Sacraments of Service and Communion Study Guide

Baptism Form

“N., I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit”

Baptism Matter

Water, chrisms, white garment, candle

Baptism Celebrant

Bishop, priest, or deacon

Any baptized person in an emergency situation

Confirmation Form

“N., be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit”

Confirmation Matter

Laying on of hands, anointing with chrism

Confirmation Celebrant

Bishop, priest if given explicit authority

Eucharist Form

“This is my body…”

“This is the cup of my blood…”

Eucharist Matter

Unleavened bread, wine

Eucharist Celebrant

Priest, bishop

Matrimony Form

Word of Consent, vows

Matrimony Matter

Free, faithful, fruitful, total

Matrimony Celebrant

The couple

Holy Orders Form

Prayer of Consecration

Holy Orders Matter

Laying on of hands, anointing

Holy Orders Celebrant

Bishop

Ephesians 5:25

“Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the Church and handed himself over for her to sanctify her”

Hebrews 5:8–9

“Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered; and when he was made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him”

6 main points of the Theology of the Body

God made this world on purpose and out of love

God made humanity in his image and likeness

God made human beings a body-soul composite

Therefore what you do with your body matters

God is love

Jesus came to restore the brokenness that happened with the fall

Rite of Matrimony

Introductory Rites

Liturgy of the Word: Readings and Homily

Celebration of Marriage

Questions

Consent (join hands)

Blessing of Rings

Exchange of Rings

Universal Prayer

Liturgy of the Eucharist

Nuptial Blessing

Sign of Peace

Solemn Blessing

When does the sacrament of marriage actually take place?

during the consent/vows

Four marks of consent

Free, faithful, fruitful, total

Free

The will of the man and woman to give themselves to each other in order to live a lifelong covenant of love

Faithful

Conjugal love requires the inviolable fidelity of the spouse

Fruitful

Ordered to the procreation and education of the offspring

Total

So they are no longer two, but one flesh

Episcopacy

Order of Bishops

Presbyterate

Order of Priests

Diaconate

Order of Deacons

ordination

The Sacrament that integrates men into one of the three Holy Orders

Transitional deacon

Preparing for priesthood

Permanent deacon

Intend to remain a deacon forever

Who was the first high priest?

Aaron

Which tribe did God choose to be priests?

Levi

Natural Family Planning

Used by Catholic families to space out pregnancies without using contraception and still remaining open to life

Mixed marriage

A marriage between people of different religions (ex. Any Catholic and any non-Catholic, baptized or not)

Annulment

A declaration by the church that a marriage thought to be valid according to Church law was actually not valid because it fell short of at least one of the essential elements

Old Testament meaning of “Covenant”

A gift from God to the people of Israel

New Testament meaning of “Covenant”

A gift of God to humanity, through Jesus

What does the Wedding at Cana symbolize?

A sign of blessing upon the state of marriage because that is where Jesus revealed his glory

Organization of ___________ directly affects marriage and the family

Society

What is the greatest union between?

Christ and the Church

sacrament

efficacious and visible signs of God’s grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us