unit 2 baptism review

what must happen to children and adults even after baptism?

Must continue to grow in faith

When do you renew your baptismal promises?

Easter season

The baptismal vows are broken into:

Renounciation of Sin (saying you renounce the devil and all his works)

Profession of faith (professing your faith in the father, son, and Holy Spirit)(echoes the apostles creed)

Who can get baptized?

Everyone

Who can baptize?

The bishops, priests, and deacons

(But under extreme circumstances, anyone can baptize)

Requirements for baptism of infant

Faith of parents and godparents

Faith the child will be raised Christian

The effects of baptism

Sins are washed away

It is possible to share in eternal salvation

We become adopted children of god

We become members of the church, the body of Christ

what are the essential elements of the sacrament of baptism?

Pouring of water

Correct formula

Other elements include: oil,chrism,candle,white garment

Baptism, confirmation, and holy orders leave an ______ mark on one’s soul

Indelible:

(A lifelong distinguishing mark)

(A mark of responsibility)

(A mark of configuration)

why is baptism important?

Jesus tells nichodimus the pharisee you can’t enter Heaven without baptism

Define catechumens

If someone wants to receive baptism but couldn’t, but are still assured salvation

Give three examples of how the water and spirit is shown in scripture:

-in the beginning, the Bible shows the water and spirit in the first part of creation

-the water that flows from the side of Christ on the cross

-Jesus is baptized in the Jordan River by John the baptist

When do the apostles start baptizing people? (After Jesus told them to baptize on the cross)

Pentecost

Who is at Jesus’s baptism?

John the Baptist (he ministers it)

Holy Spirit

God the father (says this is my beloved son)

What are Jesus’s last instructions before he ascends into heaven?

He tells people to baptize

Become disciples of all nations

Can you still go to Heaven if not baptized?

Yes, unless freely rejecting baptism

What is baptism? Definition

To plunge, immerse

Who has the power to forgive you?

Jesus, given from god

The way God works, his actions, and his plans are a _______

Mystery

What does it mean to be carrying around the death of Jesus?

Acting in reflection of Jesus’s life

Knowing jesus died for us

How can we help ourselves in the mystery of suffering?

We can be more Christ-like

Should we look for suffering?

God will provide suffering

How have we numbed ourselves from the problems of this world?

Addiction to drugs and alcohol

Cell phone distractions

What is beatific vision?

Our eternal reward to see god face to face

God raising us and putting us in his presence

When does god pray to himself on our behalf?

In the garden of Adam and Eve

In the Eucharist in the mass (Jesus and his body praying to god)

How is baptism a doorway to Christ?

the faithful are born anew in the sacrament of baptism, strengthened by the Holy Spirit.

List three examples of the prefiguration of baptism in the Old Testament

The story of Noah and the flood

The parting of the Red Sea

The crossing of the Jordan River when the Israelites arrived in the promised land

why can baptism only be received once?

Because baptism imprints the soul with a permanent mark.

why is baptism necessary, and what are the implications or connections of involvement as a Christian after receiving baptism?

Because baptism is the source of new life in Christ and Christian life, and god commands all his disciples to be baptized.

by being baptized, you become a priest, prophet, and king, and promise to continue to grow in faith.

explain the baptism of desire vs of blood

Baptism of desire: an occasion where god might schooler to offer someone the same grace that they would have received if they’d been baptized

Baptism of blood: when people are saved by the Chruch after dying for their faith, even if they aren’t baptized

What two sacraments is St. Pio most known for?

Penitence and the celebration of the Eucharist

Gen 12 1-3 reads: Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. ² I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. ³ I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

 What is happening here?

Promise of the old covenant

Ezekiel 36 25-27 reads: I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. ²⁶ A new heart I will give you, and a new spirit I will put within you; and I will remove from your body the heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. ²⁷ I will put my spirit within you, and make you follow my statutes and be careful to observe my ordinances.

What does this mean?

The Promise of a new heart through the Holy Spirit and Water

Joel 2 28-29 reads: Then afterward

I will pour out my spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your old men shall dream dreams,

and your young men shall see visions.

²⁹​Even on the male and female slaves,

in those days, I will pour out my spirit

What does this mean?

The promise of the Holy Spirit on all flesh

the Israelites were freed from _______. They wander in the desert and regress to ________ _______ _____. They complain to ______ & ______.

Egypt, worshipping false idols, God and Moses.

God provided the Israelites with food through what?

The manna

After they noticed their wrongs, the Israelites decided to ______. _________ interceded for them.

Repent, Moses

Saint Paul told us “brothers and sister, in Christ Jesus, though he was God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped.” What does this mean?

God will take human form and humble himself. He will become one of us, and become obedient all the way to death on the cross.

Why is the Holy Spirit a gift?

The Holy Spirit is for everyone, and you don’t need to give anything to receive it