GRACE - We can offer grace to others through our compassion, mercy, empathy, forgiveness and unconditional love. Freedom - The ability to choose between right and wrong.
In groups of 4, decorate Jesus' new law with words to explain each ones meaning.
In pairs or small groups students investigate Jesus’ New Law by finding examples of love, grace and freedom in Chapters 5, 6 and 7 of Matthew’s Gospel, as well Galatians 4: 1-7. Record your information on your word posters.
CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCY Learning Intention: To understand what the corporal works of mercy are. Success Criteria: I can watch the videos on the corporal works of mercy. I can take notes about each part trying to explain what it means. I can discuss with my group one section of the corporal works of mercy. I can create a freeze frame showing this corporal work of mercy and photograph it. I can present to the class what that section is and what it means
Matthew 25:35 – 40 “ for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.” Then the righteous will answer him, “Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’ And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.”
The Corporal Works of Mercy are charitable actions by which Catholic Christians are called to come to the aid of the neighbour in bodily necessities e.g. feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty.