Exploring Catholic Social Teaching
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LESSON PLAN<br />
DAY THREE<br />
Warm-Up<br />
A. Before class, use the template on Teacher Resource: God is Love Puzzle Template (page 14<br />
in this guide) to make a puzzle set for each student.<br />
B. After creating a quiet and prayerful atmosphere, together make the Sign of the Cross and then<br />
read aloud from 1 John 4:8b-9:<br />
God is love. In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only Son into the<br />
world so that we might have life through him.<br />
C. Enter into a dialogue with students in which you go over the following information: This Bible<br />
verse tells us that God is love. Love isn’t just something that God does; love is what God is. God is<br />
also the greatest thing in the universe. How do we know? He created everything in it. That means<br />
He is greater than anything in the universe! If God is the greatest thing in the universe, and God is<br />
love, then what is one way we can become like the greatest thing in the universe? Love! When we<br />
love someone, we are sharing in God’s divine life.<br />
D. Take a moment to look at and read aloud some of the things you wrote on your “Classroom of<br />
Love” bulletin board.<br />
E. Explain that Scripture tells us something like this as well. Read aloud from 1 Corinthians 13:13<br />
“So faith, hope, love remain, these three, but the greatest of these is love.”<br />
Activity and Assessment<br />
Distribute a God Is Love Puzzle set to each student and give them time to complete the puzzle.<br />
Then have them color and decorate their own version of the puzzle on God Is Love (Handout E).<br />
EXPLORING CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING, lesson 1 5
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