Transcript Document 7118946

A.M.D.G
All for the honor and glory of God
My brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus peace be with you. The
purpose of this presentation and others on the Sacraments is to
teach each of us and those we are responsible for passing on
knowledge of our Catholic Faith to understand the most marvelous
gifts that God has given us in the sacraments. All of the sacraments
were instituted by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to give us the
graces we need to live in the Kingdom of God while living here in
this world. The reception of the various sacraments are not marks of
mile stones in our lives, but sanctifying grace uniting us with God.
If we don’t use them or take them for granted we lose those grace,
which we sorely need to live everyday life. Learn them, use them
frequently and enjoy the happiness, strength and peace they bring.
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SACRAMENTS AND WHEN THEY WERE INSTITUTED BY JESUS
Baptism
Jesus baptism by John the Baptist and by his command to the apostles/disciples
“Baptize all with water in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.”
Confirmation
Pentecost = when the Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles
Eucharist
At the Last Supper, Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist with these
words:
“this is my Body over the bread and this is my blood over the wine”
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SACRAMENTS AND WHEN THEY WERE INSTITUTED BY JESUS
Reconciliation:
When Jesus told the apostle:
“whose sin you shall forgive in my name they are forgiven, whose sins you
shall not forgive they are not forgiven”.
Anointing of the Sick
by his own healing of the sick and when he sent the apostles out
to preach and heal in his name.
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SACRAMENTS AND WHEN THEY WERE INSTITUTED BY JESUS
Holy Orders
At the Last Supper when he gave the apostle the power to change
bread and wine into his body and blood in his name
Matrimony
At the Wedding Feast of Cana Jesus performed his first miracle. He changed
water into wine .
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WHAT IS BAPTISM?
Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life.
It is the gateway to life in the Holy Spirit.
It is the door which gives access to the other
sacraments.
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Through Baptism we are freed from sin
and reborn as sons/daughters of God.
We become members of Christ
We become members of the Church and
share in the mission of the Church
Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration
through water in the word.
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Sacrament of Baptism
Its meaning and grace are seen in the rites (way)
of its celebration.
By following the gestures and words of this
celebration with attentive participation, we are
initiated into the riches this sacrament signifies and
actually brings about in each newly baptized person
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The Sign of the Cross
Begins the celebration.
It marks with the imprint of Christ the one
who is going to belong to him and signifies the
grace of the redemption Christ won for us by his
cross.
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The Proclamation of the Word of God
Enlightens the person(s) to be baptized and
us with the revealed truth and elicits the
response of faith which one must have to be
baptized.
Baptism is “the sacrament of faith” since it is
the sacramental entry into the life of faith
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The Proclamation of the Word of God
Baptism signifies liberation (release) from sin
and from its instigator(mastermind) the devil,
as exorcisms (driving out evil spirits) are
pronounced over the person to be baptized
The priest anoints the person with the oil
of catechumens, and he explicitly (clearly)
renounces Satan.
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Baptismal Water
Baptismal water is blessed the priest, asking
God that through his Son the power of the
Holy Spirit may be sent upon the water, so
that those who will be baptized in it may be
“born of water and the Spirit.”
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Essential Rite of the Sacrament
Baptism signifies and actually brings about
death to sin and entry into the life of the
most Holy Trinity through the Paschal Mystery
The candidate is baptized either by triple
immersion or pouring of water over his/her
head three times while these words are
spoken: “I baptize you in the name of the
Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
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THE ANNOINTING
The anointing with sacred chrism, perfumed
oil consecrated by the bishop signifies the
gift of the Holy Spirit to the newly baptized,
who has become a Christian, that is, one
“anointed” by the Holy Spirit, incorporated (included)
into Christ who is anointed priest, prophet, king.”
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THE WHITE GARMENT
The white garment symbolizes that the
person baptized has “put on Christ, has
risen with Christ.
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THE CANDLE
The candle, lit from the Easter candle, signifies that
Christ has enlightened the neophyte. In Christ the
baptized are “the light of the world.”
The newly baptized is now, in the only Son, a child
of God entitled to say the prayer of the children of
God: “Our Father.”
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FINAL BLESSING
Baptism concludes with a solemn blessing.
After the celebration of Baptism the mother
of newborns is given a special
blessing..
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WHO CAN RECEIVE BAPTISM?
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HISTORY OF BAPTISM
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THE BAPTISM OF INFANTS
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THE BAPTISM OF INFANTS
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PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
Parents must nurture (raise) their children to
know, love and serve God. It is their prime
responsibility to do so.
God will hold parents responsible for this task!
The Church is responsible to assist the parents
in this task.
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Faith and Baptism
Baptism is the sacrament of faith
It is only within the faith of the Church that each of
the faithful can believe.
The faith required for Baptism is not a perfect and
mature faith, but a beginning that is called to
develop.
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Faith and Baptism
The catechumen or the godparent is asked: "What
do you ask of God's Church?" The response is:
"Faith!"
For all the baptized, children or adults, faith
must grow after Baptism.
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Faith and Baptism
For this reason the Church celebrates each
year at the Easter Vigil the renewal of
baptismal promises.
