RELIGIOUS

EDUCATION 9
Module 1 | First Quarter
Week 1: August 2 – 7, 2021

MODULE 1 LESSON 1:
The Life of the First Christians
in Jerusalem a Model
Community

LESSON 2:
The Goal of Christian
Society (Common
Good)

Introduction
The active participation in the liturgy is our expression of belief and faith. We belong to a Church where there are
different celebrations that we should be aware of. Not just a simple awareness but we must fully understand the meaning
of it. In the previous lessons we were able to learn the concepts of prayers, then it might easy for us to see and personally
experience the value and worth of our faith and prayers in the liturgy.
In the latter part of the lesson, you will understand clearly the value of liturgy in a life of a believer of Christ
where you can appreciate the presence of Christ in all liturgical celebrations especially in the Holy Mass. You will also
understand and recognize the importance of the common good based on the Catholic teaching. Furthermore, as a believer
you will appreciate the value of prayer because this is one of our purpose and end to be rooted and grounded to become a
virtuous person.
Grade Level Standard
The learners demonstrate understanding of concepts about society and Christian human work as a calling from
God and take actions for the right course or occupation that is meaningful and significant for integral human formation
and social transformation.
Lesson Title: Textbook Pages:
PRAYER AND LITURGY Pages 26 – 37
Lesson Objectives: Focus Skills:
At the end of this lesson, you are expected to:  Relating one’s faith response to prayer and
Doctrine: liturgy.
 Explain the importance of reading and praying of the Word  Pray solemnly together the Acts of the
of God and the “breaking of bread” (Holy Eucharist) in Apostles 2:42-47
building a Christian community.  Participate actively in any liturgical
celebration.
 Discuss the elements of common good based on the Catholic
 Engage in the community in a liturgical
teachings.
celebration that affirms the Christian
Morals:
values that promote common good
 Simulate the life of the first Christian community in
Jerusalem though a class activity that highlights the values
of sharing, praying, breaking of bread, and loving one
another.
 Infer how the dedication of every person to attain common
good through Christian moral values is a force that
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 strengthen and solidifies society.
Worship:
 Pray solemnly together the Acts of the Apostles 2:42-47
 Engage in the community in a liturgical celebration that
affirms the Christian values that promote common good

Opening Prayer:

Loving Father, free my mind and heart from any worries as I start this new day. Many times I fail to keep my
faith in you because of what the world offers. Lord give me the grace to hold on to my faith. Make me aware
that it is only through my faith that I will truly have a meaningful life. I ask all these through Christ our Lord,
Amen.

EXPLORE

My dear student, before starting today’s lesson, I want you to find a quiet place in your house where you can
pray and meditate for a few minutes. Use the prayer below for your opening prayer and meditation.
Afterwards kindly listen to the song “Blessings” by Laura Story and pick a word or phrase that struck or moved
you from the given song. Out of that word or phrase you can type your reflection and meditation in the Explore
Activity folder in our Schoology class.
Are you done with the reflection activity? If you are done, then can you proceed to the firm up part of this
module. Please read and understand the transition statement below.

FIRM UP
God is present and active in all human experience. Our life and existence are “Blessings”. We already have a
blessed life and through worship and prayer are our ways of recognising and celebrating this reality in the Christian
tradition. God is reached through the world and adored within it. Making sacred spaces for worship and adoration is to
create a space where the unity of God and creation is reverently symbolized and celebrated. Worship and prayer unite
us more closely to Him.
Worship remembers and celebrates the marvellous things God works in our lives. It celebrates God’s presence in
our lives. Worship should not feel like an interruption from a different world. It is a response to life and can be
spontaneous.
Prayer and liturgy are concerned with giving glory, honour, praise, and thanks to God. It is our loving response,
in word and action, to God’s invitation to enter into relationship made possible through the work of Jesus Christ and
the strength of the Holy Spirit. All liturgies involve the praise, thanksgiving, and adoration of God therefore it is an act
of worship. However not all worship will be liturgy as it may or may not include symbols and action. https://www.st-
clares.lancs.sch.uk/cms/resources/prayer-and-liturgy-policy.pdf .

All believers of Christ who participate wholeheartedly in the liturgy find the source and goal of their prayers.
The great love of the Father through Jesus Christ His Son, is encountered and can be experienced in the liturgy and
one’s prayers are internalized through the Holy Spirit.
The Liturgy is actually the fountain of our prayer. As Christian we should be aware that we should pray together
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with Him as a Church since the presence of Christ is always present in all liturgical celebration especially during Holy
Mass or Eucharistic Celebration.
To broaden your concepts about Prayer and Liturgy, kindly read with comprehension pages 30 – 34 of your
textbook. Afterwards answer the set of questions below for your self-assessment. This is the stage where you can
practice and evaluate your learnings about the lesson. Try to identify the correct answer in the given statements. Write
your answer in a one whole sheet of paper. God bless and Good luck!

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 _______________1. This can be celebrated more meaningfully and one’s prayer may deepen when evangelization and
catechism accompany the faithful’s faith journey.

