Catechism Memory for January 25

Junior High Memory

Ephesians 4:1-2 — Walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love

Heidelberg Catechism - 54Q. What do you believe concerning the “holy catholic church”?

A. I believe that the Son of God through his Spirit and Word…gathers, protects, and preserves himself a community chosen for eternal life and united in true faith……

Senior High Memory:

1. What is the seventh commandment?

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

2. What does God forbid in this commandment?

Any thought or action that violates the sanctity of the sexual relationship.

3. What does God require in this commandment?

To enjoy the sexual relationship within the bounds of marriage.

4. What is marriage?

An inseparable union of love between one man and one woman.

5. For what purpose has God instituted marriage?

For the happiness of married persons, for the propagation of the human race, and for the raising up of Godly children.

Catechism Memory for January 11

Junior High Memory:

2 Corinthians 5:5 — He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee.

Heidelberg Catechism 53Q. — What do you believe concerning “the Holy Spirit”?

A. First, the Spirit… is eternal God. Second, he is given also to me, so that, through true faith he… comforts me, and will remain with me forever.

Senior High Memory:

1. What is the seventh commandment?

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

2. What does God forbid in this commandment?

Any thought or action that violates the sanctity of the sexual relationship.

3. What does God require in this commandment?

To enjoy the sexual relationship within the bounds of marriage.

4. What is marriage?

An inseparable union of love between one man and one woman.

5. For what purpose has God instituted marriage?

For the happiness of married persons, for the propagation of the human race, and for the raising up of Godly children.

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.