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404 CHRIST'S TEACHINGS, MIRA ES AND CHURCH 2. JESUS R UKES THE PHARISEES
1. Explain the lesson taught by our Lord in the parable of the Pharisee and the Publican t
2. What did our Savior mean when He said: Give alms, pray, and fast in secret?
3. Make a list of the ways in which you can give alms. What must be your intention in giving alms?
4. What do we mean by fasting? When must Catholics fast? 5. Tell the story of the cure of the sick man at Bethsaida.
6. Read ·again the parable of the Great Supper. Write this
parable carefully and tell the lesson which it contains.
7. Recall the history of the Jews in the Old Testament. Pre­
pare a oor talk on Almighty God's patience with the Jews.
8. Memorize a quotation of our Savior on love and forgiveness. 9. Explain the meaning of these words of our Lord: "If a man
strike you on the right cheek, turn to him the left also."
10. Read: "The Sermon on the Mount," Gospel of St. Matthew, Chapters V, VI, VII. "Jesus of Nazareth," by Mother M. Loyola, Chapter.XXV. "The Divine Story," by Rev. Cornelius J. Hol­
land, Chapter XIII.
3. JESUS INSTRUCTS EIS APOSTLES
1. Make a picture of your idea of the ship on the stormy sea, or of Christ walking on the waters.
2. What wrong idea of the apostles did Jesus correct by calming the stormy sea? When can you say, "Lord, save me, I perish"? 3. Name the two things that the miracles of the storm at sea and of Christ walking on the water tell about the Savior? What
do these two miracles tell about the apostles?
4. Discuss the false idea about the kingdom of Christ that the
apostles could not get out of their minds.
5. What did Jesus mean by calling James and John the "Sons
of Thunder?" Show this by an example.
6. For what did Jesus wish to prepare the apostles by His
Trans guration?
7. Prove that Jesus had a special love for children. Why does
Jesus especially love children?
8. Locate the Sea of Galilee, Capharnaum, Samaria, Sichem,
Jerusalem.
9. Read: "The Miracles of our Lord," by a Religious of the
Holy Child Jesus, Chapter VII. "The Divine Story,'' by Rev. Cornelius J. Holland, Chapter XIV. " esus of Nazareth," by Mother M. Loyola, Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII. "New Testa­ ment Stories," by Rev, C, C, Martindale, S, J., "St. Peter and the Trans guration,"