_______________2. It is celebrating the Kingdom of God that is already here but not yet, and through it we participate
in Christ’s mission of saving the world.

_______________3. It is the liturgical quality that relates faith, life, and worship with loving service.
_______________4. It is our way of recognising and celebrating a blessed life. It is an evident reality of being a
Christian.

_______________5. It is concerned with giving glory, honour, praise, and thanks to God.
_______________6. It involves the praise, thanksgiving, and adoration of God therefore it is an act of worship.

_______________7. They were by Jesus to preach the Gospel and to baptize those believers.
_______________8. It can be celebrated more meaningfully and one’s prayer deepened when evangelization and
catechism accompany the faithful’s faith journey.

_______________9. As a believer, what is our foundation to perform communal devotion and Church liturgy?

_____________ 10. It is the essential quality of liturgy where the celebration of the gathered baptized assembly is
observed

DEEPEN
Let’s deepen your knowledge!
Kindly read and study the additional discussion below, this will help you understand the value of common good based on
Catholic teachings.
CARITAS MANILA
Caritas Manila is the lead Catholic agency for social services and development in the Archdiocese of Manila. It
was founded in October 1953 by the late Archbishop of Manila, Ruffino J. Cardinal Santos. Its programs and services are
directed towards the total human development of marginalized people and the promotion of social justice in the light of
the Church’s Catholic social teachings. It directly serves the 13 vicariates of the Archdiocese and provides technical
assistance to parish social services and development ministries. It acts too as catalyst for the capacity-building and
networking for five other Metro Manila dioceses.
The name Caritas means charity or authentic love. Caritas manila is part of the worldwide Caritas Internationalis
of the Catholic Church. Caritas Manila has different programs and services which aim to concretize the love of God
among 52 percent of Metro manila’s population who are poor. They are also called the “least, last, and lost.” It has 3
major missions: to empower the poor towards total human development, to build caring and sharing communities among
the youth and families, and to enable the growth and development of servant leadership.
Caritas Manila’s core programs are geared towards the integral human development and the spiritual and socio-
economic development of the poor. It has always believed that meaningful assistance must be an empowering process.
Most of its programs are designed to transform people from poverty and dependence to productive self-reliance with
dignity. The various Social Development Programs are:
1. The Youth Servant Leadership and Education Program (YSLEP). This is Caritas Manila’s re-engineered
scholarship program. Through YSLEP, it aims to shape servant leaders out of our young scholars by helping them
build their self-leadership, moral integrity, and social responsibility.
2. Health Care. Caritas Manila partnered with major foundations and government institutions in promoting good
health through preventive and primary health care programs.
3. Caritas Margins. These are products that are 100% made by urban poor individuals and families that Caritas
Manila is helping through its caritas skills livelihood training program. It provided over 20,000 individuals form
different parishes with skills training on food processing, commercial, and cooking, carpentry, massage therapy,
cosmetology, fashion accessories, herbal soap and ointment and homecare products.
4. Disaster Risk Reduction. This is to capacitate and increase the resilience of the community against disasters and
contingencies. They may be in the form of natural hazards such as typhoons, earthquakes, and landslides. These
contingencies may also be man-made hazards such as armed conflicts and fires.

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 5. Restorative Justice. This is a special ministry of the Church through Caritas in the development of the
correctional community based on the principles of Restorative Justice. It provides training and formation sessions,
conducts recollections, and spiritual formations, etc.
6. Housing and Community Building. Caritas lends a hand in easing the acrimonious relocation of displaced
families, acting as mediator in behalf of communities facing eviction and demolition, and helping provide them
with shelter. Caritas, likewise, assist communities and organizations in an advisory capacity.
7. Advocacy and Social Concerns. Caritas manila promotes love and social justice by education and creating mass
awareness on important issues that affects the community. Our information campaigns are intended to instil a
sense of responsibility and involvement to guarantee a more active and caring Christian community.

PLEASE REMEMBER!
The virtue of charity is the summit of the Christian life and the beginning of everlasting happiness. Aside from
Caritas manila, there are other agencies and organizations that have the mission of spreading the love of God through
charitable works. The Principle behind these charitable groups is not the answer to the question “How can we be happy/”
but instead, “How can we make others happy?” It simply means that the ultimate means to happiness is to focus not on
your happiness, but the happiness of others.
With this, charity is best expressed in the value of selflessness. Selflessness is the act of sacrificing one’s own
interest for the good of others. Selflessness means we act without thinking how we will profit or be rewarded. If we give
help to others, but expect recognition or the favour to be returned, this is not selflessness action. True selflessness means
we would do the action, even if it was never known to anyone else. Selflessness means we identify with others and our
action is motivated by a feeling of oneness. We help others because we identify with their problems and their suffering.

Cordero, D.A. (2016). Kenosis: The Life Giving Sacrifice of Jesus 10. Don Bosco Press INC. pp. 88 – 89.

