CLE-Module-Grade 8-SY.-2021-2022

Saint Paul Academy, Bantayan, Cebu, Inc.
Augustinian Recollect Sisters

Suba, Bantayan, Cebu
Tel. # (032) 460-9062
EMAIL: spabantayan_cebu@yahoo.com
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

CHRISTIAN LIVING
EDUCATION
LEARNING MODULE
GRADE 8
WHAT IS THIS MODULE ALL ABOUT?
Subject Description:
In this course, students will study more comprehensively the identity, mission, marks of the
Church, the promise of the Parousia and the Holy Spirit’s dynamism in the growth of the Early
Church; moreover, the gifts from the Holy Spirit and the Ministries in the Church are subjects of
discussion and exploration with the ultimate topic being that of the Laity’s vocation in Church
life and service (emphasis: one’s role as member of the Parish community).
This module cover five lessons for the First, Second and Third Quarter and Four in the Fourth
Quarter indicating the most essential competencies of 2020.
Week Content MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING CODE
COMPETENCIES
First Quarter
1-2 Reaching Out to God  synthesize the ways by which one S1.1
worships God S1.2
S2.1
 enumerated prayers found in the S2.2
bible and Church tradition S2.4
S2.5
 express love for God through
S3.2
spontaneous prayer
S8.1
 manifest some form of prayer life S8.2
and be a witness in the family and S8.3
in the community. S8.4
3-4 Response to God in  identify faith as one’s total S1.1

Faith response to God in pursuit for S1.2
holiness and eternal life S2.1
S2.2
 reflect prayerfully as means of S2.4
responding to God’s great love S2.5
S3.2
 demonstrate ways to thank
S8.1
significant others who help to S8.2
nourish one’s faith. S8.3
5-6 Desiring God in Prayer  Identify examples of prayer in S1.1

the New Testament. S1.2
S2.1
 Discuss the Call to Prayer in the S11.1
Old Testament. S9.1
S9.3
 Appreciate the different persons of
S10.1
prayer in the New Testament
S10.3
 Imitate one or more persons of S12.2
prayer in the New Testament.
7-8 Centering our Salvation  enumerate Christian virtues, the S8.7

and Faith in Christ different types of sin S9.1
S9.3
 acclaim one’s faith and love for S10.1
Jesus S10.3
S12.2
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 conform one’s faith in Jesus by
doing good deeds and aim for
salvation
 Deepen one’s faith through
centering prayer
9-10 Awaiting Eternity  define the meaning of Eschatology S8.1

and the Second Coming of Christ S8.2
 accept the reality of death in one’s S8.3
life S8.4
 examine one’s earthly life and S8.6
resolve to do better S8.7
 make an assessment of oneself so S15.2
as to live a holier life. S9.1
 pray for our departed loved ones S9.3
S10.1
S10.3
S12.2
Second Quarter
11-12 The Unity of the Triune  recognize and describe the S2.4
God existence and work of the Triune S2.5
God in the economy of salvation S3.2
 develop a personal relationship S8.1
with the Triune God S8.2
 pray with Scripture passages about S8.3
the Triune God S8.4
 draw and write about the Christian S8.6
idea of the Trinity S8.7
S9.1
S9.3
S10.1
S10.3
S12.2
13-14 Creation in Sacred  Articulate about the mystery of S2.4
Scriptures creation in Sacred Scriptures S2.5
 appreciate the beauty of creation S3.2
which is the expression of God’s S8.1
love S8.2
 device a plan of action to show S8.3
care for His creation S8.4
S8.6
15-16 Preparation for the  know and identify Old Testament S8.6
Coming of the Messiah writings that prepare people for the S8.7
coming Messiah S12.1
 appreciate the initiative of God to S15.2
fulfill His promise to redeem man S9.1
 select one book in the Old S9.3
Testament as pattern to make a S10.1
prayer of one expecting the coming S10.3
of the Messiah/Redeemer
17-18 Jesus Christ, our  expound on the idea that Jesus S1.1
Redeemer Christ is Savior and Son of God S1.2
 value and appreciate one’s life S2.1
because of Jesus’ sacrifice S2.2
 Express love and gratitude to Jesus S2.4
Christ by loving service to others S2.5
S3.2

S8.1
S8.2
S8.3
19-20 Holy Spirit, the  retell how the Holy Spirit works as S8.6
Sanctifier our Sanctifier S8.7
 value and cherish the mighty S11.5
works of the Holy Spirit in our life S9.1
 create a personal symbol to express S9.3
love and gratitude to the Holy S10.1
Spirit S10.3
Third Quarter
21-22 The Grace of God in  articulate how the grace of God S2.4
Us works in one’s life S2.5
 distinguish the types of grace S3.2
according to Church teaching using S8.1
a compare and contrast matrix S8.2
 Affirm the overflowing graces of S8.3
God S8.4
 Own situations when one S8.6
experiences God’s abiding grace. S8.7
 Self – assess the extent of S13.2
obedience to “grace” in one’s life
23-24 The Sacraments:  retell the meaning of Sacraments S1.1
Actions of Christ and Jesus as the “Primordial S1.2
Sacrament” S2.1
 Organize ideas through a mind S2.2
map on Christ’s actions in the S2.4
Church S2.5
 Evaluate how to live out Christ’s S3.2
presence S8.1
 Be a good presence of Christ to S8.2
others
25-26 The Sacraments of  Expound the meaning of each of S2.4
Initiation the Sacraments of Initiation S2.5
 Deepen one’s love and devotion to S3.2
Christ through the sacraments of S8.1
initiation S8.2
 Evaluate one’s life being a good S8.3
sign of God’s love S8.4
 Create a prayer service for the S8.6
renewal of one’s baptismal and S8.7
confirmation commitment. S11.6
 Meditate on the Last Supper S12.1
experience of Jesus and His S9.1
apostles
27-28 The Sacraments of  Elaborate upon the S8.3
Healing meaning/significance of the S8.4
Sacraments of healing and explain S8.5
about the demands for conversion S8.6
 Value the importance of the Act of S8.7
Penance and the healing power of S11.1
Reconciliation S11.6
 Share to others the importance of S9.1
Anointing of the Sick S9.3
 Pray devoutly for inner healing S10.1
S10.3
S12.2
29-30 The Sacraments of  Synthesize the meaning of the S8.6

