Our Sacramental Life

As the Catechism of the Catholic Church instructs:

Liturgical catechesis aims to initiate people into the mystery of Christ (”It is mystagogy.”) by proceeding from the visible to the invisible, from the sign to the thing signified, from the “sacraments” to the “mysteries.”

Drawing on the above instruction, the unifying theme of OUR SACRAMENTAL LIFE: Living and Worshiping in Christ is centered in an emphasis on mystery and mystagogy.

In exploring sacramental life, as communicating the mystery of God, the inaccessible and incomprehensible are both made accessible and comprehensible for teenage students.

Our Sacramental Life

Your Life in Christ: Foundations of Catholic Morality focuses on the essential message of Christ’s moral teaching, the importance of love of God and love of neighbor and presents it in a way that is clear and applicable to the lives of today’s teens.

This text accomplishes a formidable task-to teach Catholic morality in a contemporary culture where religious indifference is at an all-time high, where human rights are violated in many places, and where there is a rise of “ethical relativism” which divides any fixed moral reference point to guide political and social life.

- covers the major points of the “Life in Christ” section of the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
- for many schools this will be the companion text to “Catholic Social Teaching”.

Foundations of Catholic Morality

There was once a time, when magickal beings started appearing on earth; wise ones who knew that since they came from nature and would return to nature it was urgent that they didn’t affect the delicate balance of all that constituted our environment on this paradise. They revered the land, the seasons, celebrated the Sun and the Moon and held all animals sacred to their hearts.

As civilizations grew and selfishness and greed env Read the rest of this entry »