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The sacraments

The sacraments . SOURCES OF LIFE THAT FLOW FROM THE SIDE OF CHRIST. WHAT DO THEY DO FOR ME? WHY THE SACRAMENTS? WHO? . THE SACRAMENTS! . CHRIST INSTITUTED THE SACRAMENTS TO ENABLE US TO SHARE HIS DIVINE LIFE AND TO ASSIST US IN REACHING OUR HEAVENLY HOME. . WHAT ARE SACRAMETNS?.

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The sacraments

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  1. The sacraments SOURCES OF LIFE THAT FLOW FROM THE SIDE OF CHRIST

  2. WHAT DO THEY DO FOR ME? WHY THE SACRAMENTS? WHO?

  3. THE SACRAMENTS! • CHRIST INSTITUTED THE SACRAMENTS TO ENABLE US TO SHARE HIS DIVINE LIFE AND TO ASSIST US IN REACHING OUR HEAVENLY HOME.

  4. WHAT ARE SACRAMETNS? • The sacraments are efficacious signs of grace instituted by CHRIST and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us.

  5. What are sacraments? • Each sacrament gives a particular sacramental grace from the Holy Spirit. These graces enable their recipient to cooperate with the plan of God.

  6. The plan of god • The sacraments are associated with three divine calls: • 1. A call to personal holiness: • Baptism calls each recipient to a life of personal holiness to accomplish a mission known to God, which will be worked out over a lifetime.

  7. The plan of god • II. A call to worship: • A crucial aspect of this call is to worship God as his Church indicates, in order to acquire the graces necessary to accomplish this call.

  8. The plan of god • III. A call to a correct moral attitude: • The moral teachings of the Church instruct the baptized about the will of Christ concerning their moral choices.

  9. Signs of god’s power • The Church was instituted by Christ to confer the graces he wishes to give us. • The Church is the SACRAMETNAL key that opens the door to all the other sacraments.

  10. Necessity of the sacraments

  11. Necessity of the sacraments • Before Adam sinned… • After Adam sinned… • God determined that sacraments were the best and wisest means of us to attain our salvation • God chose the sacraments because of:

  12. God chose the sacraments, why? • Man’s nature- Dive wisdom gives sensible signs to appeal to the human nature of man. • Man’s sinfulness- They apply a spiritual remedy for sin through sensible signs. • Man’s inclinations- They apply sensible sanctified signs to enable man to avoid superstitious practices.

  13. Necessity of the sacraments • Sacraments are a necessary component of our salvation: they indicate that this sacred thing sanctifies man here and now. • Sacraments have a social value- they enable us to live in community with charity toward all others while binding us together. • They also set us aside as worshippers of the true God.

  14. God’s grace • Each sacrament confers graces upon us. • The first grace is? • Sanctifying grace • The second graces is? • Actual grace

  15. Sacramental characters: • Three of the sacraments imprint a perpetual mark on the soul. • This mark or sign: • Configures us to Christ • Distinguishes us perpetually from those who do not have the sign • Disposes us to cooperate with grace

  16. Ministers of the sacraments: • Act in the name of Christ • Cant be in moral sin – still valid if they are but they commit a sin • Baptism and Reconcilliation – do not require the recipients to be free from moral sin – others, yes

  17. Symbols and rituals • Symbol is based on a Greek word meaning – “to throw together or compare” represents more than just a physical reality and often has multiple meanings. • Rituals- are symbols that include actions and words (handshake, wave, sign of the cross)

  18. Covenant symbols • Some of the symbols used in the Sacraments receive their meaning from salvation history. • They remind us of God’s saving action in our lives. • Consecrating with oil- symbolizes God’s blessing and being chosen by God for a special role • Immersion in water- symbolizes turning away from sin, dying, and rising • Laying on of hands- symbolizes receiving the Holy Spirit and being designated for service.

  19. Kinds of grace • Sanctifying grace • Actual grace • Sacramental grace- are gifts specific to each of the Seven Sacraments • Charisms- are special graces that are associated with one’s state in life and are intended to build up the Body of Christ.

  20. Sacramentals • These help prepare us for the Sacraments • Established by the Church rather than by Christ • Usually an action or an object, can be accompanied by a special prayer • Ex • Holy water, Easter (Paschal) candle, votive lights, crosses, medals and statues of saints, blessed palm branches, blessed ashes, icons, incense.

  21. Sacramental economy • CCC 1076- The Church was made manifest to the world on the day of Pentecost by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit • The sacramental economy is the communication of the fruits of Christ’s death and Resurrection through the sacraments.

  22. The gift of the Spirit ushers in a new era in the "dispensation of the mystery" the age of the Church, during which Christ manifests, makes present, and communicates his work of salvation through the liturgy of his Church, "until he comes."

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