The Small Pencil Catechist
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“I’m like a little pencil in His hand. That’s all. He does the thinking. He does the writing. The pencil has nothing to do it. The pencil has only to be allowed to be used.” – Mother Teresa
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Lesson 9: Suffered under Pontius Pilate
Pontius Pilate ordered the Roman soldiers to torture Jesus, but Jesus had done nothing wrong. Who was Pontius Pilate? Marcus Pontius Pilate was the fifth Roman governor of Judaea under the Emperor Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, ruling during Jesus’ adulthood. During Passover Jesus was arrested and taken to be tried before the Sanhedrin, the Jewish…
Lesson 8: Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit born of the Virgin Mary
Jesus Christ was made man by the power of the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary. All three Divine persons of the Holy Trinity chose the Blessed Virgin Mary to be the Mother of God. The Blessed Virgin Mary – Who was she? Her parents St. Joachim and St. Anne had…
Lesson 7: Sacramental Learning
Baptism is the sacrament through which we are freed from sin, become children of God and members of Christ and his Church, and share in the Church’s mission. Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua), and the door which gives access to the…