Commitment and Sacraments of Commitment S8.7
Service  Create a visual map on the theory S11.1
and practice of the Sacrament S11.5
 Reflect and listen to God’s calling S9.1
 Uphold vocations of loving service S9.3
to humanity S10.1
 Give personal points of view on S10.3
the state of marriage and priestly S12.2
life today or visualize yourself
pledging commitment to God
 Compose a prayer of commitment
and loving service to God.
Fourth Quarter
31-32 Christian Morality and  illustrate the necessity of the S1.1
the Perfection of morally upright life S1.2
Charity  distinguish the difference between S1.4
good acts and evil or wrong acts S2.1
 be more aware of one’s actions S2.2
whether they are good or bad S2.4
 Reflect on the important facets that S2.5
influence and help the S3.2
development of one’s morality S8.1
 become a witness to the morality S8.2
of human acts through good works S8.3
 Pray for others in need of perfect
charity in today’s world
33-34 The Communion of  synthesize the teachings of the S1.1
Humanity Church on Community S1.2
 reflect and cite ways how one must S1.4
live communion in the community S2.1
 share with others the importance of S2.2
living in unity amidst diversity S2.4
 make a personal Vision- Mission S2.5
statement on how to be a good S3.2
citizen in society
35-36 Obeying the Church  explain the duty of prayer and S3.2
worship according to the S8.1
Commandments S8.2
 affirm God’s love for humanity S8.3
 Assess one’s relationship with God S8.4
 Encourage others to be faithful in S8.5
attending the Holy Mass as a S8.6
concrete sign of one’s love for S8.7
God S9.3
 Cite ways on how to show your S9.4
love for God S10.1
 Praise and thank God through a
Taize prayer
37-38 Loving Our Neighbor  Create a flow chart of love of S8.3
and Ourselves neighbor outlined in the S8.4
Commandments S8.5
 Design a cause and effect matrix of S8.6
moral and immoral acts S8.7
 Develop one’s love and generosity S9.3
for one’s neighbor S9.4
 Value the gifts and graces of God S10.1
in each person; value equality S12.2
 Express one’s love for God S11.1

through good works for others. S13.2
S9.1
S10.3
Lesson 1: Reaching out to God
CONTENT STANDARD
The learner demonstrates understanding of the ways of reaching out to God, responding
to God in faith, desiring for God in prayer, centering one’s salvation and faith in Christ
and the last things.
PERFORMANCE STANDARD
Practices and lives out the different expressions of prayer, prays every day for greater
faith and continuous communication with God and deepens / centers one’s faith solely in
Jesus while continuously aspires for eternal life.
MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCIES

The learners should be able to:
synthesize the ways by which one worships God
enumerated prayers found in the bible and Church tradition
express love for God through spontaneous prayer
manifest some form of prayer life and be a witness in the family and in the community.
First Quarter Week 1-2
Lesson 1: Reaching Out to God
We should not lose our focus of God for
without HIM we can do nothing. God alone
suffices because in Him we lack nothing in
this life or in the next. No matter what we
are going through as our earthly journey
requires, whether in sickness or in any
trials, He is with us always. Thus, constant
communication with HIM through prayers is
extremely important so as to deepen our
faith and never go astray. The Bible, God’s
gift to us, is filled with persons possessing
this attitude, an example of whom is Daniel.
DANIEL IN THE LION’S DEN
Daniel 6:6-12, 16-25
These administrators and satraps,
therefore, went as a group to the king and
said to him, “Live forever, O King Darius!

The administrators of the kingdom, the
prefects, satraps, counselors and governors
are all agreed that the king should issue and
enforce a decree that anyone who prays and
makes petition to any god or man within the next thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be
thrown into the lions’ den. And now, O king, put the decree in writing and have it signed at
once, so that it cannot be altered or annulled, in accordance with Medo-Persian laws. King
Darius put in writing and signed the prohibition, thus making it a law.
Daniel heard about the new law, but just as usual, he returned home and prayed three
times a day, giving thanks to his God, in his room upstairs with the windows opened towards
Jerusalem. There the men spying on him found Daniel kneeling in prayer and asking God for
help. So they went to the king and reminded him about the prohibition, “O king, did you not
publish a decree that anyone who prays or makes petition to any god or man except to you would
be thrown into the lions’ den?”
The king answered, “Yes, and the decree stands, in accordance with Medo-Persian laws
which cannot be altered or annulled.”
The king, therefore, could not help giving the order that Daniel be brought and thrown
into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve faithfully, save
you.” A stone was placed at the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet

ring and with that of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might remain unchanged. Then the
king returned to his palace and spent a sleepless night, refusing food and entertainment. Very
early next morning, he rose and hurried to the lions’ den. As he came near he called in an
anguished voice, “Daniel, servant of the living God, did your God whom you serve faithfully
save you from the lions?”
Daniel answered, “Live forever, O king! My God sent his angel who closed the lions’
mouths so that they did not hurt me. God did that because I am innocent in his sight. Neither
have I wronged you, O king.”
The king felt very glad and ordered Daniel released from the lions’ den. No wound was
found on him for he had trusted in his God. At the king’s order, the men who had accused
Daniel were thrown into the lions’ den, together with their wives and children. No sooner had
they reached the floor of the den than the lions lunged at them and tore them to pieces.
King Darius wrote to the nations, to peoples of every language, “Peace to you all! I
decree that throughout my kingdom people should reverence and fear the God of Daniel.
Think- Pair- Share

