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A. From the blessing of The Celebration of Christ Mystery & Baptismal water at the The Seven Sacraments Easter Vigil - When a person is baptized, they...

A. From the blessing of The Celebration of Christ Mystery & Baptismal water at the The Seven Sacraments Easter Vigil - When a person is baptized, they are being given a new life in God, free from sin, and welcomed into the Christian faith. The water used in baptism symbolizes this new beginning. B. From the Presentation of the Gifts during the 1. Efficacious signs of grace Liturgy of the Eucharist - Efficacious means something that really works or has an effect. - Grace is like a gift from God. It’s God’s way of helping people or - During the Liturgy of the being with them Eucharist, the priest or deacon says a prayer over the water and wine that are about to be used for communion. 2. Entrusted to the Church - In the prayer, they ask that - means that something important through the mixing of water and was given to the Church to take wine, the people who receive it care of. will share in the divinity of Christ. This means that, through the Eucharist, people are drawn 3. By which the divine life is given closer to Christ and receive to us spiritual strength. ★ What is the divine mission? - In short, during the Eucharist, we - Make disciples: Teach people believe we are given God’s life to about Jesus and help them help us grow spiritually. become His followers. - Baptize them: Help them become part of the faith through Basic Purposes of Sacraments baptism. - Teach them: Teach others to follow Jesus' teachings. 1. For Sanctification - help increase or strengthen your holiness.  - Makes us closer to God Is there some inner logic that unites the sacraments with each other? 2. For Salvation - help save us and get us ready for life after death with God. - The sacraments are all connected because they are ways we encounter Christ, who is called Why does the Church have 7 the Original Sacrament. sacraments? In each sacrament, we are meeting Christ in a special way. For example: Saint Thomas Aquinas taught that In Baptism, we share in Jesus' human life and spiritual growth are death and resurrection. like a journey that passes through seven In the Eucharist, we receive the important stages. body and blood of Christ. In Penance, we experience We are born: Baptism Christ’s forgiveness. We grow: Confirmation We are fed: Eucharist (holy communion) We are healed: Penance (sins) Essential Elements We recover: Anointing of the Sick We need and form family: 1. Minister Matrimony - Who performs the sacraments We need and respond to leaders: 2. Matter (sensible element) Holy Orders (priests, bishops, - What we can see, touch, or feel deacons) 3. Form (formula) - specific words or prayer said during the sacrament. Division of Sacraments - Sacraments of Initiation - Sacraments of Healing - Sacraments of Service and Communion 1. Sacraments of Initiation - Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Eucharist. 2. Sacraments of Healing - Penance and Anointing of the Sick 3. Sacraments Of Service and Communication - Holy Orders and Matrimony  - As children of God, we become Sacraments of Initiation part of His family, the Church, and begin our spiritual journey with the Church community. - Christian Initiation is the process that brings a person into the Catholic faith and welcomes We are incorporated into Christ them fully into the Christian - We are welcomed into God's community. family, and He embraces us as - It includes the sacraments of part of the Mystical Body of Baptism, Confirmation, and Christ (which means the Church). Eucharist. These are the steps We are united with Jesus and all that mark the start of a person’s other believers. journey in faith. - In simpler terms, Christian initiation makes us part of God's family, gives us a close ★ Two Fold Goal of Initiation relationship with Him, and helps 1. Personal commitment to Christ in us grow together with other a way of life based on the Gospel members of the Church on our 2. Integration into the ecclesial faith journey. community: This means becoming part of the Church (the Christian community). What does it mean to be a true Through Christian initiation, a christian? person is not only following Jesus, but also joining other - Being a true Christian means believers who are part of the living according to the teachings Church family. of Jesus and following His example of love, kindness, and faithfulness. In other Words.. - For someone who is young, it can be hard to fully understand what We gain a relationship being a Christian really means or - We become children of God and what your responsibilities are as live in a way that follows His will, a child of God. which is shown in the Scriptures - That's why Jesus gave us (the Bible). the sacraments. They help We are given a membership us understand how to live  as Christians and give us 3. Sacraments of Confirmation the grace (God's help) to - Sacrament of Confirmation is all live out our faith. The about growing in faith and sacraments guide us and maturity: give us strength to follow - The Mark of Christian Maturity: the right path in life. Confirmation shows that you are now a more mature Christian. It’s like stepping up in your faith journey. 