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TRANSFER
TRANSFER 1 TRANSFER 2 TRANSFER 3 PERFORMANCE TASK
(August 2- 6 2021) (August 9 – 13, 2021) (August 16 - 20) (August 23 – 27)
It is important that a person values
You are required to do a Using what you have Make a draft of your praying, sharing, healing, breaking
research on how each civil researched in transfer 1, digital poster that bread and loving one another. Your
society responsibility Identify the most contains values GKK was chosen to promote these
performs its function essential and relevant praying, sharing, values. As a digital
according to the gospel virtue and values. This healing, breaking Artist/Programmer you are chosen
values of social justice; will be integrated in the bread and loving one by the leader of your GKK to
economic viability; people’s mobile application of the another. This will be promote these values by making a
and care for the environment computer subject. displayed in the digital poster using photo shop,
peace, gender equality and mobile application of Canva, and the like, and to create a
spirituality. This will be your computer mobile application using Mobile
integrated in the mobile subject. App Inventor. Your output will be
application of the computer graded and evaluated according to
subject. the rubrics below.

Performance task must be

Submit your output in Submit your output submitted on or before August 23
Submit your output in our our Schoolgy class in in our Schoolgy – 27, 2021 in our Schoology class
Schoology class in the the Module 2 Transfer class in the Module in FIRST QUARTER
Module 1 Transfer 1 2 Folder 3 Transfer 3 Folder PERFORMNACE TASK
Folder. FOLDER

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Rubrics for Performance Task
3 2 1
Criteria Excellence Satisfactory Needs improvement Score

Punctuality Submitted before the Submitted on time Missed the deadline

2x due date.
The poster and the The poster and the The poster and the
mobile application’s mobile application’s mobile application’s
layout, color layout, color layout, color
Creativity harmony, and harmony, and harmony, and
2x graphical user’s graphical user’s graphical user’s
interface exceeds interface meets the interface needs
expectation. expectation. improvement.

The poster and the The poster and the The poster and the
Relevance to the mobile application mobile application mobile application
theme are perfectly aligned are somewhat aligned are slightly aligned to
3x to the theme. to the theme. the theme.
The mobile The mobile The mobile
Functionality application exceeds application serves its application did not
3x expectation. purpose. function
Raw score:

TOTAL
Highest possible
score:
30

SUMMATIVE
TEST
Answer your summative test honestly. Try your very best because this is a recorded test. Please provide a concise answer
for each item. Write your answer in a one whole sheet of paper. Good luck and God bless.
1. Explain the importance of reading and praying of the Word of God and the “breaking of bread” (Holy Eucharist)
in building a Christian community. (5 points)
2. What are the essential qualities of liturgy? Explain each briefly. (3 points each)

CLOSURE
YOU’VE MADE IT! Congratulations for completing this lesson. Now to quickly assess what you’ve learned,
kindly ponder on the KLD table below. Fill in the three columns below with things you have learned about Prayer and
Liturgy. Write your answer in a one whole sheet of paper.

What I KNEW about Liturgy What I have LEARNED about Liturgy What I will DO from what I have
before we had this lesson? today? learned?

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 You should always remember that the active participation in the liturgy is our expression of faith in prayer. You
must value and understand the different meaning of each celebration of worship in the Church.
I am hoping that this lesson Prayer and Liturgy helps you strengthen your relationship with God through an
active participation in the liturgical activities in your Church community, may it encourage you to become a good child
who is a believer and a faithful follower of Jesus Christ.
Now, before we end this lesson I want you to pause for a while for the closing prayer. Read the prayer below.

Closing Prayer
Our Lord and God, you have revealed to us yourself through understanding the value of prayer and liturgy to
proclaim your Holy name and goodness, may the liturgical celebration help me understand fully the value of
being a worthy child of yours. Help me to become faithful to you and give me the grace to always follow your
will. This I ask through the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen

Goodbye and God bless!

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ANSWER KEY RESOURCE

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Self-Assessment
1. https://sites.google.com/site/lmhowardscc/formative-
1. Liturgy vs-summative
2. Eschatological 2. https://jasonwallermusic.com/2013/05/02/the-l-word/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer
3. Ethically Oriented 4. Kenosis: The Life-Giving Sacrifice of Jesus 9 Book
4. Worship/Worshiping 5. http://thecatholicreader.blogspot.com/2013/06/
novena-to-holy-spirit-for-seven-gifts.html
5. Prayer and Liturgy 6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rM6qVvSy3E
6. Liturgy 7. http://pastoralmeanderings.blogspot.com/2015/08/
this-is-hard.html
7. Apostles 8. https://www.st-clares.lancs.sch.uk/cms/resources/
8. Liturgy prayer-and-liturgy-policy.pdf
9. https://www.haikudeck.com/closing-prayer-
9. Prayer uncategorized-presentation-2cdffcb20a
10. Ecclesial 10. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/praying-to-jesus-
from-jew_b_5497572

DUE DATE is on AUGUST 7, 2021.

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Prepared By:

Mr. Ray Cris A. Temario

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