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“Sacraments are ‘actions of Christ.” By them His grace enters our soul to give it divine life and to nourish it. (Most Rev. Louis LaRavoire Morrow, STh.D.)

SACRAMENTS

• Comes from the Latin word “Sacra” which means SACRED.

• are efficacious signs of grace, originating in Christ and confided to his Church, by which the divine life of grace is instilled or deepened within us.

Sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace.

“Actions of Christ and of the Church which unite us to Christ by the Power of Holy Spirit, and incorporate us into His Body, the Church.” CJC 840

“An encounter of God’s adopted sons and daughters with their Father, through Christ in the Spirit, expressed as a dialogue through actions and words.” CCC 1153

SACRAMENT IS AN OUTWARD SIGN

• outward sign of grace

• something perceived by the senses

• The external thing or actions is called matter, and the formula of words is called form.

• Jesus is Primordial Sacrament

SACRAMENT IS INSTITUTED BY CHRIST

Jesus in His humanity is the sacrament of God’s saving love for all; the Church is the sacrament of Jesus, and the seven (7) ritual sacraments are sacraments of the Church, that is, they visibly manifest and effectively enact the Church’s ministry and mission of making Christ present. (CFC 1524)

SACRAMENT TO GIVE GRACE

➢Sacraments signify the graces they actually give.

“it is principally through the sacraments that we obtain the grace of God. They are channels by which grace enters our souls, to give them divine life and to nourish them.” Morrow, 1964

SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION

1.Baptism

2.Confirmation

3.Holy Eucharist

SACRAMENTS OF HEALING

4.Penance

5.Anointing of the Sick

SACRAMENTS OF COMMITMENT

6. Holy Orders

7.Matrimony

1.BAPTISM - cleansed us from original sin

2.CONFIRMATION – completes the sacrament of initiation

3.HOLY EUCHARIST – we received the Body and Blood of Christ

4.PENANCE – sins are forgiven

5.ANOINTING OF THE SICK – strengthens our soul and sometimes even our body

6.HOLY ORDERS – creates priests

7.MATRIMONY – unites man and woman

SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION

➢Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Eucharist

These sacraments, by drawing us toward full stature in Christ, empower us to carry out our mission as Christians in both the Church and the world. CFC 1643

SACRAMENTS OF HEALING

➢Penance and Anointing of the Sick

“the Lord Jesus Christ, physician of our souls and bodies, who forgave the sins of the paralytic and restored him to bodily health, has willed that His Church continue, in the power of the Holy Spirit, his work of healing and salvation, even among her own members.” CCC 1421

SACRAMENTS OF VOCATION/MINISTRY

➢Holy Orders and Matrimony

“they express different basic ways of living out Christ’s Gospel which proclaims that true life is found in loving service of one another.” CFC 1874

When the sacrament is being administered against the will of person, this will become invalid, and will have no sacramental effect. Morrow, 1964

Ceremonies are not necessary for the validity of the sacraments.

“Ceremonies make the occasions more solemn and meaningful, and to increase the devotion of the recipient.” Morrow, 1964

“You will never succeed in life if you try to hide your sins. Confess them up; then God will show mercy to you.” (Prov. 28:13).

The Latin word is SACRAMENTUM which means “a sign of the sacred.” They are special occasions of experiencing God’s saving presence. They are signs and instruments of God’s grace.

RECONCILIATION

came from the Latin word “reconciliare” which means to “back or bring together.” By definition, it is to “restore friendly relations.”

I. SACRAMENTS

SACRAMENT IS AN OUTWARD SIGN

SACRAMENT IS INSTITUTED BY CHRIST

SACRAMENT TO GIVE GRACE

THE 7 SACRAMENTS

WHAT IF THE SACRAMENT HAS BEEN ADMINISTERED AGAINST THE WILL OF PERSON?

WHY DO WE NEED CEREMONIES IN CELEBRATING THE SACRAMENTS?

II. THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

FILIPINO CHRISTIAN LIVING

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION

Jesus Christ is the primordial sacrament. He is the sacrament of God’s love. The Church is the sacrament of Christ because He established it.

➢Confession when stressing the need to acknowledge our sins and ask for forgiveness.

➢Sacrament of penance to focus on the conversion process of contrition, repentance and satisfaction.

➢Sacrament of reconciliation to bring out the restoring of our graced relationship of love and friendship with God and our neighbor.

➢This is the sacrament through which we obtain pardon from God for sins committed after baptism and for which we are truly repentant.

➢We are reconciled with the Christian community, the Church.

➢It is Jesus Christ our savior who instituted in his Church the sacrament of penance when he gave his apostles and their successors the power to forgive sins (Jn. 20:21-23 & Mk. 2:1-10).

1.CONTRITION

sorrow for sins. Contrition requires sincere examination of conscience. To do this, a person must ask themselves questions based on the 10 Commandments, to see if they have sinned.

2.CONFESSION

owning up honestly about sin, accepting responsibility for sin. Confession involves stating all the mortal and venial sins to the priest.

3.PENANCE/SATISFACTION

doing what is possible to repair harm of offence. The two parts of satisfaction are penance and prayer of sorrow (act of contrition).

PENANCE is when the priest states the satisfaction to be made (this could be returning stolen goods, paying compensation for damage done, a prayer).

A prayer of sorrow can be a prayer in the person's own words, or a formal prayer.

4.ABSOLUTION

is the efficacious sign of God’s pardon, which reconcile the penitent to God and to the Christian community, through the act of the priest-confessor.

❖Priests are bound with something called the Sacramental Seal, which means they cannot tell your confessions to anyone.

❖The Church regards the seal of confession as sacred. Every person whether priest or laity must take the obligation to preserve the secrecy of confession absolutely seriously.

➢MATTER – sins

➢FORM – absolution

➢WHO – those with sins who have reached the age of reason.

➢MINISTERS – Priest/Bishop

➢EFFECTS:

1.restoration or increase of sanctifying grace.

2.forgiveness of sins.

3.remission of eternal and temporal punishment

4.the help to avoid sin in future

5.the restoration of the merits of our good works if they have been lost by mortal sin.

“They anointed with oil, many who were sick and cured them.” (Mk. 6:12-13).

the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick has a very important community dimension. In illness, particularly one as we near the end of our lives, we should never have to stand alone. We should not have to face infirmity without the consolation of others.

In James 5: 14-15, the sick person is instructed to call the elders of the Church. These presbyters represent the community and the community’s concern.

THE TERM ANOINTING

Anointing came from the Latin word “inungere”, from in-upon and ungere means anoint, smear or rub with oil.

typically as part of a religious ceremony.”This is also being used in many occasions like to nominate or choose (someome) as successors to or leading candidate for a position.”

THE SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING

Anointing of the Sick in the Roman Catholic Church is the sacramental anointing of the ill or infirm with blessed oil; unction.

This is a sacrament which through 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.

➢Changing its aim to serving sick, not only the dying, and hence the change of its name to “Anointing of the sick, instead of Extreme Unction.”

➢Inserting the prayer of faith in which the community, represented by the priest, the family, friends and neighbors – all pray for those to be anointed.

➢Giving emphasis to Christ, the Healer, who transforms the meaning and significance of the sick person’s illness into a sharing in his own saving work.

➢Holy Viaticum (with-you-on-the-way). It is the Eucharist given to the dying Christian. It vividly pictures Christ as leading and accompanying in his own saving work.

➢MATTER – blessed oil

➢FORM – is the prayer formula/Viaticum

➢WHO – person with grave illness and in danger of death

➢MINISTERS – Priest/Bishop

➢EFFECTS:

1.The whole man is brought to health.

2.Trust in God is encourage.

3.Strength is given to resist the temptation of the evil one and anxiety about death.

4.A return to physical health may even follow if it will be beneficial to the sick person’s salvation.