Aloysius Joseph Heeg - The Illustrated Catechism
Aloysius Joseph Heeg - The Illustrated Catechism
Aloysius Joseph Heeg - The Illustrated Catechism
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LESSON 1
2. Who is God?
God is the Supreme Being who made all things.
as He can be.
God showed how good and how great He is when He
made us.
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We learn to know, love, and serve God from Jesus Christ ,
the Son of God who
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teaches us through the Catholic
Church .
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1 believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven
and earth . .
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the Supreme Being
eternal
God is
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all-present
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ways was, always will be, and always remains the same.
Do you know why it is so nice to think that God always
remains the same? It is because He is just as good and
great as He can be. So if He ever changed, He would
not be so good or so great any more,
Now think of the next perfection of God.
knowing?
When we say that God is all-knowing we mean that He
knows all things, past, present, and future, even our most
secret thoughts, words, and actions .
present?
When we say that God is all-present we mean that He is
everywhere.
to, but she can't. But God can always take care of us,
because He is almighty.
mighty?
you put together all the things that men can do, they
are only a few of the things that God can do. There
isn't a thing a man can do without the help of God. But
God can do everything without the help of anyone.
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All-present
Almighty
Yes there
, is only one God.
We
think of the Blessed Trinity when we say the
words of the sign of the cross
“In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost. Amen.”
We
became Catholics when we were baptized. While
the priest poured the water on our foreheads he said
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost are equal in
allthings. We show that we love them equally when we
say this short, beautiful prayer
ANGELS
NON-LIVING EARTH, SEA, SKY.
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LIVING PLANTS, FISH, BIRDS, BEASTS
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“And these creatures were made not only before men but for men.”
Creator, and below the word God are written the names
of many of God’s creatures.
God loves His chief creatures far more than all the
rest. He made them to be with Him in heaven.
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The angels who did not remain faithful to God were cast
into hell, and these are called bad angels, or devils.
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“What makes the soul most like
has written on the blackboard: S.G. Yes, what makes
the soul most like God is sanctifying grace. Sanctify-
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ing grace gives the soul a new kind of life. That new
kind of life makes the soul share in the life of God
Himself. Sanctifying grace makes us pleasing to God,
adopted children of God, and heirs of heaven.
God loved Adam and Eve. He placed them in a beau-
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He wanted them to be happy in this
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But first they would have to keep a commandment that
He would give them.
31. Was any human person ever free from original sin?
The Blessed Virg in Mary was free from original siri , arid
this favor is called her Immaculate Conception .
LESSON 6
Actual Sin
When Adam and Eve did not mind God, they com-
mitted a sin. When we do not mind God, we commit a
sin too. The sin we commit is called actual sin.
There are two kinds of actual sin: mortal sin and venial
sin.
All sins are bad, but some sins are worse than others.
A mortal sin is a big sin. A
venial sin is a lesser sin.
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Do you know the difference?
of the soul.
M.S. = B. + K. + W.
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All sins are bad, but venial sins are more easily for-
given than mortal sins. Although a venial sin offends
God, it does not drive the life of God out of the soul,
as a mortal sin does.
LESSON 7
The Incarnation
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40. Did God abandon man after Adam fell into sin?
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Jesus Christ has two natures: the nature of God and the
nature of man.
Jesus Christ is both God and man. Because Jesus
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LESSON 8
The Redemption
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for us. How awful sin must be. It takes the death of
God Himself to make up for it.
next to God .
the living and the dead, we mean that on the last day our
Lord will come to judge every one who has ever lived in
this world .
Christ will make known all the good and all the bad
to save it.
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LESSON 9
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59. What are the chief powers that are given to us with
sanctifying grace?
The
chief powers that are given to us with sanctifying
grace are the three theological virtues and the seven gifts
of the Holy Ghost.
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things for His own sake and our neighbors as ourselves for
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5. knowledge
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6. piety
7. fear of the Lord
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and all those gifts that go with it, when we were bap-
tized. It was then that we became members of the
united in the same true faith the same sacrifice and the ,
this way
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sacraments
under the Holy Father, the Pope.
Now see if you can answer these questions:
Church .
73. How
do we know that the Catholic Church is the
one true Church established by Christ? We know that the
Catholic Church is the one true Church established by
Christ because it alone has the marks of the true Church .
LESSON 13
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the faithful on earth
the union of < the blessed in heaven
the souls in purgatory
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giveness of sins?”
LESSON 14
78.
What is meant by “the resurrection of the body?”
separated.
had a sin on her soul, and she was always just as good
as she could be. When she died, God did not want to
80. until the end of the world to bring her body to
wait
heaven. He loved her so much that He raised her
body from the dead soon after her death. That was a
very special favor. We celebrate it every year on the
Feast of the Assumption, the 15th day of August.
After we die, God will reward or punish us accord-
ing to the way we lived. But before He rewards or
punishes us, He will judge us most justly.
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When we get to heaven we shall be just where God
wants us to be. Remember why He made us! He
made us “to show forth His goodness and to share with
us His everlasting happiness in heaven.”
In heaven everything is so wonderful that no one
can even tell you what it is like. The best picture
that any artist can draw is nothing in comparison to
heaven The picture in our book can only help
itself.
for our sins, and that He will come to judge the living
and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which
the Holy Catholic Church teaches, because Thou hast
revealed them, who canst neither deceive nor be
deceived.
An Act of Contrition
0 my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended
Thee, and I detest all my sins, because of Thy just
punishments, but most of all because they offend Thee,
my God, who art all-good and deserving of all my love.
I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace, to sin no
An Act of Love
0 my God, I love Thee above all things, with my
whole heart and soul, because Thou art all-good and
worthy of all love. I love my neigh bor as myself for i
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(Note: The summaries of the Sacraments and the Ten
Commandments are from the author's book
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The Glory Be to the Father
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the
Holy Ghost. At it was in the beginning, is now, and
ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
The Confiteor
- confess to Almighty God, to blessed Mary ever
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May
the Almighty and merciful Lord grant me par-
don, absolution, and remission of all
my sins. Amen.
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