Just Teach Sheets – Adult October Week 4

Adult Track

October Week 4
Theme: Saints & Holiness
Focus: The Solemnity of All Saints — the great feast celebrating all who are in heaven, reminding us that sainthood is the vocation of every Christian.
Audience: Adult Catholics (practising, returning, or deepening their formation)

Weekly Goal

To deepen understanding of the universal call to holiness and the communion of saints. Adults reflect on All Saints’ Day as both thanksgiving for those already in glory and a challenge to live their vocation faithfully here and now.

What You’ll Need

This sheet

Bible

Catechism (CCC 946–962; 2013–2015; 957)

Journal or notebook

Opening Prayer (Daily)

Almighty God,
On this feast of All Saints,
I thank You for the multitude who now live with You in glory.
Give me the courage to follow their example,
the grace to persevere in holiness,
and the hope that one day I too may join them.
Amen.

Day 1 – Heaven Is Full of Saints

Teaching:
All Saints’ Day reminds us heaven is not reserved for a few, but filled with men and women who lived for Christ in every state of life.

�� Revelation 7:9 – “A great multitude… from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne.”
�� CCC 946–948 – The communion of saints is the Church herself, in heaven and on earth.

Reflection:
The saints are proof that God’s grace works.

Questions:

Do I believe heaven is my true destiny?

Who is a saint I look to as an example?

Day 2 – Ordinary People, Extraordinary Holiness

Teaching:
The saints were not flawless. They were ordinary people who surrendered their lives to God. Their holiness came from grace, not personal strength.

�� 2 Corinthians 12:9 – “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect in weakness.”

Reflection:
Sainthood is not unreachable. If God sanctified them, He can sanctify us.

Questions:

Do I see my weakness as an obstacle or as a place for grace?

What would it mean to surrender that weakness to Christ?

Day 3 – Saints Pray for Us

Teaching:
The saints intercede for us before God. Their prayers support us on our journey.

�� Revelation 5:8 – The saints present our prayers to God like incense.
�� CCC 957 – “Being more closely united to Christ, those who dwell in heaven fix the whole Church more firmly in holiness.”

Reflection:
Catholic devotion to saints is not a distraction but participation in the communion of Christ’s Body.

Questions:

Do I ask the saints for their prayers?

Which saint could I adopt as a companion in prayer?

Day 4 – The Universal Call to Holiness

Teaching:
All Saints’ Day challenges us. The feast is not only about them — it is about us. Every Catholic is called to holiness in their vocation.

�� Matthew 5:48 – “Be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
�� CCC 2013 – “All Christians… are called to the fullness of Christian life and the perfection of charity.”

Reflection:
The saints are not spectators. They remind us of our true purpose: sainthood.

Questions:

Do I see holiness as my vocation?

What concrete step could I take toward holiness this week?

Day 5 – The Communion of Saints

Teaching:
The saints, the faithful departed, and we on earth form one family in Christ. This is the mystery of the communion of saints.

�� Ephesians 2:19 – “You are no longer strangers and aliens, but fellow citizens with the saints.”

Reflection:
All Saints’ Day teaches us that the Church is bigger than we see. It spans heaven and earth, united in Christ.

Questions:

How does it change my faith to know I belong to this eternal family?

Do I live as someone already connected to heaven?

Weekend Wrap-Up – Lessons from All Saints

Heaven is filled with saints, not a few but a multitude.

Saints were ordinary people made holy by grace.

The saints intercede for us.

Holiness is the vocation of every Catholic.

We belong to the communion of saints now.

Reflection prompts:

Which saint’s example speaks most to me right now?

How will I live my vocation to holiness more intentionally this week?

Journal Prompts

“The saint whose intercession I will seek is…”

“The weakness I want to offer to Christ is…”

“The first step I will take toward holiness is…”

Apologetics for Adults

“Holiness is for priests and nuns.”
→ False. CCC 2013 teaches holiness is the vocation of all Christians.

“Praying to saints distracts from Christ.”
→ Wrong. Saints’ intercession flows from Christ, not apart from Him (Rev 5:8).

“Faith is private.”
→ Saints lived faith openly and often died for it. Catholic faith is always public witness.

Catechism Extension

CCC 946–962 – The communion of saints.

CCC 957 – Saints intercede for us.

CCC 2013–2015 – The universal call to holiness.