 Share prayer experiences you consider as a way of talking to God; ponder on it as personal
miracles – a way of God’s protective presence for you amidst the misconceptions of others.
 God is the Prime Mover of all that we are and have. We witness to this belief in Him in
varied ways just as what Daniel did in His approach to God in prayer. However, in the living
– out of this faith, the story of Daniel would attest that there will be misconceptions and
problems that are inescapably real but at the end of it all, God’s victory in us and His
protection can never fail. Such is the beauty of desiring God always.
PRAYER IS LIFE
Prayer makes the heart alive each moment of our earthly life. The memory of the heart
awakens in us thoughts of God at specific times to pray willingly with perseverance. We offer
prayers at specific times of the day, at certain seasons, in the Eucharistic celebration, with the
Liturgy of the Hours. Prayers are expressions according to each person’s experiences and state of
being. It comes from the person’s depths, from the heart.
EXPRESSIONS OF PRAYER
VOCAL PRAYER The Our Father was taught by Jesus to His apostles and disciples vocally.
Vocal prayer is necessary for Christian life especially to express to God in words the intentions
from the heart. In the Gospel, Jesus raises His voice & heart to the Father in His personal prayer
particularly in His petition to God at Gethsemane and on the Cross.
MEDITATION. Meditation involves the facilities just like the emotions, thoughts, desires,
imagination in order to deepen one’s faith for a change of heart, a change of perspective and the

heart to form the conviction to follow God’s will. In meditation we are helped by Sacred
Scriptures especially dwelling on the Gospels, documents written by the Church Fathers, God’s
handwriting in creation, etc.
CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER
Contemplation is a prayer likened to a dialogue with a close friend which is frequent,
minute by minute encounter, deep and alone with God, a gaze of Love fixed on Jesus, the heart’s
Beloved.
PRAYER and FAITH Faith as an encounter with God is the proper setting for prayer. The
faith we profess is shared with the community, that what we believe in is a treasure already alive
and nourished through the centuries by the eternal design of God. Jesus’ faith is expressed in the
“Our Father” (Matthew 6:9-13) he taught to the disciples as a model prayer. In the Our Father,
Jesus’ spiritual experience is shared by believers; His way of seeing things becomes the model
for all Christians at prayer. Mary’s faith is transparent in the Magnificat (Luke 1:46ff). The Old
Testament has the Psalms which are revered as the Word of God but has become each person’s
prayer; there are also the Canticles of Isaiah (Isaiah 26:9ff), Prayer of the three young men
(Daniel 3:52 ff), Prayer of Anna (1Samuel 2:1ff). In the New Testament, two Canticles stand out:
the Canticle of Zechariah (Luke 1:68ff) and Simeon’s Prayer (Luke 2:29ff). The popular prayer
to Mary is the greeting of the Angel, “Hail Mary!” and of the praises from her cousin, Elizabeth
(Luke 1:28, 42). Faith in God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit wells up from the heart in order to
find expressions in prayer.
St. Therese of the Child Jesus

St. Therese of the Child Jesus was a woman who
today is well – known in doing ordinary things
in an extra – ordinary way. Part of her life’s
activity was prayer. She learned its value from
the example of her own parents.When she joined
Carmel in Lisieux she was always faithful both
in community prayer and that of her personal
meditations. She knew and reached out to God
more from her readings of the gospels. Prayer
for St. Therese was her way of walking with
God. However, even if she was faithful in this
sublime act, she still experienced dryness in her
prayer life. This experience didn’t stop her in
reaching out to God. What she usually did when
she lost enthusiasm in prayer was to remember
inspiring words from the bible and constantly meditate upon it the entire day. This served as her
inspiration of her own commitment to Jesus Christ.
WRITTEN WORK # 1

Answer the following activities in a separate sheet of paper
Activity 1.1 Answer the following questions:
Answer the following questions:

1. What was the content of the decree of the king? How did Daniel react to it?
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2. Describe Daniel’s life of prayer as his way of reaching out to God for protection.
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1. What did St. Therese usually do every time she encountered “dryness” in her prayer life?
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2. Express your opinion on this statement: “Prayer is the raising of one’s heart and mind to
God.” St. Therese, even if she encountered dryness she was still faithful in praying. Can
you consider her as hypocrite before the Lord? Why or why not?
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3. You are living in the big city and are burdened with noise of all sorts even when you stay
in Church; how will you create ways of approaching God in this situation?
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1. What does prayer mean?

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2. Cite prayers found in the Bible and in Church Tradition?
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3. Differentiate the 3 Expressions of Prayer through a VENN DIAGRAM.

