CELEBRATING GOD’S GIFTS:

THE SACRAMENTS
ACTIVITY 1 (PAGE 104)
SACRAMENT
 SACRAMENT
✓ Sign and Symbol
✓ Love
✓ Jesus Christ
✓ Church
✓ Holiness
 WHAT IS
SACRAMENT?
 SACRAMENT
•Efficient Signs of
God’s Grace
instituted by
Christ for man’s
sanctification
and salvation.
 SACRAMENT
•From the
Latin word
Sacramentum
which means
“sacred or
holy”.
SACRAMENT
•Is a visible sign
of an invisible
reality.
SACRAMENT: SIGN

•They are signs

because they are
sensible symbols
of God’s Grace.
 SACRAMENT:
EFFICIENT

•They are efficient

because they
actualize the
spiritual reality they
represent.
 SACRAMENT:
GRACE
•They transmit the
Divine Grace or the
Love of God which
is either Sanctifying
or Sacramental.
 SACRAMENT:
GRACE
Sanctifying Grace, which is the
Communion with God, is
conferred by Baptism and
Penance. The Sacramental Grace
which is the Divine assistance in
performing our duties, is
bestowed by all Sacraments in
accordance with their specific
purposes.
THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS
1. Baptism
2. Confirmation
3. The Holy Eucharist
4. Reconciliation
5. The Anointing of the Sick
6. Matrimony
7. Holy Orders
LET’S READ ACTIVITY 2 ON PAGE
107-109, “ AN EXCERPT FROM THE
LITTLE PRINCE”.
 The most basic definition of sacrament is true about
Jesus Christ. Through the Incarnation, God became
human in Jesus Christ. Jesus is the first and most
important physical embodiment of God and that is why
He may also be called a sacrament of God.
 • We use the term primordial
sacrament of God to describe Jesus
Christ. Primordial here means “first
and most important.”
 THE PRINCIPLE OF
SACRAMENTALITY
Sacrament in general sense,
is any material or sensible
reality that makes present a
spiritual reality.
 THE PRINCIPLE OF
SACRAMENTALITY

➢ Jesus Christ, the Primordial Sacrament of God

➢ The Church, the Fundamental Sacrament of Jesus
Christ in the World
➢ The Seven Sacraments of the Church
 Christ is truly and physically present in the
world today through His Body, the Church. The
Church continues Christ’s work and mission of
preaching the Good News of salvation to all.
 The Church shares in Christ’s mission in a
special way through the seven ritual sacraments.
Each of the seven sacraments of the Church is a
physical or material reality that makes Jesus
Christ present in our life.
 THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS

Are the “saving symbolic acts or visible signs arising

from the ministry of Christ and continued in, by, and
for the Church, which we received or celebrated in
faith, fashions us into likeness to Christ in His Paschal
Mystery, through the power of the Holy Spirit.
( CFC no. 1531)
 SACRAMENTS
A. Saving Symbolic Acts or visible Signs
B. Arising from the Ministry of Christ
C. Continued in, by, and for the Church
D. Which when received or celebrated in Faith
E. Fashions us into likeness to Christ in His Paschal Mystery
through the Power of the Holy Spirit
 SACRAMENTS CORRESPOND TO KEY
MOMENTS IN OUR HUMAN BEING

• Birth Baptism ( Birth into the family of God)

• Maturity Confirmation ( Maturing in Faith)
• Physical Nourishment Eucharist ( Spiritual nourishment)
• Sin and Forgiveness Reconciliation ( with God and others)
• Physical Sickness Anointing of the Sick ( Spiritual and physical healing)
• Love Matrimony
• Service and Mission Holy Orders
 CLASSIFICATIONS OF
SACRAMENTS
Sacrament of Initiation Sacrament of Healing Sacrament of Service of
Communion
✓ Baptism ✓ Reconciliation
✓ Holy Orders
✓ Confirmation ✓ Anointing of the Sick
✓ Matrimony
✓ Holy Eucharist
 BAPTISM
✓Is the First Sacrament to be received.
✓The door of faith
✓Through Baptism, we were born “of water and Spirit” and made a new
creation in Christ.
✓The essence of the Sacrament is the pouring or immersion in water
and the bishop, priest or deacon pronouncing , “ I baptize you in the
name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
 BAPTISM
• Comes from the Greek word that
means “to plunge” or “to immerse”.
The symbolic plunging and rising up
again from the water reminds us
that a new Catholic enters into
Christ’s death and then rises to a
new life of grace.
 SYMBOLS IN BAPTISM
• Water – water represents cleansing
• Oil – in ancient world, oil was used to anoint kings
and queens to show they were set apart
• White garment – Purity, means putting on Christ,
similar to a bride
• Candle – Christ is the light of the world and so we
should be as well
SACRAMENT MATTER FORM MINISTER EFFECT

