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• SACRED SIGN• INSTITUTED BY CHRIST
• ENTRUSTED TO THE CHURCH• WHICH ALWAYS GIVES GRACE
SACRAMENT:
GRACEGIFT
• Supernatural• Free
• Enables us to receive gifts from God• Makes our good works meritorious
MAKES US• Adopted children of God
• Partakers of the Divine Nature• Participants in Eternal Life
GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT•Justifies – forgiveness of sin•Sanctifies – makes holy
SANCTFYING GRACEENDURING QUALITY OF THE PERSON
• Sanctity• Beauty
• Friendship with Christ• Adopted Son/Daughter of the Father
• Indwelling of the Holy Spirit
CAN BE LOST
SACRAMENTAL GRACESTHE GRACE GIVEN IN EACH SACRAMENT
Given ex opere operatoReceived ex opere operantis
WHAT YOU SEEIS
WHAT YOU GET
BAPTISM•Washes away original sin•Washes away any personal sin•Remits all temporal punishments•Regeneration (new birth)•Infuses grace, hope, charity•Immerses into Christ•Immerses into Eternal Life•Imparts a character
CONFIRMATION•Imparts the gifts of the Holy Spirit•Brings the graces of Baptism to fulfillment•Commissions to act in the name of the Church•Commissions us a public witnesses for Christ•Imparts a Character
EUCHARIST•Communion with the person of Jesus Christ•Communion with the glorified flesh of Christ•Communion with the Sacrifice of Christ•Communion with the Church, the Body of Christ•Communion with each member of the Body of Christ, triumphant, militant, suffering
MATRIMONY•Raises the natural relationship of marriage to a Sacrament•Bonds a man and woman to each other as husband and wife•Strengthens husband and wife to fulfill the vows of marriage
HOLY ORDERS• Imparts the diaconate/priesthood of Christ• Imparts the authority proper to each order• Imparts the authority to act in the person of Christ• Imparts the authority to preside over public worship• Imparts the authority to preach publicly in the name of the Church• Imparts the authority to govern the Christian people entrusted to their pastoral care• Imparts a character•Strengthens the minister to fulfill the duties and obligations of his Sacred Ministry
PENANCE•Reconciles the penitent to God•Reconciles the pentient to the Church•Remits for the penitent the eternal punishments due to sin•Forgives all sin committed after Baptism•Strengthens the penitent to do penance•Strengthens the penitent to avoid sin in the future
ANOINTING OF THE SICK•Heals the spiritual illness of sin•Heals the soul of any wounds caused by sins of the past•Consecrates the body of the sick•Strengthens the mind of the sick•Prepares the body for its resurrection
SACRAMENTALCHARACTER
•PERSONAL•ONTOLOGICAL•SPIRITUAL•PERMANENT•ETERNAL
PARTICIPATIONIN THE PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST
BAPTISM - To actively participate in the Sacramental Life
especially in the Eucharistic Sacrifice
CONFIRMATION - To fruitfully participate in the
Sacramental Life and to take on liturgical ministries
ORDERS - To administrate the Sacramental Life and to
preside at the Liturgy, especially (for the priestly
character) the Eucharist
CHARACTER-LIKE SACRAMENTS
COMMUNION - * IN TERMS OF SPECIES
MARRIAGEANOINTING OF SICK
THE SACRED LITURGYTHE CONTEXT FORTHE CELEBRATION
OF THE SACRAMENTS
λειτουργία“leitourgia”public work
public servicepublic worship
Make all things according to the pattern shown you on the
mountain(Exodus 25:40)
The pattern for Christian Worship
Letter to the HebrewsBook of Revelation
•THE LITURGY IS THE WORSHIP IN HEAVEN
•THE LITURGY ON EARTH IS A PARTICIPATION IN THE LITURGY OF HEAVEN
• THE LITURGY IS THE WORSHIP OFTHE WHOLE BODY OF CHRIST
Head and Members
•THE LITURGY IS THE SOURCE OF SUMMIT OF ALL THE CHURCH’S ACTIVITY
Liturgyworship of the whole Church
(always public even if done privately)
Devotionworship of the local Church(always private even if done publically)
LITURGY OF THE WORD• The dialogue between the Father and the Son• The dialogue between Christ and his People
O God, whose ancient wondersremain undimmed in splendor even in our day
LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST• Christ offers his humanity at the right hand of the Father• The offering of the Body and Blood of Christ under the
appearance of bread and wine through the ministry of priests
In humble prayer we ask you, almighty God: command that these gifts be borneby the hands of your holy Angel to your altar on high in the sight of your divine Majesty, so
that all of us who through this participation at the altar receive the most holy Body and Blood of your Son, may be filled with every grace and heavenly blessing.
LITURGY OF THE SACRAMENTS• The Father gives the Spirit to the Son who sends the Spirit
to renew the face of the earth• The Church calls upon the Father to send the Spirit through
the SonO God, who by invisible power accomplish a wondrous effect
through sacramental signs
LITURGY OF HOURS• The angels and saints offer continual praise to the Trinity in
eternity• The Church on earth offers continual praise to the Trinity in
timewe give you thanks for bringing us safely to this evening hour.
May this lifting up of our hands in prayer be a sacrifice pleasing in your sight.