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Opening Prayer

Come, Holy Spirit

Leader: Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts

of Your faithful and kindle in them the fire
of Your love.
All: Send forth Your Spirit, and they shall
be created and You shall renew the face of
the earth.

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Leader: Let us pray
All: O God, Who teaches the hearts of Your
faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant
us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment
in all things and forever rejoice in His holy
comfort, through Christ, Our Lord. Amen
Our Lady seat of Wisdom, pray for us.
St. Raphael, pray for us.

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 DAILY OFFERING
O Jesus, Through the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, I offer You my prayers, works, joys and
sufferings of this day for all the intentions of
Your Sacred Heart, in union with the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass throughout the world,
in reparation for sins, for the intentions of all
my relatives and friends and, in particular, for
the intentions of the Holy Father. Amen.
Getting to know YOU
 THE PILLARS
• The Apostles’ Creed (I Believe in You)

• The 10 Commandments (I Love You)

• The 7 Sacraments (I Adore You)

• The Lord’s Prayer (I Hope in You)

 The New commandment
• Love the Lord, your God, with your
whole heart, with your whole body,
with your whole soul. (Commandments 1-
3) and

• Love your neighbor as you love

yourself. (Commandments 4-10)
Signs and Symbols
 The Sacraments
• The sacraments celebrate Jesus as the Way, the Truth,
and the Life.

• The sacraments are a way for us to live life to the fullest.

• The sacraments are the way to allow Jesus to touch our

lives.
 Definitions of Sacrament
• St. Paul – sacramentum = mysterion God’s hidden plan to fulfill all
things in Christ.
• St. Augustine stressed sign and symbol (something concrete that
points to something else.)
• St. Thomas Aquinas added that sacraments are efficacious signs or
symbols of grace. They effect, cause, and are what they signify.

POPULAR DEFINITION
A Sacrament is defined as "an outward sign of inward grace"
which was instituted by Christ Himself and receives its power
from God, through the merits of Christ.
Sacraments ARE what they symbolize
To be a sacrament, a sign or symbol must do the
following:
– Lead us to God
– Come from God
– Be an action of God

The best example

of a sacrament is
Jesus Christ himself.
The Primordial Sacrament
• Jesus is the starting point
of all sacraments.

• Jesus is the perfect sign of

God’s great love for us.

• The fundamental nature of

a sacrament is revealed in
Jesus.
 Jesus is really present in the Eucharist

• Jesus is present in the priest, the

minister of the sacrament.

• Jesus is present when the Holy

Scriptures are read.

• Jesus is present in the community

assembled

• Jesus is really present in the

consecrated species of bread and wine.
 The Church as Sacrament
• The Church is a
mystery.

• The Church is
beloved of Christ.

• The Church is an
efficacious
symbol.
Liturgy (the Work of the People)
• The first and most important work of the
Church is to make present Christ’s Paschal
Mystery here and now. We do this in liturgy.

• All the sacraments are liturgy – the work of

the people…none are private affairs.

• Every sacrament is a community affair – an

affair of the Church.
 Sign, Symbol - Sacrament
St. Thomas • We are born: Baptism

Aquinas • We grow: Confirmation

taught that
• We are fed: Eucharist
human
development • We are healed: Penance
is marked by
• We recover: Anointing of the Sick
seven stages
which parallel • We need & form family: Matrimony
the seven
• We need & respond to leaders: Holy Orders
sacraments.
 The Seven Sacraments
• Sacraments of Initiation – Baptism,
Confirmation, Eucharist.

• Sacraments of Healing –
Reconciliation (Penance), Anointing of the
Sick.

• Sacraments at the Service of

Communion – Matrimony, Holy Orders.
 Sacraments of the Dead
Baptism and Penance
are known as the
"Sacraments of the
Dead" because before
receiving them when
needed, we are dead in
sin.
 Sacraments of the Living
Confirmation, Holy Eucharist,
Extreme Unction, Holy
Orders, and Matrimony are
known as the "Sacraments of
the Living" because one must
be in a state of grace to
receive them licitly and
receive their fruits; they give
additional grace to souls
already spiritually alive.
 Social Sacraments

Matrimony and Holy

Orders are known as the
"Social Sacraments"
because they are designed
primarily for the benefit of
society and confer a social
status.
 Sacraments with Indelible Marks

Baptism, Confirmation,
and Holy Orders are the
three Sacraments which
leave an indelible mark on
the recipient's soul and
can never be repeated.
 Council of Florence
• Proper MATTER – the prescribed
materials.

• Correct words or FORM – the

prescribed words and gestures.

• Designated MINISTER – the

prescribed minister.
 THE SEVEN
SACRAMENTS
To be continued…
Closing Prayer

Closing Prayer

With His continued assistance may

we attain the perfection in the state
of life to which You have called us.

This we ask, through the merits of

Jesus Christ Your Son. Amen

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