Confirmation Class Opening Prayer Fill the Hearts of

Date and Title Your Notes • Today’s Date: September 20, 2020 • Today’s Lesson:

Our Goal • What is the goal of very single person on earth? •

OUR GOAL • THE GOAL OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON EARTH IS … •

Our Goal UNION WITH GOD • We want and need UNION WITH GOD…. .

Our Goal • How do we achieve the goal of union with God now

Our Goal • Remember… • To have union with God is to have a

Our Goal RELATIONSHIP In the course of our study this year we are going

Our Goal KNOWLEDGE IS KEY It is not enough to be familiar with something.

Our Goal KNOWLEDGE IS KEY It is the same with our faith. We need

Our Goal In our course we will explore why being a Roman Catholic is

COURSE INTRODUCTION The Purpose of our Study is threefold. . . 1 2 3

INTRODUCTION 1) To investigate and discover who God is and to become aware of

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Confirmation Class Opening Prayer Fill the Hearts of Your Faithful In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in us the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and we shall be created and you will renew the face of the earth. O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit instructs the hearts of the faithful, grant that by that same Spirit we may be ever wise and rejoice in His consolations. Through Jesus Christ Our Lord, Amen. 2

Date and Title Your Notes • Today’s Date: September 20, 2020 • Today’s Lesson: Course Introduction 3

Our Goal • What is the goal of very single person on earth? • Discuss!! 4

OUR GOAL • THE GOAL OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON EARTH IS … • UNION WITH GOD. 5

Our Goal UNION WITH GOD • We want and need UNION WITH GOD…. . . NOW while we live …and AFTER we die 6

Our Goal • How do we achieve the goal of union with God now while we live on earth and for all eternity after we die? • By being a good Roman Catholic! 7

Our Goal • Remember… • To have union with God is to have a relationship with God. • To have a relationship with God is to have union with God. 8

Our Goal UNION = RELATIONSHIP 9

Our Goal RELATIONSHIP In the course of our study this year we are going to talk very much about RELATIONSHIP with God. How do we get it started? How do we keep it going? How we make it stronger? 10

Our Goal KNOWLEDGE IS KEY It is not enough to be familiar with something. We must know something totally and thoroughly. If you have ever flown, you would hope the pilot is more than just familiar with how to fly the plane. 11

Our Goal KNOWLEDGE IS KEY It is the same with our faith. We need to be more than just familiar with it. We must know it. This course will help us do this. 12

Our Goal In our course we will explore why being a Roman Catholic is the best way to achieve knowledge of God. • We will be looking at what a wonderful gift to us is our Catholic Faith. 13

COURSE INTRODUCTION The Purpose of our Study is threefold. . . 1 2 3 (Get ready to label them and write them down) 14

INTRODUCTION 1) To investigate and discover who God is and to become aware of what we can know and say about God with certainty. 2) In coming to know God we discover why a relationship with God is an important thing for us to have in life. 3) To explore the best way for us to begin and maintain our relationship with God. 15