1. Sacraments of Initiation - Receiving the Gifts of the Holy - It shows the journey of a Spirit: When you're confirmed, Christian from birth, growth, and you receive special gifts from the maturity Holy Spirit (like wisdom, courage, and understanding). These gifts help you live your 2. Sacraments of Baptism faith more strongly and stay - The Gateway to the faithful to God. Sacraments: Baptism is the first - Being Prepared for Life’s sacrament we receive, and it Challenges: As you grow older, opens the door to all the other you’ll face more difficult sacraments. situations. Confirmation helps - Cleansing from Original Sin: you use your faith and the Holy Baptism washes away original Spirit’s gifts to make wise and sin (the sin we are born with) and faithful choices when facing gives us a fresh start in life with challenges. Christ. - Becoming Part of God’s Family: Through baptism, we become 4. Sacraments of the Holy children of God, and we’re Eucharist welcomed into the Church - We are nourished by God family. - We are nourished by the Word - Receiving an Identity: Just like and the Eucharist means that we when someone gives you a name, receive spiritual food in two baptism gives you an identity as ways: a child of God. It’s a permanent - The Word: This refers to mark on your soul, meaning it listening to or reading the can't be taken away or erased. Bible, which teaches us about God and His will. - The Eucharist: This is when we receive Jesus in  the form of bread and The christian response is to welcome wine during Mass, which strengthens our faith. - Pope Francis encourages us to - We partake of God’s table on a end discrimination by being regular basis means that open and accepting of all people, Christians regularly receive these no matter who they are. spiritual foods (the Word and the - For Christians, being welcoming Eucharist) to stay strong in their and kind is the right way to faith. respond to the problems and - receiving the Eucharist for the challenges in the world today. first time means you’re truly part This means showing love, respect, of the Christian family, joining in and kindness to others, just as God’s love with others. Jesus taught. The Doors of the church are wide open - Pope Francis has been guiding the Church to be more open and inclusive, a way called synodality. This means listening to everyone, working together, and making sure the Church serves all people, especially those in need or who are struggling. - Opening the Church to the needs of the marginalized sectors means paying attention to people who might be ignored or pushed aside, like the poor, the sick, or those who don't have a voice.  Sacraments Of Baptism What happens in Baptism? Baptism - The effect of baptism is that it - Baptism is the first removes original sin and makes sacrament of initiation. us children of God. It gives us a It leads a person towards fresh start, makes us part of the membership in the Church, and brings us closer to Roman Catholic Church. God as members of His family. - Gateway to Christian life or the door to the sacraments In the Old Testament, there are - It gains us an identity as a stories that "prefigure" or symbolize Christian and a membership into baptism: the Church. - It is the Sacrament of 1. Noah's Ark: God saved Noah and Regeneration through water and his family through water, just as the word baptism saves us by cleansing us - Regeneration = to restore or to from sin and giving us new life. recreate 2. The First Passover: The Israelites were freed from slavery when they crossed through the Etymology Red Sea. This is like how baptism frees us from the slavery of sin. - Greek 3. Crossing the Jordan River: - Baptizein = to immerse or When Joshua led the Israelites plunge across the Jordan River into the - Baptimos = the rite of Promised Land, it symbolized ceremonial washing entering a new life, just like how baptism brings us into a new life What happens in Baptism? with God. Baptism Of the Lord - We get baptized to clean away "original sin." This is something - Old Testament: Refers to the we all have because Adam and time when Jesus was baptized by Eve, the first humans, disobeyed John the Baptist in the Jordan God. Baptism helps us start fresh River. Even though Jesus was and become closer to God. sinless, He chose to be baptized to show us the importance of baptism and to prepare the way for our own baptism.  - Through His baptism, 2. Baptism Of Blood Jesus sanctified the - is when someone dies for their waters of baptism for us, faith in Jesus, even if they making it a way for us to weren’t baptized with water. be cleansed and welcomed into God’s 3. Baptism Of Desire family. - Means that if someone doesn’t - In the New Testament, Jesus know about baptism but still tries established baptism as a way for to live a good life and follow God, us to connect with His Passion, God will still save them. It’s Death, and Resurrection. believed that if they had known about baptism, they would have What happens in Baptism? wanted it. - Freedom from sin Types of Baptism - God’s children - Member of Christ’s Body 1. Infant Baptism - is when parents choose to have The Character Of Baptism their baby baptized because they want their child to grow in the faith and become part of the - Spiritual and indelible (indelible Church. mark: cannot be removed) - Cannot be repeated or erased: 2. Adult Baptism Baptism happens only once in a - happens when an adult, who is person’s life and cannot be not Catholic, chooses to fully undone. accept the Catholic faith and - It makes us members of the decides to be baptized. Church 3. The Candidate Kinds of Baptism - Any person who is not yet baptized can be baptized. 1. Sacramental Baptism - The main requirement for - is a special ceremony in the baptism is faith, meaning the Church where a person is person must believe in God and baptized with water. the teachings of the Church. - For babies, parents decide to - During the baptism, the person have them baptized. must publicly profess their faith - For older people, they choose to to show their belief. be baptized themselves.  baptism valid. This formula shows the unity of the Church and its 4. Support System teachings. - Parents - Godparents “Audrey, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Essential Elements Holy Spirit.” Other Baptismal Signs 1. Minister - usually a bishop, priest, or deacon, as they are ordained to 1. Marking of the Cross on the perform this sacrament. forehead - However, in an emergency, any - This shows that the person lay person (someone who is not belongs to Christ and is now part ordained) can baptize, as long as of His family. they use water and say the proper baptismal formula. If the 2. Anointing with Chrism person survives, the local parish - The person is anointed with should be informed so that the special Chrism Oil, symbolizing baptism can be officially that they now share in Christ's recognized by the Church. mission (priest, prophet, and king) and are set apart for God's 2. Matter (water) work. - Water is used because it symbolizes cleansing us from sin 3. Baptismal Garment and giving us a new life through - The white garment represents the Holy Spirit. purity and innocence, showing - This is the same water that John that the person is now "clothed the Baptist used to baptize with Christ" and free from sin. Jesus, showing its importance in the act of baptism. 4. Baptismal Candle - This candle represents the light of the Risen Christ, symbolizing 3. Form the new life the person has - The form of baptism is the words received through baptism. said during the ceremony, which come from Jesus' instruction in Matthew 28:19: - The baptism begins with saying the candidate's name, followed by these words to make the  Baptismal Promises Three-fold Mission of Christ - Are made during the Baptismal means that through baptism, we share Rite, where the minister asks in the important roles Jesus had: important questions about faith. The person being baptized (or 1. Prophetic (teach)– We are called their godparents for infants) to teach others about God. answers these questions 2. Priestly (to sanctify) – We are - The promises are a public called to make things holy, like affirmation of faith in God and a through prayer and worship. renunciation of evil. 3. Kingly (to shepherd) – We are - It’s a conscious "yes" to God called to lead and care for and a "no" to the Evil One, which others, just like a good leader. is a necessary step in the baptism process. Prophetic Mission Parts of the Baptismal Promises Is about Jesus sharing God’s message with everyone. He did this by: 1. Renunciation of Sin - the person being baptized (or Preaching the Good News about their godparents for infants) God’s love and salvation. answers three questions against Performing miracles to show satan that what He said was true. His whole life showed what God's kingdom is really like. Means that we share in Christ's mission by: 1. Evangelization – spreading the Good News and sharing God’s message with others. 