The Ten Commandments (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780899422220)

One of the titles in the Saint Joseph Beginner Series, The Ten Commandments by beloved author Rev. Lawrence G. Lovasik, S.V.D. is a beautifully illustrated book that acquaints Catholic children with the Ten Commandments. Among the features of this book are:

• a presentation page that allows for easy personalization of this book when used as a gift
• wonderful full-color illustrations
• an explanation of the history and the importance of the Ten Commandments, including Scriptural context
• durably sewn hardcover binding
• a prayer to Jesus
• List and easily understandable explanations of the Ten Commandments
  • I, the Lord, am your God. You shall not have other gods besides Me.
  • You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.
  • Remember to keep holy the sabbath day.
  • Honor your father and your mother.
  • You shall not kill.
  • You shall not commit adultery.
  • You shall not steal.
  • You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
  • You shall not covet your neighbor's wife.
  • You shall not covert anything that belongs to your neighbor.
• List and easily understandable explanations of the Commandments of the Church
  • To keep holy Sunday, the day of the Lord's Resurrection: to worship God by taking part in Mass every Sunday and Holy Day of Obligation; to avoid work that is not necessary.
  • To receive Holy Communion frequently and Sacrament of Penance regularly.
  • To study Catholic teaching to prepare for the sacrament of Confirmation, to be confirmed, and then to continue to study our holy Faith and help others to know about it.
  • To observe the marriage laws of the Church: to give religious training by example and word to one's children; to use parish schools and religious education programs.
  • To strengthen and support the Church: the parish and parish priests; the whole-wide Church and the Holy Father.
  • To do penance, including abstaining from meat and fasting from food on certain days.
  • To join in the missionary spirit and apostolate of the Church.