Third Grade - Religion Holy Trinity

One God in three divine persons

What is the Holy Trinity?

He showed a shamrock

How did St. Patrick explain the mystery of the Holy Trinity?

A spiritual truth that is difficult to understand, but that we know through faith and signs

What is a mystery?

The mystery that the Son of God became man (was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, remember!) to save all people

What is the Incarnation?

God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit

Who are the three persons of the Holy Trinity?

He became man to save all people

What is the role of God the Son in our lives?

The Holy Spirit is present with us to help us receive God’s love and grace, and help us share God’s love with the world.

What is the Holy Spirit’s role in our lives?

God the Father CREATED you. Jesus (God the Son) SAVED you. The Holy Spirit is with you now, making you holy and helping you share God’s love.

How do the three persons of the Holy Trinity work together in our lives?

It is a loving communion of Divine Persons joined as one in love.

What is the most important thing about the Holy Trinity?

God

A mystery is a truth that only _______ can understand.

Statement of the church’s beliefs

What is the creed?

One of the church’s oldest creeds that summarizes Christian beliefs taught since the time of the Apostles.

What is the Apostles’ Creed?

Apostles’ Creed

What is one of the oldest creeds?

St. John of Matha

Who started a group of priests called the Order of the Most Holy Trinity (Trinitarians)?

By working in schools and churches

How do priests in the Order of the Most Holy Trinity honor the Trinity?

Father

What did Jesus call God?

• Annunciation (when Mary found out she would give birth to the Son of God

• The Visitation (when Mary visited Elizabeth and John the Baptist leaped in her womb when Jesus was near)

• The Nativity (the birth of the Son of God)

• The Resurrection (when Jesus rose from the dead)

• The Ascension (of Jesus into heaven)

• The Institution of the Eucharist

• The Agony in the Garden (when Jesus cried, sweated blood and asked for God’s will before he was crucified)

  And many more! Every time you say the rosary, you pray with five mysteries.

Can you give examples of some mysteries of our faith?

Because we have faith. The Trinity is a mystery that humans don’t fully understand, but we trust God.

Three distinct persons but one God doesn’t really make sense. Why do Catholics believe that?

To teach and guide the people

Why did Jesus ask the Father to send the Holy Spirit?

Faith and Signs

A mystery is a spiritual truth that is difficult to understand, but that we know through _____ and ______.

St. Patrick

Who used a shamrock to explain the Trinity?

Communion of love

The Holy Trinity is a ________ of _______.