Activity 1.4 Answer
the following questions:
PREDICT EXPLAIN
What will happen to a person if Why does the Church teach us
he/she will not pray? different expressions of prayer?
SUMMARIZE EVALUATE
Write two things that you learned How can you say that a person
from the lesson. truly prays?
Lesson 2: Man’s Response to God in

Faith

CONTENT STANDARD


Lesson 2: Man’s Response to God
in Faith
The depth of our faith will identify our response to God in the many ways that He wills to happen
for us. This statement proves true when in the height of our faith we are tested through pains and
sufferings of every kind. More so, when
what we ask from Him may not be given
in the way we expect it to be. We need
never doubt about God’s power through
faith.
THE TESTING OF
ABRAHAM
Gen. 22:1 – 3, 9 – 18
Sometime later God tested Abraham
and said to him, “Abraham!” And he

answered, “Here I am.” Then God said, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love,
and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I
shall point out to you.”Abraham rose early next morning and saddled his donkey and took with
him two of his young men and his son Isaac. He chopped wood for the burnt offering and set out
for the place to which God had directed him.
They came to the place to which God had directed them. When Abraham had built the altar
and set the wood on it, he bound his son Isaac and laid him on the wood placed on the altar. He
then stretched out his hand to seize the knife and slay his son. But the Angel of Yahweh called
to him from heaven, “Abraham! Abraham!”
And he said, “Here I am.” “Do not lay your hand on the boy; do not harm him, for now I
know that you fear God, and you have not held back from me your only son.”
Abraham looked around and saw behind him a ram caught by its horns in a bush. He
offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son. Abraham named the place ‘The Lord will
provide.’ And the saying has lasted to this day. And the Angel of Yahweh called from heaven a
second time, “By myself I have sworn, it is Yahweh who speaks, because you have done this
and not held back your son, your only son, I will surely bless you and make your descendants as
numerous as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take
possession of the lands of their enemies. All the nations of the earth will be blessed through your
descendants because you have obeyed me.”
THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH

Obedience of faith is the human response to the invisible God in a way wherein one’s
intellect, will and whole being is submitted to God’s disposition. In the Scriptures, the example
of a perfect obedience is the Patriarch Abraham. He was someone who he heard and listened in
faith and in utmost freedom gave his yes to God’s instructions, to him God was the assurance of
Truth. Abraham became the father of all who believe. Abraham did not fail to heed God’s
instruction for him to go to a promised land even though he was a stranger to it. Another
embodiment of the obedience of faith is the Virgin Mary because all of her life her faith never
wavered in believing God’s will for her.
BELIEVING IN GOD THE FATHER, THE SON, THE HOLY SPIRIT

To believe in God is to have a personal adherence of entrusting oneself wholly to God
and believing the whole truth that God has revealed. Jesus as the Beloved Son of God, when He
was the Word made Flesh dwelling amongst people, He revealed the true face of the Father for
He was with the Father from the beginning of time. To believe in the Holy Spirit means to accept
Him as co-equal with God, He is God who completely comprehends the thoughts and depth of
God. He causes faith of humanity in the revealed Son of God.
FAITH: AN ACT OF BELIEVING

It is a knowing or deep acknowledgement that Jesus Christ is Lord, He is God as revealed
in Scripture and in man’s conscience; not only in the knowledge obtained by the mind but to
have the conviction to believe, accept and follow Jesus.
FAITH: AN ACT OF DOING

The faith of one who believes and has the resolve to do and act upon the will of God
through loving service to the poor, a witness of Jesus’ servant-hood.
FAITH: ENTRUSTING AND WORSHIPPING

It is total surrender to the will of God, like Abraham’s faith who did not put any
reservation in order to obey the command of God to go to a land unknown to him. It is the kind
of faith that trusts, loves, hopes from the heart.

FAITH and PRAYER as ENCOUNTER WITH CHRIST
The call to holiness of life and eternal life has been revealed to us in Jesus; by the words of
Scriptures we have been made sharers in the truth about God. The proper response to this
proclamation is faith. The intellect and the will cannot but give assent to the truths of Divine and
human laws, the mind and heart thus opened by the light given by the Holy Spirit and infused in
the believer by faith and reason. The encounter with the Person of Jesus happens in the
conscience of man, in the revealed truths of Scripture, in the life of the Church which is the
guardian of the deposits of faith.
One exemplary holy woman who shed her blood and accepted persecutions wholeheartedly for
the sake of not renouncing her FAITH IN GOD is St. Magdalena of Nagasaki. Amidst the great
challenges to her faith, she did not cease praying to God and begging for His steadfast grace.
St. Magdalene of Nagasaki

Belonging to a devout Christian family, Magdalena
was born in the early seventeenth century. She lost
her parents while still a teen in 1620 as they were
martyred for their faith. Magdalena helped the
Augustinians who was new in Japan as she was a
committed believer. She especially admired the
spirituality of interiority, community and as a
catechist she was accepted into the Augustinian Third
Order in 1625. During the persecution in Japan she
brought the Word of God to the believers and
strengthened their faith. She was under the guidance
of Martin of St. Nicholas Lumbreras and Melchor of
St. Augustine Sanchez and after their martyrdom her
spiritual guide was Jordan of St. Stephen. Finally she
was tortured for her faith and wearing the
Augustinian habit, she was hanged upside down in a
pit. Her body was burned and the ashes scattered. She
was proclaimed a Saint of the Catholic Church in 1987 by Pope John Paul II.
WRITTEN WORK # 2
Answer the following activities in a separate sheet of Paper.
1. Plot out Abraham’s flight of faith using bullet points. Fill – up the box below
A. Abraham’s Faith (His first response to God’s command)

B. Abraham’s Challenge (The challenge of the said command)
C. Abraham’s Blessing (How was he rewarded in his response?)
2. Like Abraham’s journey enumerate the times you believe about God through faith.
3. If you were in his place, what do you think is your response to that situation?
What do you think will your blessing be?
4. Why do you consider some events in life “a test of faith” in God?
5. How does your faith in God help you in your daily living?

