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MY FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

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BASIC CATECHESIS: BASIC PRAYERSTHE APOSTLES’ CREED

I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER, ALMIGHTY, CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH:

AND IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY SON, OUR LORD:

HE WAS CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY:

SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE; WAS CRUCIFIED, DIED AND WAS BURIED: HE DESCENDED INTO HELL:

ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD:

HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN, AND IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY:

FROM THERE HE WILL COME AGAIN TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD:

I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT:

THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH: THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS:

THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS:

THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY:

AND THE LIFE EVERLASTING. AMEN.

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I BELIEVE IN GOD THE FATHER, ALMIGHTY, MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH:

GOD THE FATHER-CREATOR

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IN JESUS CHRIST, HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, OUR LORD:

GOD THE SON JESUS-SAVIOUR

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WHO WAS CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY GHOST, BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY:

MARY- MOTHER OF GOD, MOTHER OF JESUS

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SUFFERED UNDER PONTIUS PILATE; WAS CRUCIFIED, DEAD AND BURIED: HE

DESCENDED INTO HELL:

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ON THE THIRD DAY HE ROSE AGAIN FROM THE DEAD: HE ASCENDED INTO HEAVEN, AND SITS AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE FATHER ALMIGHTY:

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FROM THERE HE WILL COME AGAIN TO JUDGE THE LIVING AND THE DEAD:

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I BELIEVE IN THE HOLY SPIRIT:

GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT-SANCTIFIER

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THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH: THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS:

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THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS: THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY:

AND THE LIFE EVERLASTING. AMEN.

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: THE LORD’S PRAYEROUR FATHER, IN HEAVEN,

HOLY BE YOUR NAME; YOUR KINGDOM COME;

YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD;

AND FORGIVE US OUR SINSAS WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO

SINS AGAINST US;AND LEAD US NOT INTO THE

TEST,BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

AMEN.

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HAIL MARY

HAIL MARY, FULL OF GRACE. THE LORD IS WITH YOU.

BLESSED ARE YOU AMONG WOMEN,AND BLESSED IS THE FRUIT

OF YOUR WOMB, JESUS.

HOLY MARY, MOTHER OF GOD,PRAY FOR US SINNERS,

NOW AND AT THE HOUR OF OUR DEATH. AMEN.

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GLORY BE

GLORY BE TO THE FATHER,AND TO THE SON,

AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT,AS IT WAS IN THE

BEGINNING,IS NOW, AND EVER SHALL

BE,WORLD WITHOUT END.

AMEN.

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ACT OF CONTRITIONO MY GOD, I AM HEARTILY

SORRY FOR HAVING OFFENDED YOU, AND I DETEST ALL MY SINS

BECAUSE OF THY JUST PUNISHMENT, BUT MOST OF

ALL BECAUSE I HAVE OFFENDED YOU MY GOD, WHO IS ALL GOOD AND

DESERVING OF ALL MY LOVE. I FIRMLY RESOLVE, WITH THE HELP OF THY GRACE, TO SIN

NO MORE, AND TO AVOID THE NEAR OCCASION OF SIN.

AMEN.

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SACRAMENTS:

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WHAT IS A SACRAMENT?

• SACRED SIGN• INSTITUTED BY CHRIST• TO GIVE GRACE

NOTE; THAT A SACRAMENT IS ENTRUSTED TO THE CHURCH(CCC 1131)

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1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua),4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission: "Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water in the word."5

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1285 Baptism, the Eucharist, and the sacrament of Confirmation together constitute the "sacraments of Christian initiation," whose unity must be safeguarded. It must be explained to the faithful that the reception of the sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace.89 For "by the sacrament of Confirmation, [the baptized] are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit. Hence they are, as true witnesses of Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed."90

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1322 The holy Eucharist completes Christian initiation. Those who have been raised to the dignity of the royal priesthood by Baptism and configured more deeply to Christ by Confirmation participate with the whole community in the Lord's own sacrifice by means of the Eucharist

