The 7 Sacraments

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The 7 Sacraments
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What is a Sacrament?

• A Sacrament is a physical sign of a spiritual
  reality
• There are 7 sacraments
• The first 3 are known as the sacraments of
  initiation
• They are baptism, confirmation, and eucharist
• A catechumen is an unbaptized person who is
  preparing to receive all of the sacraments of
  Christian initiation (Janice)

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Why Baptism?Because Jesus did.
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Baptism

• Comes from the Greek word that means to plunge
  or to immerse
• The symbolic plunging and rising up again from
  the water reminds us that a new Catholic enters
  into Christs death and then rises to a new life
  of grace
• It is the sign of joining the Christian family
  (was formerly circumcision)
• Both for men and women and children

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Symbols of Baptism

• Water water represents cleansing
• Oil in ancient world, oil was used to anoint
  kings and queens to show they were set apart
• White garment Purity, means putting on Christ,
  similar to a bride
• Candle Christ is the light of the world and so
  should we

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Confirmation

• Happened in the early Church and in Acts
• Is the completion of baptism
• You are saying that this is your faith not just
  your parents if baptized as an infant
• To be done when one has reached the age of
  discretion

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Effects of Confirmation

1. The full outpouring of the holy Spirit
2. Binding us more closely to the Church and more
   firmly to Christ
3. Increasing the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us,
   especially his strength to spread the faith by
   word and deed

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The Holy SpiritThe One who brings LIFE

• The Holy Spirit brings life to everything that
  Christians do and believe and reveals their true
  meaning. Without the Holy Spirit, prayer is nor
  more than meditation, the sacraments are empty,
  meaningless rituals, the Bible is just another
  great literary work, and the Christian life is
  observing a set of rules, fulfilling certain
  ideals by ones own effort. Only with the Spirit
  is it possible to understand what Christianity is
  about. (Alan Shreck, 108)

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The Holy Spirit

• The Church has never exclaimed that the work of
  the Holy Spirit is limited exclusively to
  baptism.
• The Bible, especially in the book of Acts,
  implies that it may be necessary to pray that a
  baptized person receive a greater outpouring of
  the Holy Spirit.
• Confirmation is the official prayer for the Holy
  Spirit to empower a person to spread the gospel,
  to live a fervent Christian life, and to share
  more fully in the mission and ministry of the
  Church.

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The Holy Spirit

• The Catholic Church also teaches that the Spirit
  of God can enter a persons life in a new way if
  the person simply prays for this with expectant
  faith.
• Prayer with the sisters

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The Gifts of the Spirit

• Every Christian who has received the Holy Spirit
  has also received gifts of the Spirit.
• The gifts of the Holy Spirit are not given
  primarily for the individuals own spiritual
  growth, but for the good of the whole body of
  Christ.
• They must be used in love.
• See handout for list of gifts.

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The Ministries of the SpiritEphesians 411

• Apostles you are gifted in starting new things,
  entrepreneur
• Prophets you are gifted in speaking the truth
  into the lives of people
• Evangelists you are gifted in sharing your
  faith and values with people
• Pastors you are gifted in leading and
  counseling people
• Teachers you are gifted in helping people
  understand faith and values and how they can
  apply them to their lives

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The Fruit of the Spirit

• But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
  patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  gentleness, self-control (Galatians 522)
• A tree is known by its fruit.
• If you have the Spirit of Christ then you will be
  showing or growing in the above things in your
  life. Is this true for you?
• If not you may need to ask for a fresh outpouring
  of the Holy Spirit
• We may have an opportunity to do this this week.

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Eucharist

• Read John 6
• It unites the new Catholic to Christs sacrifice
  on the cross
• Transubstantiation the transfer of the
  substance of bread and wine at Mass to the Body
  and Blood of Jesus Christ.

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Graces in Eucharist

• Spiritual life and nourishment
• Cleansing from sin and empowerment to overcome
• Greater commitment to the poor
• Increase in virtue
• Spiritual energy for our pilgrimage
• LOTR

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Mass The Bible EucharistBoth represent Gods
food to us

• The Bible
• 3 readings
• Highlight is the Gospel
• Sermon from the Priest
• Try to understand and apply one thing
• Gods Word is alive!
• Ps. 51 story

• The Eucharist
• Bread and wine turn into Christs Body Blood.
  This is called transubsantiation.
• It means the transformation of substance but not
  of appearance.
• Jesus feeds our hungry heart
• Quebec and Dinos story

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Last comments

• Friends who said they have gone to church
• But church is boring?
• Many things we do in our lives can be boring yet
  still essential like breakfast.
• Personal storybecoming one with Jesus in the
  Eucharist
• Food as strength for my soul

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Sacrament of Penance or Reconciliation

• We discussed this when talking about the
  forgiveness of sins in the creed.
• It is a sacrament of healing through which Christ
  extends his forgiveness to sinners, bringing
  about reconciliation with God and the Church.
• James 5 speaks of healing coming through
  confession

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Involves

• Contrition feeling sorry for your sins
• Confession admitting our faults
• Absolution the priest forgives us in the name
  of Christ Jesus
• Satisfaction or penance, something to make
  repair for the harms our sins have caused (i.e.
  breaking window with a ball)

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Forgiveness
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Forgiveness painting by RembrantQuestions

• What is your first impression of this painting?
• What is it saying to you?
• How can you respond to its message?

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Anointing of the Sick

• Sacrament offered to those who are suffering from
  serious illness, for the elderly, for those
  facing major surgery, and for the dying.
• Primarily lead by priests or bishops.
• They anoint the persons body and pray for them.
• Praying for my mom when she was sick
• Praying for my Nana and my Papa

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Holy Orders

• All of us are called to serve others as part of a
  common priesthood, but the Church also has those
  who minister to us
• Deacons helpers to priests
• Priests servants to Gods people, celebrate the
  Eucharist
• Bishops servants to Gods people and the
  priests in their area
• Religious nuns and brothers servants to all of
  Gods people. Join orders and take 3 vows
• Poverty, chastity, and obedience

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Women Celibacy

• Women
• The Catholic Church doesnt ordain women because
  Jesus didnt and because the priest is sign or in
  the place of Christ who was male.
• Women can become nuns and serve like Sister Clem
  and Vicki
• Spiritual significance?
• Female Messiah?

• Celibacy
• Celibacy is the state of being unmarried that
  priests and other religious choose in order to
  dedicate their lives totally to Jesus and Gods
  people
• In the Latin rite of the Church priest cannot
  marry
• This may change one day as it is only a doctrine
  of the church

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Matrimony

• A wonderful sign of God calling a man and woman
  to holiness through ordinary married life.
• God is the source of marriage.
• Marriage is meant to be a covenant.
• The Church teaches that there are two primary
  purposes of marriage
• Procreative be fruitful and multiply
• Unitive become one body

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Till Death Do Us Part

• The Catholic Church does not permit the divorce
  of a valid marriage
• Annulments can be given. An annulment is an
  official Church declaration that what appeared to
  be a Christian marriage never existed in the
  first place.
• Marriage should be taken seriously
• The family that prays together stays together.