1. What did Magdalene do as an Augustinian tertiary member?
2. How was Magdalene’s faith tested and how did she respond to it?
3. The Philippine School of Theology sent an invitation for students to participate in a Paper
Presentation about “A Journey of Prayer” which would be awarded with a Theology
School’s Gold Cross. How will you present your faith story?

1. What does “to obey in faith” mean?
2. Who is considered as the Father of Faith in the Old Testament?
3. What are the three essential dimensions of faith?
4. Who is responsible for the revelation of Jesus to all men?
Activity 2.4 Identifying Traits

TRAITS THAT TEMPT ME TO BE HOW I WILL TRANSFORM THESE
UNFAITHFUL TO GOD TRAITS
1.
2.

3.
4.
5.
 God is never outdone in love, mercy and generosity for all of us. However, there are
times that we also falter. Analyze your life now and identify the traits that you have
which tempt you to be unfaithful to God. Write how you will overcome these traits.
Activity 2.5 Thank you Prayer

 Explain how your family, friends, acquaintances, school community, the Church and
the government help you in the growth of your FAITH IN GOD. Write for them a
“Thank You Prayer” inside the petals.
Family
Government Friends
FAITH IN
AIDS IN
GOD
Church NOURISHING MY Acquaintances
FAITH IN GOD
School Community
Lesson 3: Desiring God in Prayer

CONTENT STANDARD


Lesson 3: Desiring God in
Prayer
Everything in this world is passing and can be destroyed. Some earthly possessions have been
built over years of labor, but all will come to pass. A common adage states, “Change is the only

thing permanent on earth”. The essential thing is to keep our relationship with God in prayer
permanent.
Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55)
And Mary said:
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,my spirit

exults in God my savior!He has looked upon his servant in her
lowliness, and people forever will call me blessed. The
Mighty One has done great things for me, Holy is his Name!
From age to age his mercy extends to those who live in his
presence. He has acted with power and done wonders, and
scattered the proud with their plans. He has put down the
mighty from their thrones and lifted up those who are
downtrodden.He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty. He
held out his hand to Israel, his servant, for he remembered his mercy, even as he promised our
fathers, Abraham and his descendants forever.”
As we continue on our way to God, it is essential to have a deep prayer-relationship with Him
because that is the only lasting thing that we can bring with us and help us in our trials or
problems, pilgrims that we are towards the eternal life - the kingdom of God the Father
THE CALL TO PRAYER

In prayer, God the Creator has the first initiative of love to encounter His creation
mysteriously and the creature must respond accordingly. The faithful God reveals gradually His
being as recounted in Genesis and He makes a covenant with humanity that engages the heart as
evidenced throughout the whole history of salvation. This desire in the creature to meet the
Creator and express one’s longing for the Source of life and goodness is the subject of prayer. It
is God who calls humanity to prayer. His Spirit inspires this longing in man. Before and after
The Fall, God reaches freely to His creatures; His was the plan to save all of humanity through a
Redeemer. Called by God to the Promised Land, Abraham’s heart was wholeheartedly disposed
to obey and submit itself to God. Being attentive to God in prayer, Abraham’s decisions were
inclined to act upon the will of God – a very important aspect in prayer. Full of faith, Abraham
expressed in actions what he did not put in words. He was a model of faith, his obedience to God
was unquestionable.
THE PRAYER OF FAITH
Simeon was a man who made his lifetime a prayer of waiting. When he exclaimed that he
can already depart because he has seen salvation thru the presence of the Baby Jesus in his arms
(cf. Luke 2:25-30) it was the fulfillment of a promise. He is described as a just man waiting for
the deliverance of Israel; he was attuned to the coming Messiah, he was in the posture of waiting
– a posture of prayer! Furthermore, he was filled with the Holy Spirit, the Divine Spirit Himself

revealed to Simeon why he can’t as yet die. This man did see the glory of God in Jesus. Prayer
gives hope.
The Ten Lepers were full of faith that Jesus could bring them healing. Their simple
prayer was, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us” (cf. Luke 17:13). Such short statement filled with
supplication and pleading. The ten lepers were in a posture of pity, of asking a favor in humility
of heart. God’s mercy and compassion present in Jesus could not have denied the heart-
wrenching petition from these ten outcasts of Jewish society. Moreover, beyond the healing that
was given to the ten, one was gifted with the faith to recognize Jesus when he returned to give
thanks. This faith of a Samaritan brings him to encounter Jesus the true physician of body and
soul according to VD 106.
The Blind Man of Jericho was shouting, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”
(Luke18:38-39); it was a petition of a suffering soul who had no one to help him but Jesus alone.
Although reprimanded to stay silent, Bartimaeus was determined to let Jesus hear him! And
when he was acknowledged by Jesus, his faith was the reason he got cured and regained his
sight. Suffering, adversities, pain, neglect of others, at the peripheries of society, etc. – these are
being represented by Bartimaeus. Today, evangelization demands that Jesus’ followers do not
shrink from the commitment to persons who suffer, who are marginalized, who are victims of
different forms of selfishness (VD 100).
An Augustinian Blessed devoted his life in preaching the Word of God to others. He was noted
for his deep spirituality and was always sought out by people for spiritual directions and for
administering the sacraments. His was a life of deep prayer.
Blessed William of Toulouse
Born in Toulouse, France, around the year 1297, William was just 19
when he entered the Augustinian monastery in his native city. He was sent
to study in Paris where he received the title of lector in theology.
He devoted himself in the ministry of preaching. William’s methodology

as a preacher was: pray, contemplate, and only then speak of God,
otherwise he believes that the preacher’s words will not touch the heart of his listeners. He was
exemplary in prayer and contemplation. He was a sought-afterspiritual director and exorcist.
William died on May 18,1369. Leo XIII confirmed his cult in 1893.
WRITTEN WORK # 3
Answer the following activities in a separate sheet of paper.
Activity 3.1
Picture Analysis:

