Faith & Life Grade 8 · Chapter 7 · The Church Sanctifying: Sacraments of Membership
The Good Samaritan, Read Deeply
The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-35) teaches love of neighbor. Early Christian writers such as Origen and Saint Augustine also read it as a picture of salvation: the whole story of how Christ rescues us and entrusts us to His Church.
Explore the idea
Read Luke 10:30-35 aloud first. Then select a detail from the story and choose its deeper meaning.
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Discuss the connection
Where do you fit in this story right now: the wounded man, the innkeeper, or the one called to “go and do likewise”? Can you be more than one?
An original interactive exercise for Faith & Life Grade 8, Chapter 7 (“The Church Sanctifying: Sacraments of Membership”). Grounded in Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
How to use this tool
Watch this short walkthrough to see how to use this tool in class.