” (Jn 6:53)

18. Lesson 4: Sacrament of Penance
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19. What is the sacrament of Penance?
It is the sacrament
instituted by Christ to
forgive sins. “Receive
the Holy Spirit. If you
forgive the sins of
any, they are
forgiven; if you retain
the sins of any, they
are retained.”
(Jn. 20:22-23)

20. Characteristics of a Good Confession
• Prepared well by a
deep examination
of conscience.
• Complete.
• Concise and to the
point.

21. MORTAL and VENIAL sins
• Mortal – it destroys charity in the heart
of man by a grave violation of God’s law.
It turns man away from God.
• Venial – it allows charity to subsist, even
though it affects and wound it.

22. Lesson 5: Devotion to the Blessed
Virgin Mary
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23. Who is the Blessed Virgin Mary?
Mary is the mother
of Jesus; the mother
of God. (CCC, 495)

24. Why is Mary a virgin?
The most Blessed Virgin
Mary was, from the
moment of her
conception, by a
singular grace of
Almighty God and by
virtue of the merits of
Jesus Christ, Savior of
the human race,
preserved immune from
all stain of original sin.
(Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus, 1854)

25. Do Catholics worship Mary?
No, Catholics do not
worship Mary.
Catholics pay a
special devotion to
the Blessed Mother
being the Mother of
God. (CCC)

26. The Holy Rosary
The Holy Rosary is
the epitome of the
whole Gospel. This
Marian prayer
expresses devotion
to the Blessed
Virgin Mary.