1. What comes to mind when you
see these pictures? Why?
2. What is God telling you in these

pictures?
Activity 3.2 Explain:

1. Examine Mary’s prayer; what kind
of prayer does she lift to God? Why?
2. Which phrase in Mary’s prayer can you relate with in your personal prayer to God? Why?
3. Is Mary’s prayer fitted to the situation of the people in Leyte? EXPLAIN.
1. Who is Blessed William of Toulouse?
2. Which ministry did Blessed William devoted himself to?
3. Why was Blessed William sought after as a spiritual director and exorcist?
4. Suppose you are a preacher today, to whom (audience) would you like to address
yourself? Justify your choice of an audience.
Activity 3.4 Explain the following:
1. Why is prayer as a relationship with God important?
2. Which of the four prayers in the New Testament personalities you like best? Why?
3. Why is the heart very important in prayer?

1.Read the following statements about prayer; synthesize it in one single thought:
A. Whether prayer is expressed in words or gestures, it is the whole man who prays.
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B. Prayer is the living relationship of the children of God with their Father who is good
beyond measure

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C. Prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven
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2. Cite three of your most beautiful experiences of prayer. Choose your best experience and
justify your choices.
Lesson 4: Centering our Salvation and Faith in

Christ
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Lesson 4: Centering our Salvation and
Faith in Christ
There are times in our life wherein our faith in Jesus is tested especially when we are
facing tribulations. The apostles’ lack of faith reminds us that even those who lived and walked
with Jesus, saw His miracles and heard His message still found it difficult to be faith-filled all
the time. This means that they were a lot like us. However, their lack of faith was rebuked by
Jesus and so is ours. If Jesus was able to rescue them from the storm, He is also able to rescue
us from the storms of everyday life such as problems, difficulties, sickness, and even the sting of
death.
JESUS CALMS THE STORM
(Mark 4:35-41)
On that same day when evening had
come, Jesus said to them, “Let’s go across
to the other side.” So they left the crowd
and took him away in the boat he had been
sitting in, and other boats set out with him.
Then a storm gathered and it began to blow
a gale. The waves spilled over into the boat
so that it was soon filled with water. And Jesus was in the stern, asleep on the cushion.

They woke him up and said, “Master, don’t you care if we sink?” As Jesus awoke, he rebuked
the wind and ordered the sea, “Quiet now! Be still!” The wind dropped and there was a great
calm. Then Jesus said to them, “Why are you so frightened? Do you still have no faith?” But
they were terrified and they said to one another, “Who can this be? Even the wind and the sea
obey him!”
FAITH IN JESUS
Pope Francis in his encyclical letter “Lumen Fidei” wrote about the importance of Christ as the
light of our faith, a faith yet to be recovered and centered in Jesus Christ. St. Augustine’s
thoughts return to the patriarch Abraham who was the father of faith in the Old Testament, he
was saved by his faith not in the Christ of the present but the Promised Messiah or future Christ.
The fullness of Christian faith is fulfilled in the New Testament in which Jesus the Lord lived
among us and that God resurrected Him from death. The promise of the Old Testament become
real in the New Testament in which God’s supreme intervention, manifestation and dialogue
with man in Jesus was not only in simple or ordinary word but by the eternal word of God’s
greatest love: God spoke to us in His Son. God’s love is powerful and tangible, acting in human
history and revealed fully in the life and death of Jesus. The perfect love of God has its
culmination in Christ’s crucifixion, dying for all with a love that brings man’s salvation. The
fullness of life and faith relationship is fully revealed and encountered in Christ’s passion, death
and resurrection.
SALVATION BY FAITH
For St. Paul, those who believe and accept the gift faith become a new creation, children of God
and can call God the Father “Abba”. He debated with the Pharisees that salvation is attained by
faith that is from the goodness of God which must be accompanied with good works. We can be
saved by faith when we recognize that grace is the gift of God to man however undeserving so
that one can be transformed; by the salvation experienced the person bears good fruit for the
Kingdom. Faith in Christ can save us if we center our life in Him because God through Christ
gives us this great and radical transforming gift, a grace that enables the Holy Spirit to dwell in
our hearts. Those who believe with the transforming love of Jesus in their hearts and with the
abiding presence of the Holy Spirit become open, more aware, more disposed to see, hear, share
and conform to Jesus. It is through the eyes of Jesus we view the world, His love and His vision
alive in us through the Spirit.
ECCLESIAL FAITH
All believers of Christ is a part or a member of His body and this essential relationship is called
to union with Christ in the Church, for the service of others so that faith in Christ can bring
others to His Church. Ecclesial faith is very necessary to have a solid faith in Christ, by it the
baptized adheres to a concrete unity in the Church before the proclamation of faith in Christ to

others. A preacher rooted in Christ can proclaim Him in words and deeds with love which makes
the hearts of others be attracted to Him and join in the great pilgrimage of the Church. Proclaim
boldly and without shame that God is our God for He is not ashamed to be addressed as God.
Our actions be in conformity with our faith in Jesus when we care and respect nature, our
developments must be for the common good and not in utility and profit, create a good
government that realize that God is the source of authority, commitment to forgiveness, service
for peace and unity and make human relationships godly.
JOHN PAUL THE GREAT

