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What are the Sacraments of Christian Initiation?
- Baptism - welcomed into the church
- Confirmation - sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit
- Eucharist - receive Jesus Christ, Bread of Life
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What are the Sacraments of Healing?
- Penance/Reconciliation - confession - turn to God with sorrow/sin and receive his love/forgiveness
- Anointing of the Sick - sick people
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What are the Sacraments at Service of Communion?
- Matrimony - marriage - family life - baptized man and woman - faithful love
- Holy Orders - ordaining of baptized priests to lead and serve Church
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What is sanctifying grace?
the grace we receive, through the power of the Holy Spirit, in the sacraments - allows us to share in God's life and respond to God's love
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As the Church we are united in Christ and celebrate his ___________ ______________.
Paschal Mystery
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The gateway to all of the sacraments is ______________.
Baptism - Sept 2002
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What is the liturgy?
The official public prayer of the Catholic Church
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What is a sacrament?
An effective sign given to us by Jesus Christ through which we share in God's life
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What does sanctify mean?
to make holy
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The sacraments reflect 3 important stages of Christian life. What are they?
- birth/growth
- healing
- mission
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What does it mean to say that the sacraments are effective signs? Give a specific example.
For example, the water of Baptism signifies or is an effective sign of cleansing or purifying (water is a natural element that cleans or purifies)
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Who is Olivier Messiaen?
- loved birds and music
- organist for cathedral in Paris
- drafted into French army
- captured by Germans and sent to Poland prison camp
- while captured continued to write music and have love for God
- he wrote Quartet for the End of Time and performed for prisoners
- He saw the extraordinary in ordinary life and recognized the presence of God
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The 3 purposes of the sacraments are to:
- sanctify us
- build up the Body of Christ
- give worship to God
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Through all seven sacraments, the Holy Spirit works through the Church to communicate the graces of Jesus Christ and to carry on his saving work.
True or False
True
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What are sacramentals? What are examples?
blessings, actions, objects that help us respond to the grace of God that we receive in the sacraments - sacred signs instituted by the Church and used in liturgy and personal prayer
- objects - rosaries, medals, crucifixes, blessed ashes, etc
- actions - sign of cross, sprinkling blessed water
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What is grace? page 312 in book
a participation, or a sharing, in God's life and friendship
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holiness
sharing in God's goodness and responding to his love by the way we live
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Who is the patron saint of attorneys that stood up to King Henry VIII and his choice to divorce his wife and marry his mistress?
St. Thomas More
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According to the Precepts of the Catholic Church, what are the requirements in celebrating sacraments in the Catholic faith?
- attend confession once a year
- receive sacrament of Eucharist at least once a year during Easter
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As Catholics we celebrate all the sacraments as a community. The sacraments join Catholics all over the world with Jesus and with one another.
True or False
True
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The _________ ___________ works through the sacraments to empower us to live as faithful disciples of Christ.
Holy Spirit
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