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What Is a Sacrament?

What Is a Sacrament?. Grace for Life Small Group Materials. Opening Prayer.

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What Is a Sacrament?

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  1. What Is a Sacrament? Grace for Life Small Group Materials

  2. Opening Prayer God of power and mercy,open our hearts in welcome.Remove the things that hinder us from receiving Christ with joy,so that we may share his wisdomand become one with himwhen he comes in glory,for he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

  3. A Reading from the Letter of Paul to the Ephesians (2: 4-10) God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ--by grace you have been saved-- and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God-- not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.

  4. Small Group Discussion • Think about and discuss the grace received from prior sacraments? • Do you remember what it was like to learn about God as a little kid? • What was it like receiving first communion? Going to confession? • How do you think Christ present in each of the sacraments? • Reading: Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 (on next slide). • What does this reading tell us about the grace Confirmation offers you? What grace do we need going into high school? Where do we need strength? • So, which Eskimo are you?

  5. Small Group DiscussionReading Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 Brothers and sisters, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith to this grace in which we stand, and we boast in hope of the glory of God. And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. For Christ, while we were still helpless, died at the appointed time for the ungodly. Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just person, though perhaps for a good person one might even find courage to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us.

  6. Closing Prayer Lord, there are many who need my help. Grant me the grace through the Sacrament of Confirmation to see more clearly your presence in everyone - even those people who are different from me. Grant me the knowledge to understand how I may better help others – even when it is hard to see past my own wants and needs. Grant me to courage to do what I must to help others – even when others around me are unwilling to do so. Never allow me to shy away from this responsibility.

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