BAPTISM Water “I baptize Bishop, Cleanses

(Immersio you in the Priest or Original Sin,
n, Infusion name of Deacon made and
or the Father, (In an adopted
Sprinkling) Son, and emergency son/daughter
Holy anyone of God,
Spirit” can baptize) entrance
into the
Church,
receive the
Holy Spirit,
indelible
mark on the
soul
 CONFIRMATION
✓The Sacrament that bestows on the person the grace to
grow in the gifts of the Holy Spirit and strengthen us in the
mission to follow Christ.
✓The essential symbolic action in confirmation is the laying
on of hands by the bishop and the anointing of the
confirmand with chrism or holy oil.
✓Confirmation means to confirm our Baptism.
 CONFIRMATION

• A sacrament in which the Holy Spirit

is perfected in those already
baptized in order to make them
strong and perfect Christians and
soldiers of Jesus Christ.
 CONFIRMATION
• Confirmation confers a sacramental character that
cannot be erased and that predisposes the Christian
person to receive the very life of God, and his divine
protection.
• Confirmation completes the baptismal grace. The
Christian participates now fully in the body of Christ
with rights an obligations of a spiritual and temporal
character.
• The Confirmed person is compelled to witness the
Christian faith with conviction by word and deeds.
SACRAMENT MATTER FORM MINISTER EFFECT

Chrism/
“Be sealed Increase in
Blessed Oil with the gift Bishop the Holy
CONFIRMATION
& of (The bishop Spirit and
The Laying the Holy may also His
on of Spirit” designate a gifts, full
Hands
priest to initiation
Confirm) into the
Church,
 THE HOLY EUCHARIST

✓The Sacrament in which Jesus Christ gives His whole self –

Body and Blood –for us uniting us closer to Him and
deepening our communion with His body, the Church.
✓Eucharist is the “source and summit of Christian life”
✓The mysterious center of all the sacraments
 HOLY EUCHARIST

• The Eucharist is the celebration of the death, burial

and resurrection of Jesus.
• In the Bible, it is called the Lord's Supper.
• Christians are invited to celebrate the Eucharist
every week (Sunday) during Mass.
• Children usually make their First Holy Communion
at the age of 7 or 8.
 HOLY EUCHARIST

• Christ instituted the Eucharist during a Passover

meal held at the Last Supper as a memorial of his
Death and Resurrection.
• At the Council of Trent (1545 – 1563) the doctrine of
transubstantiation was defined and the Roman
Missal was published by Pope Pius V.
SACRAMENT MATTER FORM MINISTER EFFECT

Bread and
Wine “This is My Bishop or Unity with
HOLY
EUCHARIST Body” & Priest Christ, unity
“This is with the
My Blood” Church in
Heaven &
Earth.
 RECONCILIATION

✓Also called sacrament of Penance or Confession

✓The sacrament by which we receive the grace of forgiveness
✓ Through priest’s absolution, we sacramentally receive Christ’s
forgiveness
✓Reconciliation restores our communion with God
✓The Church continues Christ’s work of extending mercy and
compassion
 RECONCILIATION

• Penance renews, restores, and strengthens our

relationship with God and the community after it
has been damaged by sin.
• Penance shows that God’s love is without limits
 RECONCILIATION

• The acts of the person who undergoes conversion

-Contrition
-Confession
-Satisfaction
• The intervention of the Church-Absolution from the priest
• All Catholics are required to go to confession at least once
per year to confess serious sins
SACRAMENT MATTER FORM MINISTER EFFECT

