• SACRED SIGN• INSTITUTED BY CHRIST

• ENTRUSTED TO THE CHURCH• WHICH ALWAYS GIVES GRACE

SACRAMENT:

GRACEGIFT

• Supernatural• Free

• Enables us to receive gifts from God• Makes our good works meritorious

MAKES US• Adopted children of God

• Partakers of the Divine Nature• Participants in Eternal Life

GIFT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT THAT•Justifies – forgiveness of sin•Sanctifies – makes holy

SANCTFYING GRACEENDURING QUALITY OF THE PERSON

• Sanctity• Beauty

• Friendship with Christ• Adopted Son/Daughter of the Father

• Indwelling of the Holy Spirit

CAN BE LOST

SACRAMENTAL GRACESTHE GRACE GIVEN IN EACH SACRAMENT

Given ex opere operatoReceived ex opere operantis

WHAT YOU SEEIS

WHAT YOU GET

BAPTISM•Washes away original sin•Washes away any personal sin•Remits all temporal punishments•Regeneration (new birth)•Infuses grace, hope, charity•Immerses into Christ•Immerses into Eternal Life•Imparts a character

CONFIRMATION•Imparts the gifts of the Holy Spirit•Brings the graces of Baptism to fulfillment•Commissions to act in the name of the Church•Commissions us a public witnesses for Christ•Imparts a Character

EUCHARIST•Communion with the person of Jesus Christ•Communion with the glorified flesh of Christ•Communion with the Sacrifice of Christ•Communion with the Church, the Body of Christ•Communion with each member of the Body of Christ, triumphant, militant, suffering

MATRIMONY•Raises the natural relationship of marriage to a Sacrament•Bonds a man and woman to each other as husband and wife•Strengthens husband and wife to fulfill the vows of marriage

HOLY ORDERS• Imparts the diaconate/priesthood of Christ• Imparts the authority proper to each order• Imparts the authority to act in the person of Christ• Imparts the authority to preside over public worship• Imparts the authority to preach publicly in the name of the Church• Imparts the authority to govern the Christian people entrusted to their pastoral care• Imparts a character•Strengthens the minister to fulfill the duties and obligations of his Sacred Ministry

PENANCE•Reconciles the penitent to God•Reconciles the pentient to the Church•Remits for the penitent the eternal punishments due to sin•Forgives all sin committed after Baptism•Strengthens the penitent to do penance•Strengthens the penitent to avoid sin in the future

ANOINTING OF THE SICK•Heals the spiritual illness of sin•Heals the soul of any wounds caused by sins of the past•Consecrates the body of the sick•Strengthens the mind of the sick•Prepares the body for its resurrection

SACRAMENTALCHARACTER

•PERSONAL•ONTOLOGICAL•SPIRITUAL•PERMANENT•ETERNAL

PARTICIPATIONIN THE PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST

BAPTISM - To actively participate in the Sacramental Life

especially in the Eucharistic Sacrifice

CONFIRMATION - To fruitfully participate in the

Sacramental Life and to take on liturgical ministries

ORDERS - To administrate the Sacramental Life and to

preside at the Liturgy, especially (for the priestly

character) the Eucharist

CHARACTER-LIKE SACRAMENTS

COMMUNION - * IN TERMS OF SPECIES

MARRIAGEANOINTING OF SICK

THE SACRED LITURGYTHE CONTEXT FORTHE CELEBRATION

OF THE SACRAMENTS

λειτουργία“leitourgia”public work

public servicepublic worship

Make all things according to the pattern shown you on the

mountain(Exodus 25:40)

The pattern for Christian Worship

Letter to the HebrewsBook of Revelation

•THE LITURGY IS THE WORSHIP IN HEAVEN

•THE LITURGY ON EARTH IS A PARTICIPATION IN THE LITURGY OF HEAVEN

• THE LITURGY IS THE WORSHIP OFTHE WHOLE BODY OF CHRIST

Head and Members

•THE LITURGY IS THE SOURCE OF SUMMIT OF ALL THE CHURCH’S ACTIVITY

Liturgyworship of the whole Church

(always public even if done privately)

Devotionworship of the local Church(always private even if done publically)

LITURGY OF THE WORD• The dialogue between the Father and the Son• The dialogue between Christ and his People

O God, whose ancient wondersremain undimmed in splendor even in our day

LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST• Christ offers his humanity at the right hand of the Father• The offering of the Body and Blood of Christ under the

appearance of bread and wine through the ministry of priests

In humble prayer we ask you, almighty God: command that these gifts be borneby the hands of your holy Angel to your altar on high in the sight of your divine Majesty, so

that all of us who through this participation at the altar receive the most holy Body and Blood of your Son, may be filled with every grace and heavenly blessing.

LITURGY OF THE SACRAMENTS• The Father gives the Spirit to the Son who sends the Spirit

to renew the face of the earth• The Church calls upon the Father to send the Spirit through

the SonO God, who by invisible power accomplish a wondrous effect

through sacramental signs

LITURGY OF HOURS• The angels and saints offer continual praise to the Trinity in

eternity• The Church on earth offers continual praise to the Trinity in

timewe give you thanks for bringing us safely to this evening hour.

May this lifting up of our hands in prayer be a sacrifice pleasing in your sight.