re sacraments pt.2

Sin

a moral attitude, power, action, or refusal to act hat leads us into evil, alienates/separates us from our true selves, our neighbors, the community, and God

Sin

It often becomes “compulsive” or “addictive,” and weakens our power of resistance

• personal

• social

• structural

Sin can be:

personal

as committed by the individual person, but always in relation to others and the community

social

s common negative moral attitudes and acts

structural

as economic, social or political patterns or systems that produce injustice and harm.

• the nature of the act,

• the intention of the doer

• the circumstances relevant to the sin committed

The factors which determine the gravity of a sin are:

Mortal sin and Venial sin

sins are commonly classified as:

Mortal sin

“sin unto death”

Mortal sin

kills our basic love relationship with God and others. For a sin to be considered ____ there must be grave matter, sufficient knowledge and full consent.

Venial sin

“excusable sin”

Venial sin

sins which does not involve our fundamental core freedom, but undermines and weakens our love relationships with God and others. Some ___ sins can deeply hurt our relationships with God and others, and should be confessed in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

• contrition,

• confession, and

• penance/satisfaction.

The acts of the penitent are:

absolution

The act of the priest-confessor is:

absolution

which is the efficacious sign of God’s pardon, which reconciles the penitent to God and to the Christian community.

Indulgences

are the remission of all (plenary) or part (partial) of the temporal punishment due to sins which have already been forgiven.

Anointing of the Sick

is the Sacrament which through the laying on of hands, the prayer of faith, and the anointing with blessed oil, provides the sick with Christ’s healing grace of the Holy Spirit

Cure

refers to the medical pursuit of the eradication of disease or defect.

Healing

refers rather to the holistic care that touches body, mind and spirit of the sick person.

Holy Viaticum

is the Eucharist given to the dying Christian.

Holy Viaticum

It vividly pictures Christ as leading and accompanying the Christian into the heavenly banquet.

Sacraments of Marriage and Holy Orders

it directly “call” the recipients to “minister” in Christ to the needs of others and of the Church itself, in its mission of drawing all persons to life-in-Christ.

• secularization of the marriage bond,

• the growing loss of the Christian view of sexuality, and

• the general weakening of Filipino moral and family values.

While marriage and the family are very highly esteemed, they are under great pressure from:

Marriage

is a unique sacrament in that it is built into the very nature of our human reality as: created male and female, through God’s love, in the image of God who is love, and called to a covenant of loving one another, in sharing God’s own divine love.

• the two basic ends of marriage

• the fall from conjugal unity and equality

• God promising a Savior

What does Genesis teach about Marriage:

procreative and unitive

the two basic ends of marriage:

procreative

propagating the human race

unitive

the two are called to become one body in intimate equal partnership of life and love

• sacrament,

• mutual love and fidelity of spouses

• offspring.

What are the three “goods/values of Marriage”:

Marriage Spirituality

Married couples and parents have their own path to holiness through their faithful love.

Virginity or celibacy

are the two ways of expressing and living the one mystery of God’s covenant with His people.

Holy Orders

is the sacrament of apostolic ministry through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church till the end of time.

through common priesthood and ministerial priesthood

How does Christ share his Priesthood:

common priesthood

all the baptized share in Christ as prophet, priest and king.

ministerial priesthood

those ordained in the Sacrament of Holy Orders are called to preach the Word of God, administer the Sacraments, and lead/build up the unity of the Christian community.

Bishops, Priests, Deacons

three degrees of the Sacrament of orders:

Bishops

on whom the fullness of the priesthood is conferred

Priests

who serve the Church as co-workers under the Bishop

Deacons

who minister in various ways in the service of the liturgy, the Gospel and works of charity.

Holy Spirit

it configures the ordained to Christ, Head and Shepherd of the Church, by a special grace, and confers an indelible spiritual “character,” which marks the priest for special ministry in the Church.