Karol J. Wojtyla, or Pope John Paul II, was born in
Wadowice, Poland on May 18, 1920. He was the second
of the two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia
Kaczorowska.
Karol’s mother died in 1929, his father in 1941 and his

brother, a doctor, Edmund died in 1932. John Paul
experienced great turmoil after all his immediate family
members’ passing away. However, he learned to
surrender everything to the Lord and to the Blessed
Mother, victimized as they were by the Nazis occupying
Poland. His spiritual life was nourished by these experiences of trauma, tragedy, suffering, pain.
He entered the seminary in Cracow in 1942 was ordained and became the head of the Catholic
Church from October 16, 1978 to April 2, 2005. John Paul II is recognized as the one who aided
to end Communist rule in his native Poland and eventually all of Europe. He significantly
improved the Catholic Church's relations with Judaism, Islam, the Eastern Orthodox Church,
Anglican Communion and encouraged Ecumenism; supported Vatican II reforms, travelled
extensively to visit His flock around the world, beatified 1,340 persons, canonized 483 saints.
Deeply prayerful, he introduced to the Church the Luminous mysteries of the rosary. An apostle
of the modern times, he witnessed to the loving and suffering Christ until his death.
WRITTEN WORK # 4
1. What happened to Jesus and his apostles? How did Jesus pacify his companions?
2. Why did the apostles’ faith waver?
3. If you were in that kind of situation, what would you do?
1. Why is it important to center our faith in Jesus Christ?
2. How can faith in Jesus save us?
3. How can you make your actions be in conformity with your faith in Jesus?
1. What were the challenges St. John Paul II experienced before he entered the seminary?

2. How did he lead the people as head of the Church?
3. If you were St. John Paul the Great, how will you unite all the religions in the world to
attain the Church’s transformation and bring Christ to them?
Activity 4.4 Multiple Choice

1. Who wrote the encyclical letter Lumen Fidei?
a. Pope Benedict XVI b. Pope Francis c. Pope John Paul II
2. Who stated that the patriarchs were saved by faith, not faith in Christ who had come but in
Christ who was yet to come, a faith pressing towards the future?
a. St. Augustine b. St. John Stone c. St. Thomas Aquinas
3. How does Christian faith become perfect love?
a. In its mediocrity
b. In its ability to transform the world
c. In its ability to bring not peace but hatred
4. Who said that in accepting the gift of faith, believers become a new creation; they receive a
new being as God’s children?
a. St. Luke b. St. John c. St. Paul
5. This brings salvation to us because our lives become radically open to a love that precedes us,
a love that transforms us from within, acting in us and through us.
a. Faith in Christ b. Faith in the Blessed Mother
c. Faith in oneself

Jesus summarized the 10 commandments into two: “To love God and to love your
neighbour as yourself”. If we put Jesus at the center of our lives and have a deep
faith in Him, it would also be evident in the manner we relate to others. How will
you personally manifest your faith and love for Jesus?
As a student… As a daughter/son… As a citizen of the land

Lesson 5: Awaiting Eternity
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Lesson 5: Awaiting Eternity
There is great denial about death in our culture. Many wonder if there is anything after death.
However, for us Christians, death is the gateway to eternal life with God. As what St. Paul the
Apostle wrote: “So I feel torn between the two. I desire greatly to leave this life and to be with
Christ, which will be better by far.”(Phil. 1:23)
AFTER LIFE
There was a famous businessman who at the peak of his successful career planned to travel
abroad to relax. Unfortunately, he met an accident on his way to the airport. His body was found
in the pavement. His death became a famous issue in the country because according to the Soul
Interpreter his soul transferred to another person. According to them this situation usually
happens because the soul is not yet ready and is not at peace. It created a commotion because
there were obvious signs for others to conclude that the soul transferred to a new body.
ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST
Rom. 6:19 – 23

You see that I speak in a very human way, taking into account that you are not fully mature.
There was a time when you let your members be slaves of impurity and disorder, walking in the
way of sin; convert them now into servants of righteousness, to the point of becoming holy.
When you were slaves of sin, you did not feel under obligation to righteousness, but what were
the fruits of those actions of which you are now ashamed? Such things bring death. Now,
however, you have been freed from sin and serve God. You are bearing fruit and growing in
holiness, and the result will be life everlasting. So on one side is Sin: its reward, death; on the
other side is God: he gives us, by grace, life everlasting in Christ Jesus, our Lord.
THE LAST THINGS

Eschatology refers to the “Last Things”. The last things we believe, as Catholic
Christians are death, particular judgment, heaven and hell. Eschata is the Greek word for
eschatology. The Parousia(Second Coming of Christ) means presence in Greek; with this we
profess our faith that Christ will judge the living and the dead (Creed) at the end of times or at
the end of the world with the final or last judgment. The Church believes that the final journey is
the time approaching death, thus Anointing is administered and the Holy Viaticum is given to the
dying as nourishment for such time. Believers know that death is but a step towards eternal union
with Christ. The soul is immortal and at death one is given the eternal life due him: union with
God which we call beatific vision or eternal punishment deprived of the presence of God.
CHRISTIAN VIEW OF DEATH
For a Christian, those who die in the grace of Christ and participate in His passion and
death can also rise in Christ. Death is the end of earthly life but Christians believe that there is
life everlasting awaiting the immortal soul. Because of sin there is bodily death, the flesh is
corrupted but by the obedience of Jesus to the Father’s will of salvation, the curse of death was
transformed by Jesus into a blessing. In baptism, the Christian dies to original sin but live in
Christ sacramentally. Christians are encouraged by the Church to prepare well for death. It is
expressed in the liturgy of the Church in which our vision is directed to life everlasting in
heaven; examples are: the litany of the saints, asking the intercessions of Mary, the mother of
God in the prayer, Hail Mary, and intercessions of St. Joseph for a happy death.
THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY
Christians believe and profess in the Creed that the righteous will have life everlasting
with the risen Christ and that our resurrection like Jesus is the most Holy Trinity’s work. Jesus
Himself proclaims that those who believe and have eaten His body and taken His blood, He
Himself will raise on the last day because He is the resurrection and the life. Even the prayer,
Our Father which the Lord Jesus taught His disciples affirm that there is resurrection and life
everlasting when it speaks of God’s will be done in heaven.
PARTICULAR JUDGMENT
In the New Testament, the final encounter of Jesus and the believers is in His second coming

