Welcome Back

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Welcome Back!

• Please get your name tag, get your picture taken,
  and find your group.

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Opening Prayer

• Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy
  name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, on
  earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day, our
  daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses as we
  forgive those who trespass against us and lead
  us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.
  Amen.

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Ice Breaker

• This card game will help everyone get to know
  each other.
• Go around the table 3 times sharing your first
  name
• Deal out one card, face up, to each player, no
  cards showing may be a match.
• Starting on the dealers left, the dealer should
  deal the player a new card (face up)
• If the card matches another players, the two
  players with matching cards will try to say the
  other persons name first (Only the matching
  people)
• Whoever, names the other first, takes all of the
  cards the other person has.
• The person with the most cards at the end wins!

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Small Group QuestionWould you rather

• Have a CD of your favorite band or front row
  tickets to their concert? Why?
• If you were walking down the street and a man
  pointed to a nearby house and said it was yours.
  Would you believe him? What if he gave you a
  deed that had your name on it?

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In the Catechism (1131)

• Sacraments are efficacious signs of grace,
  instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church,
  by which divine life is dispensed to us. The
  visible rites by which the sacraments are
  celebrated signify and make present the graces
  proper to each sacrament. They bear fruit in
  those who receive them with the required
  dispositions.
• Try saying that three times fast.

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An efficacious sing of Grace

• What does it mean to say that sacraments are
  efficacious signs of Grace?
• I have a check for 100 to anyone who can walk up
  here and put Gods Grace in my hands.
• Gods grace is Gods loving action within us, it
  is not a visible thing.
• We can know Gods grace exists because it has an
  effect.
• We know the wind exists because it causes the
  trees to move, though the wind is an invisible
  reality.

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Know that it happens!

• The word efficacious means that they cause
  something to happen.
• Therefore, a sacrament is not only a sign that
  points to Gods invisible Grace but it also
  causes it to happen.
• Jesus Christ gave us the sacraments so that we
  could have surety that the Grace we desire has in
  fact been passed to us.

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100 Surety

• It is a lot easier to believe the house is yours
  if your name is on the deed. Once you have the
  deed, with your name on, you know 100 that it is
  yours.
• Sacraments are a 100 guarantee that God has
  granted you what you were looking for.
• You can be sorry for a sin, beg God for
  forgiveness, do 1000 things to make up for it,
  but you may not ever feel convinced that God has
  forgiven that sin.
• When you go to confession and you hear the words
  of absolution (forgiveness) and you see the
  priest make the sign of the cross over you. You
  know 100 for sure that God has indeed forgiven
  that sin. You can be free from doubt or worry.

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Sacraments are Gods Idea

• Each sacrament was begun (or instituted) by Jesus
  Christ.
• Because Jesus Ascended body and soul into heaven
  he entrusted the Apostles with the task of
  administering the sacraments.
• The word sacrament means oath. It refers to
  Jesus oath to be with us to the end of time.
• Jesus Christ is guaranteed to be present to us in
  each sacrament.

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Categories of Sacraments

• Pay attention because you will need to know this
  later on today.
• The seven sacraments are broken up into three
  groups.
• Sacraments of initiation
• Baptism Cleansing of original sin receiving
  the Holy Spirit. Through baptism we become
  adopted sons daughters of God. Sign Water
  Oil
• Eucharist We celebrate Jesus death and
  resurrection, by receiving the body blood of
  Jesus we come into communion with Jesus. We
  become one body and one blood. This means when
  we die, we too can be raised to eternal life.
  Sign Bread Wine
• Confirmation At Confirmation we are sealed with
  the Holy Spirit. By professing our faith we
  receive a greater share of the strength and gifts
  of the Holy Spirit. Sign - Oil

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Categories of Sacraments

• 2 Sacraments of Healing
• Reconciliation/Pennance/Confession This is
  where we can receive Gods mercy and forgiveness
  of our sins. If we make a proper Confession we
  can leave with 100 surety of the forgiveness of
  our sins. Sign Prayer of Absolution and the
  sign of the cross.
• Anointing of the Sick By anointing us with oil
  the priest prays for our healing. This prayer is
  coupled with the forgiveness of sins. Many
  people are healed of illness through this
  sacrament, but healing is not guaranteed. This
  sacrament helps one conform their lives to the
  will of God whether he heals us or whether we are
  asked to endure sickness. Sign - Oil

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Categories of Sacraments

• 2 Sacraments of Vocation
• Marriage The union of one man and one woman as
  husband and wife. This union is a sacrament
  because it gives us training for the union with
  God in Heaven. Sign Rings, public
  pronouncement, kiss
• Holy Orders By the laying on of hands by
  Bishops a man is made a deacon, priest, or
  bishop. In this sacrament men devote their lives
  to the service of God and the dispensation
  (giving out) of the sacraments. Sign Laying on
  of Hands, Oil

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Small Group Activity

• Fold your paper in half length wise and width
  wise so that your paper has four boxes.
• We are going to watch a short clip from the Lion
  King.
• In the top left box, write down all the
  sacraments you could see, some are less obvious
• In the top right, write down all the signs of the
  Sacraments you can see
• In the bottom left write down who performs the
  actions
• In the bottom right, write down any similarities
  between Jesus and Simba.

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Lion King
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Share your responses

• Take a few more minutes to finish writing your
  responses
• Go around the table and share some of the answers
  you came up with

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Sacramental Balloon Game Rules

• Each team sits, spread out on the floor, facing
  their team captain in a chair.
• Each team hits their color balloon to their
  captain who will pop it with a pin.
• The Captain must run to the board and tape the
  sacraments under the correct categories.
• First team to complete the task wins.
• You are not allowed to move around so place your
  team members wisely!

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Closing PrayerHail Holy Queen

• Hail Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, Hail Our Life,
  Our Sweetness, and our Hope. To thee do we cry,
  poor banished children of eve, to thee do we send
  up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley
  of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate,
  Thine eyes of mercy towards us, and after this
  our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy
  womb, Jesus. O merciful, O Loving, O Sweet
  Virgin Mary. Amen