Faith & Life Grade 8 · Chapter 1 · Christ’s Abiding Presence
One Body, Many Parts
Saint Paul wrote to a quarrelsome community that they were one body with many members, and that Christ is the Head (1 Corinthians 12:12-27; Colossians 1:18). This is why the Church is called the Mystical Body of Christ.
Explore the idea
Read each situation and choose the response Saint Paul would most likely give. Discuss the reason as a class.
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Discuss the connection
Saint Paul could have compared the Church to a club or an army. Why do you think he chose a living body? What does this image teach that the others would not?
An original interactive exercise for Faith & Life Grade 8, Chapter 1 (“Christ’s Abiding Presence”). Grounded in Scripture and the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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