1. Sept. 2, 2014 Handbook Papers/Syllabus/Arch Form Chapter 1 Reading Guide Worksheet Chapter 1 Study Guide…start! Partner Bible Study… Exam Ch. 1: 9/4/14…bring index card

2. Bible Study: St. Peter Who is Peter? (Book of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) What 3 significant things did he accomplish? Name and explain 3 significant bible stories about peter. Was he a leader? Did he betray God? Did he repent? Did he have trouble keeping his faith alive? Explain! Explain St. Peters teachings. (book of acts)

3. CHAPTER 1 QUIZ 1) Define Divine Revelation. Why do humans need Divine Revelation? 2) What is a virtue? Name and explain one virtue. 3) What does the gift of faith enable us to do? Explain. 4) What are the terms of God’s covenant with humankind? 5) What does it mean to be made is God’s image and likeness? Explain the importance.

4. CHAPTER 1 SEARCHING FOR GOD JESUS CHRIST: GOD’S REVELATION TO THE WORLD

5. True Happiness “Happy the people so blessed; happy the people whose God is the Lord.” (Ps 144:15) But, what is happiness?

6. God: The Source of True Happiness WE ALL WANT TO BE HAPPY! because WE WERE MADE TO BE HAPPY! “True happiness is found... In God alone, the source of every good and of all love” (CCC, 1723).

7. The Restless Human Heart Nothing in this life can make us fully content or perfectly happy. Why is this? God gave us a hunger for happiness! Only God can fulfill this hunger because he placed it in us! St. Augustine: “Our heart is restless until it rests in you.”

8. Questioning Minds Do you ever wonder what is beyond the stars? Do you ever wonder what is beyond the stars? Do you ever question the meaning of life? Do you ever question the meaning of life? Do you ever think about where your life is going? Do you ever think about where your life is going? Do you ever wonder what will happen to you after you die? Do you ever wonder what will happen to you after you die? Humans have searched for answers to these questions from the beginning.

9. We Are Religious by Nature In spite of the prevalence of irreligion and secularism, most people still belong to an organized religion. We have always searched for God and given expression to this quest. God speaks to us through our human reason, through prayer, and through our hearts. He calls us first.

10. Knowing God through Natural Revelation Something does not come out of nothing!

11. Contemplating the Human Person Our lives have meaning! Beauty Truth Moral goodness Personal Conscience Justice Love Intelligence

12. Knowing God through Divine Revelation Human language and human reason cannot fully describe God or really know what God is like. God is truly a mystery! That is why God does not leave us to our own limited knowledge. He gives us Divine Revelation.

13. What Is Divine Revelation? God’s free gift of self- communication by which he makes known his divine plan God’s free gift of self- communication by which he makes known his divine plan God tells us who he really is through the events of Salvation History God tells us who he really is through the events of Salvation History God invites us to live in covenant with him God invites us to live in covenant with him The greatest sign of God’s love was the sending of his Son, Jesus Christ, to be our Savior from sin and death The greatest sign of God’s love was the sending of his Son, Jesus Christ, to be our Savior from sin and death

14. Faith: Our Response to Divine Revelation FAITH: a theological virtue Makes it possible for us to accept Jesus Christ Require free acceptance Opens up the gates of Heaven for us Enables us to partake in the life of the Holy Spirit

15. St. Peter IMPETUOUSBRAVEHEADSTRONGCOMPASSIONATEHEROIC BORN LEADER “And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the key of the kingdom of Heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven” (Mt 16: 18-19).