Sacramental Life

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Sacramental Life

• Celebrating the Sacraments

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Two forms of life

• The natural life of our body which is animated by
  our soul.
• This life begins at the moment that we were
  conceived in our mothers womb.
• The supernatural life.
• This is the life that our souls must possess when
  our body dies.

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• Unless our souls are supernaturally alive with
  the grace of God, our faith tells us we shall die
  the first death--of the body but also the second
  death of the soul.
• Another name for the second death is eternal
  death.
• This means eternal separation from God.

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• The sacraments which Christ instituted are the
  divinely ordained means
• for obtaining supernatural life,
• for growing in the supernatural life, and
• for restoring the supernatural life
• if it has been lost by mortal sin.

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What are the Sacraments?

• A sacrament is a visible sign instituted by
  Christ which effectively communicates the grace
  it signifies.

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Matter and Form

• Each of the seven sacraments is something visible
  or sensibly perceptible.
• The water poured in Baptism,
• The oil used in Confirmation,
• The bread and wine for the Eucharist,
• along with the words pronounced and the ritual
  seen, are all perceptible to the senses.

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Sacraments are --

• Signs which signify.
• They manifest something beyond the visible ritual
  performed.
• Thus water signifies washing,
• Oil signifies strengthening or healing,
• Eating and drinking signify being nourished.
• The external sign signifies some internal change
  taking place in the human spirit.
• This change is in the supernatural order,
  including some area or aspect of divine grace.

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• Sacraments actually produce the grace which they
  signify.
• They are instruments in the hands of Christ who,
  through them, confers the graces proper to each
  sacrament.

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• Baptism
• water, real and natural
• I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of
  the Son and of the Holy Spirit
• Priest
• the remission of all sin, original sin and
  actual, and of all penalties incurred through
  this guilt.

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• Confirmation
• anointing the forehead of the baptized with
  sacred chrism
• Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit.
• Bishop
• Confirmation perfects Baptismal grace to root us
  more deeply in the divine filiation, incorporate
  us more firmly into Christ, strengthen our bond
  with the Church, associate us more closely with
  her mission, and help us bear witness to the
  Christian faith in words accompanied by deeds.

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Eucharist

• Bread and Wine
• "This is my body which will be given up for you.
  . . . This is the cup of my blood. . . ."
• Validly, ordained priest
• Increases the communicant's union with the Lord,
  forgives his venial sins, and preserves him from
  grave sins.
• Since receiving this sacrament strengthens the
  bonds of charity between the communicant and
  Christ, it also reinforces the unity of the
  Church as the Mystical Body of Christ.
• The Eucharist is also offered in reparation for
  the sins of the living and the dead and to obtain
  spiritual or temporal benefits from God.

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Reconcilitation

• The acts of penitence, which are divided into
  three parts
• repentance,
• confession or disclosure of sins to the priest,
  and
• the intention to make reparation and do works of
  reparation.
• The absolution of the Priest I absolve you from
  your sins, in the name of the Father and of the
  Son and of the Holy Spirit
• Priest
• Reconciliation with God by which the penitent
  recovers grace
• reconciliation with the Church
• remission of the eternal punishment incurred by
  mortal sins
• remission, at least in part, of temporal
  punishments resulting from sin
• peace and serenity of conscience, and spiritual
  consolation
• an increase of spiritual strength for the
  Christian battle.

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Anointing of the Sick

• Oil blessed by the Bishop
• the anointing of the forehead and hands of the
  sick person.
• Through this holy anointing may the Lord in his
  love and mercy help you with the grace of the
  Holy Spirit
• May the Lord who frees you from sin, save you
  and raise you up.
• Priest
• Uniting of the sick person to the passion of
  Christ, for his own good and that of the whole
  Church
• the strengthening, peace, and courage to endure
  in a Christian manner the sufferings of illness
  or old age
• the forgiveness of sins, if the sick person was
  not able to obtain it through the sacrament of
  Penance
• the restoration of health, if it is conducive to
  the salvation of his soul
• the preparation for passing over to eternal life.

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Ordination

• Laying on of hands followed by a solemn prayer of
  consecration asking God to grant the ordinand the
  graces of the Holy Spirit required for his
  ministry.
• Bishop
• Benefit, growth in grace, to the end that
  whosoever is ordained may be a worthy minister.

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Matrimony

• Marriage is based on the consent of the
  contracting parties, i.e., the husband and wife.
• The sacrament thus perfects the human love of the
  spouses, strengthens their indissoluble unity,
  and sanctifies them on the way to eternal life.

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How necessary are the sacraments?

• They are necessary for salvation.
• even if not all are necessary for each
  individual.

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• How then can we receive the grace of salvation
  UNLESS we celebrate the sacraments?

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Why then, did He choose to dispense His grace
through the sacraments?

• So that the mysterious effects of His infinite
  power should be made intelligible by means of
  certain signs that are evident to our senses.

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Celebrating the Sacraments
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• The sacraments are a continuation of Christs
  work of redemption.
• They are the link between His Passion on Calvary
  and our present needs on earth.
• They are the channels by which His saving merits
  are now conveyed to a sinful world.

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• The sacraments provide a marvelous bond of
  visible unity among the members of Christs
  Church.

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• By means of the sacraments we make a public
  profession of our faith, and others witness to
  what we profess to believe.

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• The sacraments afford us a constant check on our
  pride.
• They encourage us to the practice of humility, by
  making us submit to material things as a
  condition for obtaining the graces that we need
  for the spiritual life.

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Say Mabetbet a Tepet

• Saray numero ed Biblia.

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Different meanings

• Quantity
• Symbolism
• Gematric meaning

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Quantity

• What the number says is what the author wanted to
  convey.

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Symbolic Meaning

• It expresses an idea, a message that goes beyond
  the number being said and exceeds its meaning.

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Numbers 1,2 and 3

• 1 symbolizes God who is unique.
• It denotes exclusivity, primacy and excellence.
• Why do you ask me about what is good? There is
  only one who is good (Mt. 19,17).

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• 2 represents human dualism, the internal division
  that human beings bear because of sin.
• According to Mark, Jesus cured one Generasene
  demoniac (Mk. 5,2).
• Matthew wrote that they were two (Mt. 8,28).

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• 3 expresses totality, or eternity.
• Three sons of Noah (Gen. 6,10) represent the
  totality of all his descendants.
• The three instances of Peters denial of Jesus
  manifest his infidelity (Mt. 26,34).
• The three temptations of Jesus represent all the
  temptations of his life.
• In the OT, God is called holy three times to
  indicate the one who is all holy (Is. 6,3).

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Abangan so arum ni ran Mabetbet a Tepet!