MODULE: RELATIONSHIP AND SEX EDUCATION
ESSAY GUIDANCE EXAMPLE https://amoris.ie/amoris-laetitia/
QUESTION: What guidance can be found in Amoris Laetitia: The Joy of Love to enable the growth and development of positive relationships? (1500 WORDS)
| SECTION | HIGHLIGHTS | WHAT MIGHT BE SAID RELATING TO THE QUESTION | REFERENCE |
| INTRODUCTION (75 words | Introduce essay by saying what Amoris Laetitia is with focus on positive relationships | ||
| Paragraph on : In light of the Word of God
(350words) | The Bible, marriage and the family –Psalms, Jesus’ teachings, the Holy Family model | Pope Francis looks to many Scriptural examples of affirming statements about marriage and family | AL 8-30 |
| Paragraph on: Vocation of the family
(175 words) | Jesus and marriage, the Church and marriage, the sacrament of marriage, pastoral approaches to wounded families, love and family and Church | Pope Francis sets out the vocation of family life, encouraging positive relationships between spouses , between parents and children, between family and Church | AL 58-88 |
| Paragraph on: Love in Marriage
(175 words)
| “Love is…” statements developing spousal relationships, feelings, respect, erotic love, sexual respect, celibacy… | Pope Francis dissects St Paul’s famous teachings on love (1 Cor. 13 )and develops it into a framework of behaviours and attitudes for a positive relationship between two people… | AL 89-164 |
| Paragraph on: Weakness (175 words) | Church is a field hospital, civil marriage, cohabitation, irregular situations, divorce and remarriage, continuing life in the Church | Pope Francis encourages integration, points to mitigating factors, exhorts fraternal charity and pastoral mercy, sensitivity… | AL291-312 |
| Paragraph on: Spirituality in marriage & Family (175 words) | God’s presence in the family, spirituality of family love, family communion, family prayer, family love and care and consolation | Pope Francis reflects on how the family is a spiritual place where the individual meets and sees God in his/her relationships of love and positivity… | AL 313-325 |
| Conclusion (75 words) | Conclude with statement on understanding about how Amoris Laetia exhorts Christians to positive relationships | ||
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In the Light of the Word
(The teaching of Holy Scripture)
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READING
https://amoris.ie/amoris-laetitia/
St John Paul II Theology of the Body
St Joh Paul II Veritas Splendour
The Sacred Congregation for Catholic Education –Outlines for Sex Education
www.vatican.va.roman_curia/congregations
Pope Francis, Amoris Laetitia: The Joy of Love
Pontifical Council for the Family, The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality, Family Catechism of the Catholic Church www.vatican.va/archive