Catechism Memory for January 4

Junior High Memory:

Heidelberg Catechism 34Q. Why do we call Him “Our Lord”?

A. Because… with His precious blood— He has delivered and purchased us body and soul from sin and from the tyranny of the devil, to be His very own.

36Q. How does the holy conception and birth of Christ benefit you?

A. He is our mediator, and, in God’s sight, he covers with His innocence and perfect holiness my sun, in which I was conceived.


Senior High Memory:

1. What is the sixth commandment?

Thou shalt not kill.

2. What is forbidden in this commandment?

Murder, suicide, unust war, and the hatred which leads to them.

3. Who alone has a right to take human life?

The magistrate who bears the sword for the punishment of evildoers.

4. Why are we forbidden to destroy human life?

Because every human is made in the image of God.

5. What duties are required in the sixth commandment?

That we regard the life of every person as sacred.

Catechism Memory for November 23

Junior High Memory:


Senior High Memory:

1. What is the fourth commandment?

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. (Exodus 20:8)

2. What does God forbid in this commandment?

All desecration of the day of holy rest, either by secular labor and amusement or by idleness and neglect of divine worship.

3. Is all work, then, prohibited on the sabbath?

No, acts of worship, charity, and necessity are allowed and commended by the example of our Savior.

4. How is the sabbath to be kept holy?

By acts of public and private worship, by devotional reading and meditation, by godly conversation and works of Christian charity.

5. What is another purpose for the Lord’s Day?

To prepare us for the eternal sabbath in heaven.


Catechism Memory for November 16

Junior High Memory

1 John 10:28 - I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.

Heidelberg Catechism

29Q. Why is the Son of God called “Jesus” meaning “savior”

A. Because He saves us from our sins, and because salvation is not to be sought or found in anyone else

Senior High Memory:

1. What is the fourth commandment?

Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. (Exodus 20:8)

2. What does God forbid in this commandment?

All desecration of the day of holy rest, either by secular labor and amusement or by idleness and neglect of divine worship.

3. Is all work, then, prohibited on the sabbath?

No, acts of worship, charity, and necessity are allowed and commended by the example of our Savior.

4. How is the sabbath to be kept holy?

By acts of public and private worship, by devotional reading and meditation, by godly conversation and works of Christian charity.

5. What is another purpose for the Lord’s Day?

To prepare us for the eternal sabbath in heaven.

Catechism Memory for November 9

Junior High Memory

27Q. What do you understand by the providence of God?

A. Providence is the almighty and ever present power of God by which God upholds, as with his hand, heaven and earth and all creatures, and so rules them that leaf and blade, rain and drought, fruitful and lean years, food and drink, health and sickness, prosperity and poverty—all things, in fact, come to us not by chance but by his fatherly hand.

28Q. How does the knowledge of God’s creation and providence help us?

A.We can be patient in adversity, thankful in prosperity, and for the future we can have good confidence in our faithful God and Father that no creature will separate us from his love.

Senior High Memory:

1. What is the third commandment?

You shall not take the Name of the LORD your God in vain. Exodus 20:7

2. What is meant here by the Name of God?

Everything by which God makes Himself known to us.

3. What does God require of us in this commandment?

That we treat God’s Name as holy.

4. In what cases are Christians allowed to swear by the Name of God?

When the magistrate requires an oath for the maintenance of justice.

Catechism Memory for November 2

Junior High Memory:

Matthew 28:18-20

18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Heidelberg Catechism

22Q. What then must a Christian believe?

A. All that is promised to us in the gospel, a summary of which is taught to us in the articles of our catholic and undoubted Christian faith.

Senior High Memory:

1. What is the third commandment?

You shall not take the Name of the LORD your God in vain. Exodus 20:7

2. What is meant here by the Name of God?

Everything by which God makes Himself known to us.

3. What does God require of us in this commandment?

That we treat God’s Name as holy.

4. In what cases are Christians allowed to swear by the Name of God?

When the magistrate requires an oath for the maintenance of justice.