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To define symbols To explain the meaning of Sacramental objects

Sacraments or Symbols?. Last lesson, we saw how Sacraments make God’s power real to us. . A SACRAMENT is a Church ________ that uses ________ and _____________with a special _________ to make God’s life and power ______ in us. . real meaning objects ceremony gestures .

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To define symbols To explain the meaning of Sacramental objects

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  1. Sacraments or Symbols? Last lesson, we saw how Sacraments make God’s power real to us. A SACRAMENT is a Church ________ that uses ________ and _____________with a special _________ to make God’s life and power ______ in us. real meaning objects ceremony gestures • To define symbols • To explain the meaning of Sacramental objects • To evaluate where these objects get their power

  2. Which pictures represent an idea that is hard to put into words ? Draw 2 columns – “signs –instructions” and “Symbols – ideas” 2. Do any of these symbols have power to do anything? Use one example to talk about. ** So are the sacramental objects like bread and wine, water, just symbols or not? 3. Complete the definitions: A sign is ____________ A symbol represents an _____. A sacramental object has _________

  3. Objects used in the Sacraments are more than symbols. They don’t just represent an idea – they have power to make God’s life and power real in us. What object or gesture used in a Sacrament could make real… washing from sin the Holy Spirit coming down the light of Christ, banishing darkness the saving sacrifice of Christ anointing for a task, healing & strength freedom from sin and evil Eg A candle flame could make real… Laying on of hands Bread and wine Priests, who have God’s power to forgive sins Water, used in baptism A candle flame Oil

  4. Which sacramental object makes God’s power or presence real the most? Which the least? Organise your pictures in a diamond shape (or triangle) to show their power/ importance. Write your arrangement in your book in diamond shape Explain which objects you put as very powerful. Explain which one you put as not very powerful in making God’s power present. Incense Water, used in baptism Oil Altar Priests, who have God’s power to forgive sins Laying on of hands A candle flame Bread and wine

  5. Some objects have ________ to make God’s life and power present to us • They are more than ……. • This power comes from ……. • The object that can make God’s power present the most is……

  6. BlockBusters: take turns to cross from one side to the other by the shortest route naming a sacramental object beginning with that letter W A H O R W P G C S Student A Student B I L B P V W K C R O

  7. Where do these objects get their power, to really make God present? …In the OT, Kings and holy men got their mission from God when they were anointed with oil …Jesus made bread and wine to be His body and blood at the Last Supper and gave his disciples power to do this …Jesus breathed the Holy Spirit on His disciples after his resurrection, and told them they had power to forgive sins …Jesus himself went into water to be baptised and made it holy Bread and wine have power to make God present in his body and blood because… Baptismal water has power to wash away sin because… Priests have power to forgive sins and bring down the Holy Spirit because… Holy Oil has power to strengthen and give a mission from God because…. **Which object

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