Grade 11 Lesson 8


Grade 11 Lesson 8: Temple Of the Spirit

Learning Outcomes

Blessing of the Home

  • G11.LO32 - Evaluate the restoration of Zacchaeus into the Sonship through the presence of Jesus in his home.
  • G11.LO33 - Consider the importance of repentance along with the blessing of the home.
  • G11.LO34 - Connect the remembrance of the Old Testament fathers to the blessing of the home.
  • G11.LO35 - Discuss what all is needed to do a Blessing of the Home.

Textbook Lesson

Expanding Thoughts on Lesson

  • Individuals as the Temple of God
    • "In spiritual subjugation, i.e. in absolute obedience to Christ, one finds limitless freedom." - Alexander Dostoyevsky in “The Brothers Karamzov”
    • “In freeing the soul from the world’s onerous influence, it allows the soul to breathe freely and to taste the sweetness of spiritual freedom. Walking into church we walk into a completely different world, are influenced by it, and change according to it.” - St. Theophan the Recluse in “The Path to Salvation”
  • The Church as the Temple of the Spirit
    • The Church is catholic (Gk. universal). St. Justin Popovich describes each member of the Church as a living god-like cell who by being members of this holy body, experiences the fullness of being in god-like dimensions and the foretaste of unity with God. He compares this catholicity or universality to thunder that resounds through each of these tiny cells that represent each of us, but more importantly the apostles and the holy fathers.

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