The New Saint Joseph
First Communion Catechism
Lesson 4
The First Sins
Sin: Original sin
22. What is sin?
Sin is disobedience to God’s laws.
God’s laws show me the way to heaven.
They are signs that show me the right road.
Sin is saying “No” to God.
It offends God.
Sin shows God I do not love Him very much.
2. Who committed the first sin?
The bad angels committed the first sin.
All the angels were made to serve God.
But some loved themselves more than God.
They said, “We will not serve.”
They were thrown into hell.
We call them devils.
24. Who committed the first sin on earth?
Our first parents, Adam and Eve, committed the first sin on earth.
God put Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
They were the first people to live on earth.
God wanted them to be happy.
But he told them not to eat of one tree.
Its fruit would make them die.
The devil spoke to Eve.
He told her the fruit was good.
He told her she would be like God.
Eve did not mind God.
She ate some of the fruit and gave some to Adam.
They loved themselves more than God.
This was the first sin on earth.
They did not believe God.
25. Is this sin passed on to us from Adam?
Yes, this sin is passed on to us from Adam.
We are children of Adam and Eve.
They were our first parents.
We are born with this sin on our soul.
We are born without grace in our soul.
26. What is this sin in us called?
This sin in us is called original sin.
Original sin means “first” sin.
We are all born with original sin on our souls.
While it is there we cannot love God as He loves us.
Baptism washes this sin off our souls.
But original sin leaves our souls weak.
We think more of pleasing ourselves than of pleasing God.
We feel like loving ourselves more than God.
27. Was anyone free from original sin?
The Blessed Virgin Mary was free from original sin.
God wanted to free everybody from sin.
To do this, He planned to send His Son to earth.
He wanted His son to have a good mother.
So He made the best mother He could.
God made Mary.
He kept her free from original sin.
She came into the world without it.
She never had sin.
Mary’s soul was always turned to God.
Her heart was always full of love for God.
She was full of grace. We call this
MARY’S IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.
Even as a baby, Mary’s heart loved God.
She grew up loving God.
She did not love herself more than God.
She wanted only to please God.
She always did what God wanted.
God sent an Angel to see Mary.
He asked her to be the Mother of Jesus.
Mary said “Yes” to the angel.
God sent His Son to her.
God made her Mother of Jesus.
He did this by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Mary prepared Jesus to die on the Cross for us.
Lesson 4
Quiz
The First Sins
Original Sin
- What does a sinner say to God?
- What did Adam and Eve say to God?
- What did Mary say to God?