which is the final judgment. Particular Judgment is received by the immortal soul upon death
which refers to: entrance in heaven, purgatory or in hell. Heaven is rewarded to those in the
grace and friendship of Christ, rewarded with the ultimate eternal happiness. Purgatory is
purification before enjoying God’s vision and the soul is not perfectly disposed to have attained
holiness. Hell is the state for the soul who negated God on earth and refused to love and serve the
brethren.
ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS
On the 24th of June 1542 in Fontiveros, Spain St. John of

the Cross was born. Known today as a mystic and a poet,
he became a Carmelite monk in 1563 and a priest in
1567. He was summoned by St. Teresa of Avila in 1568
to reform the Carmelite order. Although he encountered
oppositions for this movement, he persevered until the
Discalced Carmelite Order was firmly established.
An event caused him to be in prison in 1576 and again in

1577 but he turned these times into opportunities by
devoting himself in writing poems. Largely, his works dwell on the journey of the soul to Christ.
One of these is the Dark Night of the Soul which is all about the journey of the soul from his
body, home to its union with God. Rich in symbolism and imagery, the poem used the “night” to
represent the trials John experienced in his giving up of the worldly pleasures and coming at last
in the “light” which represents the soul in union with God. The Ascent of Mt. Carmel is John’s
work expressing a more methodical study of the ascetical attempt of a soul for perfect union with
God and the spiritual events happening along the way. He died in 1591 and canonized on 1726
by Pope Benedict XIII.
WRITTEN WORK # 5
1. What is the bible passage (Rom. 6:19 – 23) all about?
2. What will be your reward if you live a life of sinfulness? Of righteousness?
3. How will you receive the gift of eternal life?

1. Why is there a need to live a life of obedience to God and righteousness here on earth?
2. How can you reach eternal happiness with God considering the many struggles and trials you
are experiencing?
3. In what way/ways can people prepare for death and the second coming of Christ?

1. What are the thematic similarities of the famous poems of St. John of the Cross?
2. Prove events in the life of St. John of the Cross that show his valuing of the things that
last.
3. If given a chance to be a religious considering the virtuous life of St. John of the Cross,
what could be your attitude towards being imprisoned?
Activity 5.4 True or False

 Direction: On a separate sheet of paper, write T if the statement is True and F if False.
1. Parousia is the Latin word for the Second coming of Christ.
2. If we have died with Christ, we will also live with him.
3. Faith in the resurrection of our bodies is inseparable from our faith in the resurrection of
Christ’s body from the dead.
4. In the Lord’s Prayer – Our Father, the profession of faith in God, the Father, the Son, and
the Holy Spirit, and in God’s creative, saving, and sanctifying action culminates in
the proclamation of the resurrection of the dead on the last day and in life
everlasting.
5. Ergonis the Greek word for Eschatology.
Activity 5.5 Reflection

 How would, knowing the moment of your own death affect your life? Write about your
insights inside the cross.
Activity 5.6 SELF ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY

1. ASSESS yourself now. How are you living your life at present?
Reflect on the ff:
“In death, the body separates from the soul, the human body decays, and the
soul goes to meet God, while awaiting its reunion with its glorified body”…

“Heaven is what we always long for after our earthly life, yet the path in going
there is stiff and difficult”.
2. WRITE your self-assessment inside the box:
GOOD THINGS I’VE DONE TO PERSONALITIES / BEHAVIORS

OTHERS I NEED TO CHANGE


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3-4 Response to God in  identify faith as one’s total S1.1

5-6 Desiring God in Prayer  Identify examples of prayer in S1.1

7-8 Centering our Salvation  enumerate Christian virtues, the S8.7

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9-10 Awaiting Eternity  define the meaning of Eschatology S8.1

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Lesson 1: Reaching out to God

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said to him, “Live forever, O King Darius!

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Think- Pair- Share

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St. Therese of the Child Jesus

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Activity 1.1 Answer the following questions:

Answer the following questions:

Activity 1.2 Answer the following questions:

Activity 1.3 Answer the following questions:

1. What does prayer mean?

3. Differentiate the 3 Expressions of Prayer through a VENN DIAGRAM.

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What will happen to a person if Why does the Church teach us

he/she will not pray? different expressions of prayer?

from the lesson. truly prays?

Lesson 2: Man’s Response to God in

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First Quarter Week 3-4

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THE OBEDIENCE OF FAITH

BELIEVING IN GOD THE FATHER, THE SON, THE HOLY SPIRIT

FAITH: AN ACT OF BELIEVING

FAITH: AN ACT OF DOING

FAITH: ENTRUSTING AND WORSHIPPING

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St. Magdalene of Nagasaki

A. Abraham’s Faith (His first response to God’s command)

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C. Abraham’s Blessing (How was he rewarded in his response?)

Activity 2.2 Answer the following questions:

Activity 2.3 Answer the following questions:

Activity 2.4 Identifying Traits

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Activity 2.5 Thank you Prayer

Lesson 3: Desiring God in Prayer

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And Mary said:

“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,my spirit

THE CALL TO PRAYER

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