Background Information 1.Catholic Belief To gain the happiness of heaven we must know, love,and serve God in this world.Man must know, love and serve God in a supernatural manner in order to gain happiness of heaven.Man is raised to the supernatural order only by grace,a free gift of God. We learn to know,love,and serve God from Jesus Christ,the Son of God,who teaches us through the Catholic Church. Background Information I . Catholic Belief To gain the happiness of heaven we must know, love, and serve God in this world. Man must know, love and serve God in a supernatural manner in order to gain happiness of heaven. Man is raised to the supernatural order only by grace, a free gift of God. We learn to know, love, and serve God from Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who teaches us through the Catholic Church