The Sacraments

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The Sacraments
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What is a Sacrament? What does a Sacrament do?
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What is a Sacrament? What does a Sacrament
do? Answer An outward sign instituted by
Christ to give grace
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What is a Sacrament? What does a Sacrament
do? Answer An outward sign instituted by
Christ to give grace An action of the Holy
Spirit at work in His Church to grow us as
children of God
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What is a Sacrament? What does a Sacrament
do? Answer An outward sign instituted by
Christ to give grace An action of the Holy
Spirit at work in His Church to grow us as
children of God An oath by which God does what
He said He was going to dogive us His life!
Prepare us for Heaven!
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What is a Sacrament? What does a Sacrament
do? Answer An outward sign instituted by
Christ to give grace An action of the Holy
Spirit at work in His Church to grow us as
children of God An oath by which God does what
He said He was going to dogive us His life!
Prepare us for Heaven! ---------------------------
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How many Sacraments are there?
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How many Sacraments are there? Seven
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How many Sacraments are there? Seven What are
the Seven Sacraments?
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How many Sacraments are there? Seven What are
the Seven Sacraments? Baptism, Confirmation,
Eucharist, Confession, Healing of the Sick,
Marriage, Holy Orders
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Two ways to better understand the Seven Sacraments
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• Two ways to better understand the Seven
  Sacraments
• By understanding Growth

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• Two ways to better understand the Seven
  Sacraments
• By understanding Growth
• By understanding Light

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• Two ways to better understand the Seven
  Sacraments
• By understanding Growth
• Baptism (we become spiritual babies)
• Confirmation (we become spiritual maturing
  adults)
• Confession (we need spiritual counsel and
  healingadmitting whats wrong doing whats
  right)
• Anointing of the Sick (we need physical healing)
• Eucharist (we need spiritual food and
  drinknourishment)
• Marriage and Holy Orders (we, the Church, need to
  increase in numbermore children, more bishops,
  priests, deacons)

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Our life parallels Jesus life And Jesus grew in
wisdom and age and favor before God and man (Luke
252). Jesus Baptism After Jesus was baptized,
he came up from the water and behold, the heavens
were opened (for him), and he saw the Spirit of
God descending like a dove (and) coming upon him.
And a voice came from the heavens, saying, This
is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased
(Matthew 316-17).
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Our life parallels Jesus life And Jesus grew in
wisdom and age and favor before God and man (Luke
252). Jesus Confirmation While he was still
speaking, behold, a bright cloud cast a shadow
over them, then from the cloud came a voice that
said, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am
well pleased listen to him (Matthew 175).
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Our life parallels Jesus life And Jesus grew
in wisdom and age and favor before God and man
(Luke 252). Jesus in/having Communion
(Eucharist) Jesus as the Son is in communion
with the Father and the Spirit (Col 29) While
they were eating, Jesus took bread, said the
blessing, broke it, and giving it to his
disciples said, "Take and eat this is my body.
Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to
them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you, for
this is my blood of the covenant, which will be
shed on behalf of many for the forgiveness of
sins (Matthew 2626-28). After this, aware that
everything was now finished, in order that the
scripture might be fulfilled, Jesus said, I
thirst. There was a vessel filled with common
wine. So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a
sprig of hyssop and put it up to his mouth. When
Jesus had taken the wine, he said, It is
finished. And bowing his head, he handed over
the spirit (John 1928-30).
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Our life parallels Jesus life And Jesus grew
in wisdom and age and favor before God and man
(Luke 252). Jesus life-long Confession Jesus
has never sinned (Hebrews 415) and therefore,
His entire life has been a good confessionsaying
and doing the same things God Himself would say
and do. Jesus resurrection Healing Jesus
resurrection is the prime example of the ultimate
victory over sickness and death. We too
participate in his death so also to participate
in his resurrection.
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Our life parallels Jesus life And Jesus grew
in wisdom and age and favor before God and man
(Luke 252). Jesus Marriage Jesus was not
married in a conventional way, but is married to
His Bride, the Church. I also saw the holy city,
a new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from
God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband
(Revelation 212). One of the seven angels who
held the seven bowls filled with the seven last
plagues came and said to me, Come here. I will
show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb
(Revelation 219).
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Our life parallels Jesus life And Jesus grew
in wisdom and age and favor before God and man
(Luke 252). Jesus Holy Orders Therefore, since
we have a great high priest who has passed
through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let
us hold fast to our confession. For we do not
have a high priest who is unable to sympathize
with our weaknesses, but one who has similarly
been tested in every way, yet without sin. So let
us confidently approach the throne of grace to
receive mercy and to find grace for timely help
(Hebrews 414-16).
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• Two ways to better understand the Seven
  Sacraments
• By understanding Growth
• Baptism (we become spiritual babies)
• Confirmation (we become spiritual maturing
  adults)
• Confession (we need spiritual counsel and
  healingadmitting whats wrong doing whats
  right)
• Anointing of the Sick (we need physical healing)
• Eucharist (we need spiritual food and
  drinknourishment)
• Marriage and Holy Orders (we, the Church, need to
  increase in numbermore children, more priests)

Internal Strength
External Number
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Two ways to better understand the Seven
Sacraments
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Two ways to better understand the Seven
Sacraments 2. By understanding Light
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Two ways to better understand the Seven
Sacraments 2. By understanding Light When light
hits a prism, what happens?
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Two ways to better understand the Seven
Sacraments 2. By understanding Light When light
hits a prism, what happens? Answer We get a
spectrum of seven colors 3 primary colors, 4
secondary colors
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Two ways to better understand the Seven
Sacraments 2. By understanding Light When Gods
Pure Light hits The Church, what happens?
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Two ways to better understand the Seven
Sacraments 2. By understanding Light When Gods
Pure Light hits The Church, what happens? Answer
We get seven beautiful Sacraments 3 lasting, 4
repeatable
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Two ways to better understand the Seven
Sacraments 2. By understanding Light Jesus (GODS
PURE LIGHT) Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I
am the light of the world. Whoever follows me
will not walk in darkness, but will have the
light of life (John 812). While I am in the
world, I am the light of the world (John
95). The Church (PRISM) You are the light of the
world. You are a city set on a mountain that
cannot be hidden (Matthew 514).
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Two ways to better understand the Seven
Sacraments 2. By understanding Light Jesus (GODS
PURE LIGHT) Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I
am the light of the world. Whoever follows me
will not walk in darkness, but will have the
light of life (John 812). While I am in the
world, I am the light of the world (John
95). The Church (PRISM) You are the light of the
world. You are a city set on a mountain that
cannot be hidden (Matthew 514).
Confirm- ation
Anointing of the Sick
Holy Orders
Baptism
Confession
Marriage
Eucharist
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Presentation by Michael J. Cook mjcook09_at_hotmai
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