Unit 1

Sacrament

An efficacious sign of grace instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church by which divine life is dispensed through the work of the Holy Spirit

Grace

The free and undeserved gift of God’s loving and active presence in the universe and in our lives empowering us to respond to his call and live as his adopted sons and daughters. Grace restores our loving communion with the Holy Trinity lost through sin

Sanctifying grace

The free and unmerited favor of god given through the sacraments. This heals human nature wounded by sin by giving man a share in the divine life infused into the soul by the Holy Spirit to heal from sin and sanctify

Actual grace

The supernatural, free and undeserved help from god is given for specific circumstances to help us choose what is good and avoid what is evil

Divine presence

To experience gods presence is to experience the shining of gods face

Sacramental economy

The communion or dispensation of the fruits of Christs paschal mystery in the celebration of the churches sacramental liturgy

Sacramental

An action or object that disposes us to gods grace

Rite

The form and manner of any religious observance

Efficacious

Effective, clear

Concupiscence

Human appetites or desires remain disordered due to the temporal consequence of original sin, you can see how growth in moral virtues can help us to overcome the different expressions of concupiscence in our lives

Mystical body of Christ

(Another name for church), this doctrine holds that believers are united to Christ as branches to a vine and united to one another

Original sin

First sin by Adam and even that separated us from God

Matter

The material to physical sign of a sacrament

minister

The person who administers of celebrated a sacrament

Protodvangelium

Bringing good news and the first message of good news - promise of the messiah

Liturgy

The churches official, public, communal prayer

Adoration

Worship - the humble acknowledgment by human beings that they are the creatures of the thrice

Veneration

Showing devotion and respect to our blessed mother and the saints who were viewed as faithful

Salvation history

The pattern of specific events in the human history that reveal gods presence and saving actions

The adoration rendered almighty god by the angels and saints in heaven most especially through the eternal pleading of Christ

Heavenly liturgy