Healing and
Contrition
Reconciliation
for and
“I absolve Bishop or forgiveness
Confession you of your Priest of sins, grace
of Sins sins in to avoid
the name of future sin,
the Father, healing of
Son, relationship
and Holy with Christ,
Spirit” reconciles
relationship
with the
Church
ANOINTING OF THE
SICK
 ANOINTING OF THE
SICK
✓Sacrament that offers the gift of healing and hope to those who are
critically sick
✓It imparts the gifts of consolation, peace, spiritual strength and
empowers the sick person
✓Also offers forgiveness
✓This sacrament consists of the imposition of holy oil on the forehead
and hands of the sick person accompanied by prayers led by the priest
or bishop.
 ANOINTING OF THE SICK

• The sacrament encourages those who are sick to

overcome the alienation caused by illness.
• Jesus continues to bring healing through the
prayers of the Church, and through the sacraments,
especially the Eucharist and the Anointing of the
Sick.
 ANOINTING OF THE SICK

• In the Middle Ages the sacrament was administered

only to the dying and was called Extreme Unction –
“the Last Anointing.”
• Viaticum – is the final reception of the Eucharist.
 ANOINTING OF THE SICK

• Since Vatican II, this sacrament

is celebrated for those suffering
from serious illness, for the
elderly, for those facing major
surgery -- and for the dying.
SACRAMENT MATTER FORM MINISTER EFFECT

“Through this Forgiveness

Blessed Oil holy
ANOINTING OF
& The
Bishop or of Sins,
THE SICK anointing, may
Laying on of the Lord in
Priest strength for
Hands his love and the
mercy help suffering,
you indelible
with the grace mark on the
of the Holy
Spirit. May the
soul
Lord who
frees you from
sin save you
and raise you
up.”
 MATRIMONY
✓The rite in which a man and a woman make a covenant before God
and the Church to love each other and commit to each other fully as
husband and wife unto death.
✓Sacrament of God’s love for His people summoning the man and
woman to always live in love and faithfulness
✓Instrument of God’s life-giving love to others
✓The minsters of the Sacrament of Matrimony are, in fact, the bride and
the groom
• Marriage is a sacred covenant --
that is an agreement between
the husband and wife, and
between the couple and God.
 MATRIMONY

• From the time of creation, marriage has been an

institution established by God, not by man.
• Sacramental marriage was modeled on the
relationship between Christ and the Church
 MATRIMONY

• The goodness of Marriage includes:

-The procreation of children.
-The chastity of the spouses and their fidelity to each
other.
-The indissoluble union of marriage.
THE ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF MATRIMONY
IS THE MUTUAL CONSENT TO MARRY

• The words of consent must be freely given.

• Catholics must marry in the presence of a priest or
a deacon, and in the presence of two witnesses.
• The spouses themselves are the ministers of the
sacrament.
SACRAMENT MATTER FORM MINISTER EFFECT

Indissoluble
Mutual
MATRIMONY
Consent to
Vows The Couple bond
Enter into between the
Marriage & couples,
Consummation grace for the
of the unity of the
Marriage
family, special
grace to help
the other
attain
holiness
• Since marriage is considered a sacred sacrament, the
Catholic Church doesn't believe in divorce and considers it
a sin.
• A divorce holds that the spouses were previously married
but chose to legally separate. An annulment, however,
legally determines the marriage was never valid.
 HOLY ORDERS

✓ the Ordained receives the gift of the Holy Spirit who gives him a
sacred authority that is conferred upon him by Christ through the
Bishop.
✓The Holy Orders has 3 degrees
1. Episcopate ( Bishops)
2. Presbyterate ( Priests)
3. Diaconate ( deacons)
 HOLY ORDERS

• A call by God to serve the Church in a very special

way.
• Essential rite includes: the laying on of hands by the
bishop accompanied by a special prayer of
consecration.
• An indelible spiritual character is conferred on the
ordained man.
SACRAMENT MATTER FORM MINISTER EFFECT

Indelible mark
The prayer Bishop on the soul,
Laying on of Able to act
HOLY ORDERS
Hands
of as a
ordination representative
according of Christ in a
or the unique way,
particular specific effects
different
order for the three
(deacon, level – deacon,
priest, or priest,
bishop) bishop
 HOLY ORDERS

✓ In the priestly ordination , a bishop calls the future priests by name.

the priest then promises obedience to the bishop and his successor.
The bishop then lays hands upon the priest and pronounces the
words of consecration.
✓The sacramental action leaves an “indelible ink” on the priest that can
never be lost, further, empowering him to proclaim the Gospel,
administering sacraments and celebrate the Holy Eucharist.