Contents

Note to Families

UNIT 1: God Gives Us Life and Love

A Letter Home

1 God Is the Giver of Gifts

2 Jesus Is God's Best Gift

3 Jesus Lives in His Church

4 God Speaks to Us

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UNIT 2: Jesus Calls Us to Give Ourselves in Love

A Letter Home

5 Jesus Shows Us How to Love God Our Father

6 Jesus Shows Us How to Love Others

7 We Give Love to Others

8 Jesus Calls Us to Live in Love

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UNIT 3: Jesus Gives Us the Gift of Peace

A Letter Home

9 Our Friend Jesus Forgives Us

10 Jesus Leads Us to His Peace

11 The Holy Spirit Helps Us

12 We Meet Jesus in the Sacrament of Reconciliation

13 We Become Better Persons

14 Jesus Calls Us His Friends

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UNIT 4: Jesus Gives Us the Gift of Himself

A Letter Home

15 Jesus Promised the Gift of Himself

16 We Celebrate God's Love

17 Jesus Invites Us

18 We Listen and Pray

19 We Prepare Our Gifts

20 Jesus Offers Himself

21 We Receive the Bread of Life

22 We Share God's Love with Others

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UNIT 5: God's Care

A Letter Home

23 We Are One in the Church

24 Mary, Mother of the Church, Cares for Us

25 The Church Celebrates God's Love

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Special Seasons and Lessons

The Year in Our Church

1 Feast of All Saints

2 Advent

3 Christmas

4 Lent

5 Holy Week

6 Easter

7 Pentecost

8 The Missions

What Catholics Should Know

Prayer and How We Pray

Stations of the Cross

The Seven Sacraments

Holy Days of Obligation

Commandments

Making Good Choices

The Bible

Showing Our Love for the World

Glossary

Index

Scripture Index

Lesson Pullouts

Christ Our Life - Grade 2: Student Edition Index