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1422 "Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from God's mercy for the offense committed against him, and are, at the same time, reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins and which by charity, by example, and by prayer labors for their conversion."4

PENANCE/RECONCILLIATION/

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1499 "By the sacred anointing of the sick and the prayer of the priests the whole Church commends those who are ill to the suffering and glorified Lord, that he may raise them up and save them. And indeed she exhorts them to contribute to the good of the People of God by freely uniting themselves to the Passion and death of Christ."98

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1536 Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of time: thus it is the sacrament of apostolic ministry. It includes three degrees: episcopate, presbyterate, and diaconate.

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1601 "The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring; this covenant between baptized persons has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity of a sacrament."84

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NOTES:

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• ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A PROGRAMME OF PREPARATION FOR FIRST HOLY COMMUNION:  

THE FOLLOWING SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN SOME WAY IN THE PROGRAMMEGOD AS CREATOR, LOVING FATHER, MAKING US IN HIS OWN

IMAGE, WHO CALLS

US TO HIMSELF. THE GIFT OF CREATION AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR IT. JESUS - THE PERSON OF CHRIST; OUR CALL TO BE HIS

DISCIPLES AND TO GROW IN

RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE GIVER OF LIFE, OUR GUIDE, PROMISED

BY JESUS.

THE LITURGICAL SEASONS OF ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS, LENT, HOLY WEEK

AND EASTER, PENTECOST –THE GOSPEL STORY AND LITURGICAL RITES, SIGNS AND

SYMBOLS.

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THE CHURCH AS THE FAMILY OF GOD, OUR BELONGING TO THAT FAMILY.

AN UNDERSTANDING OF ‘SACRAMENT’ AS THE VISIBLE OUTWARD SIGN OF AN

INVISIBLE INTERNAL REALITYBAPTISM – THE RITE, SIGNS AND SYMBOLS OF BAPTISM AND

THE WAY WE LIVE AS BAPTIZED SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF GOD• THAT BAPTISM IS THE FIRST STEP IN OUR JOURNEY OF FAITH.

WE BECOME

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MORE FULLY MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OF GOD WHEN WE CELEBRATE FIRST

COMMUNION AND CONTINUE TO RECEIVE JESUS IN COMMUNIONWHAT IT IS TO BE A CHRISTIAN, A FOLLOWER OF JESUS.

HOW WE SHOULDLIVE FOLLOWING JESUS’ LAW OF LOVE.THE MASS – ITS STRUCTURE AND PRAYERSTHAT JESUS, WHOM WE MEET AT MASS ASKS US TO ‘DO THIS IN MEMORYOF ME’. THE MASS AS:• THANKSGIVING• PRAISE, WORSHIP, ADORATION• THE TIME WE HEAR THE WORD OF GOD• THE GREAT PRAYER OF THE CHURCH

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• A SACRED MEAL WHERE WE SHARE OUR LIVES AND LOVE• A SACRIFICE – JESUS OFFERED HIMSELF ON THE CROSS

FOR US, WE GIVE• OURSELVES TO GOD, UNITED WITH THE SACRIFICE OF

JESUS HIMSELF TO HIS• FATHER• THE MASS AS GIVING GOD HIMSELF TO US IN JESUS – THE

REAL• PRESENCE/HOLY COMMUNION. AT MASS, BY THE POWER

OF THE HOLY• SPIRIT, THE BREAD AND WINE BECOME THE BODY AND

BLOOD OF JESUS –• JESUS’ GIFT OF HIMSELF, PROMISED AT THE LAST

SUPPER. HELP CHILDREN• WITH THE LANGUAGE OF THE HOST AND CHALICE, BODY

AND BLOOD OF JESUS• RATHER THAN BREAD AND WINE.• THE MASS AS UNITING US WITH EACH OTHER – THE SIGN

OF PEACE, HOLY

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