2. Profession Of Faith 2. Living a Christian life – showing - Composed of 3 questions through our actions that we have formed by the 12 articles of faith been changed by our faith, in the Apost serving as an example of God's love and teachings. Through baptism, we are also called to Church, like a shepherd cares for share God's message and live in a way his sheep. that shows His love. We share in the Kingly Mission of Christ by: Priestly Mission 1. Serving others – helping those in The Priestly Mission refers to Jesus' need through acts of charity. role as a priest. In this mission: 2. Standing with the poor and oppressed – supporting those Jesus taught us how to pray, who are struggling and making helping us get closer to God the sure their voices are heard. Father. He gave us the Eucharist, a way to connect with God through His body and blood. He reconciled us to the Father by His sacrifice on the Cross, forgiving our sins. We share in Jesus' Priestly Mission by: 1. Praying to God – getting closer to God through prayer. 2. Praying for others – asking God to help other people. 3. Offering what we do to God – everything we do can be a way to serve God, like Jesus did. Kingly Mission Means that Jesus' role as a king is different from worldly kings. Instead of ruling with power, He leads by serving others. Jesus teaches us the importance of serving others and being willing to give our lives for others. His kingly mission is about caring for and leading the  us to live our faith and follow Sacrament of Confirmation God's plan, helping us share His love with others. Confirmation - is when you receive the Holy Spirit more fully. It makes you 3. The descent of the Holy Spirit stronger in your faith and helps on Pentecost: After Jesus rose you live as a follower of Jesus. from the dead, the Holy Spirit - is the sacrament that completes came down on His followers to Baptism. It gives us the Holy give them strength to spread Spirit to help us live as God’s God’s word. children. - During Confirmation, the priest - When Jesus was alive, He lays his hands on us and anoints promised that the Holy Spirit us with chrism This gives us would come to help His followers. strength to share God’s love and After He rose from the dead, the become full members of the Holy Spirit came to the apostles, Catholic Church. giving them the strength to spread Jesus' message “the Latin word is “cumfrimare” meaning to mighty works of God”. Anyone ratify who believed in Jesus and was baptized also received the Holy Confirmation in the Economy of Spirit, marking the start of a new Salvation chapter for God’s people. (God's plan to save humanity.) What happens in Confirmation? 1. Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit: This means the Holy Spirit was with Jesus from the - In Confirmation, when a person beginning of His life on Earth. receives the sacrament, their soul is marked with a permanent seal 2. The descent of the Holy Spirit that can only be received only at Jesus’ Baptism: When Jesus once. This seal is a sign that they was baptized, the Holy Spirit belong to God and are fully part came down on Him to show that of the Christian faith. He was chosen by God. - In Confirmation, you receive extra strength from the Holy - Confirmation “WITHOUT Spirit. This strength helps you live MEASURE” is when we receive out the good things you learned the Holy Spirit, just like Jesus did when you were baptized. at His baptism. This strengthens - the person receives the Holy Character of Confirmation Spirit, which gives them strength to live out their faith and practice 1. Special and Indelible what they learned at Baptism. 2. Ready to Engage in Spiritual They are also called “witnesses” Battle to show others through their 3. Can Neither Be Repeated nor actions that they follow Jesus. Deleted The Holy Spirit Minister of Confirmation - is the third person of the Trinity The Bishop (along with God the Father and - the person who usually gives the Jesus the Son). sacrament of Confirmation. - The Holy Spirit is described as - He is part of the Apostolic God's life-giving breath, Succession, which means that he meaning that the Spirit brings life is connected to the original and strength to believers, helping Apostles (the first followers of them live out their faith. Jesus) through a long line of bishops. Matter of Confirmation Laying of hands - it is a way of giving them the Holy Spirit. Anointing with Sacred Chrism Who can be confirmed? - means it leaves a permanent mark on the person's soul, - Any catholic christian who has showing they have received the received the sacrament of Holy Spirit and are now baptism and is in the “state of strengthened in their faith. grace” - Being in the "state of grace" means they are following God's commandments and living according to His will.  Form of Confirmation - Bishop lays his hand on the confirmands’s head and anoints their forehead with the sacred Chrism with the Sign of the Cross and says: “(Name), be sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit Slap of the cheek - Given after anointing - Sign of bravery and courage for fighting for God and justice. The Spiritual Godparents - are people who help guide and support the person being confirmed in their faith. - They must be 16 years old or older. - They must be fully practicing Catholics (meaning they follow the teachings of the Church). - They must have already received the sacraments of Confirmation and Communion themselves.