Preparation for Baptism leads only to the
threshold of new life
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Faith and Baptism
Baptism is the source of that new life in Christ
from which the entire Christian life springs forth.
For the grace of Baptism to unfold, the
parents' help is important.
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Faith and Baptism
So too is the role of the godfather and
godmother, who must be firm believers, able
and ready to help the newly baptized - child or
adult on the road of Christian life.55 Their task is
a truly ecclesial function (officium).
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Faith and Baptism
The whole ecclesial community bears some
responsibility for the development and
safeguarding of the grace given at Baptism.
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WHO CAN BAPTIZE?
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WHO CAN BAPTIZE?
Trinitarian Baptismal Formula
While pouring of water over his/her
head three times while these words are
spoken: “I baptize you in the name of the
Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
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The Lord himself affirms that Baptism is necessary
for salvation.
He also commands his disciples to proclaim the
Gospel to all nations and to baptize them.
Baptism is necessary for salvation for those to
whom the Gospel has been proclaimed and who
have had the possibility of asking for this
sacrament.
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The Church does not know of any means other
than Baptism that assures entry into eternal
beatitude; this is why she takes care not to neglect
the mission she has received from the Lord to see
that all who can be baptized are "reborn of water
and the Spirit." God has bound salvation to the
sacrament of Baptism, but he himself is not bound
by his sacraments.
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The Church has always held the firm conviction
that those who suffer death for the sake of the faith
without having received Baptism are baptized by
their death for and with Christ. This Baptism of
blood, like the desire for Baptism, brings about the
fruits of Baptism without being a sacrament.
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For catechumens who die before their Baptism,
their explicit desire to receive it, together with
repentance for their sins, and charity, assures
them the salvation that they were not able to
receive through the sacrament
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"Since Christ died for all, and since all men are in
fact called to one and the same destiny, which is
divine, we must hold that the Holy Spirit offers to all
the possibility of being made partakers, in a way
known to God, of the Paschal mystery. “ Every man
who is ignorant of the Gospel of Christ and of his
Church, but seeks the truth and does the will of God
in accordance with his understanding of it, can be
saved.” It may be supposed that such persons
would have desired Baptism explicitly if they had
known its necessity.
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As regards children who have died without Baptism, the
Church can only entrust them to the mercy of God, as she
does in her funeral rites for them. Indeed, the great mercy of
God who desires that all men should be saved, and Jesus'
tenderness toward children which caused him to say: "Let
the children come to me, do not hinder them,"63 allow us to
hope that there is a way of salvation for children who have
died without Baptism. All the more urgent is the Church's call
not to prevent little children coming to Christ through the gift
of holy Baptism.
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The different effects of Baptism are signified by
the perceptible elements of the sacramental rite.
Immersion in water symbolizes not only death
and purification, but also regeneration and
renewal. Thus the two principal effects are
purification from sins and new birth in the Holy
Spirit.64
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By Baptism all sins are forgiven, original sin and all
personal sins, as well as all punishment for sin.
In those who have been reborn nothing
remains that would impede their entry into the
Kingdom of God, neither Adam's sin, nor
personal sin, nor the consequences of sin, the
gravest of which is separation from God.
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Yet certain temporal consequences of sin remain in
the baptized, such as suffering, illness, death, and
such frailties inherent in life as weaknesses of
character, and so on, as well as an inclination to sin
that Tradition calls concupiscence, or metaphorically,
"the tinder for sin" (fomes peccati); since
concupiscence "is left for us to wrestle with, it cannot
harm those who do not consent but manfully resist it
by the grace of Jesus Christ.” "A new creature"
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Baptism not only purifies from all sins, but also
makes us a new creature," an adopted son of God,
We become a "partaker of the divine nature,“ a
member of Christ and co-heir with him
We become a temple of the Holy Spirit.
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The Most Holy Trinity gives the baptized
sanctifying grace, the grace of justification:
• enabling them (us) to believe in God, to hope in
him, and to love him through the theological virtues;
• allowing them (us) to grow in goodness
through the moral virtues.
• Thus the whole organism of the Christian's
supernatural life has its roots in Baptism.
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Baptism makes us members of the Body of Christ:
"Therefore . . . we are members one of another."
Baptism incorporates us into the Church. From
the baptismal fonts is born the one People of
God of the New Covenant, which transcends all
the natural or human limits of nations, cultures,
races, and sexes: "For by one Spirit we were all
baptized into one body."
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The baptized have become "living stones" to be
"built into a spiritual house, to be a holy
priesthood."
By Baptism they share in the priesthood of
Christ, in his prophetic and royal mission.
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They are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a
holy nation, God's own people, that [they] may
declare the wonderful deeds of Him who called
[them] out of darkness into his marvelous
light."Baptism gives a share in the common
priesthood of all believers.
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Having become a member of the Church, the
person baptized belongs no longer to himself, but
to him who died and rose for us.
From now on, he is called to be subject to others,
to serve them in the communion of the Church,
and to "obey and submit" to the Church's leaders,
holding them in respect and affection.
Just as Baptism is the source of responsibilities and
duties, the baptized person also enjoys rights within
the Church: to receive the sacraments, to be
nourished with the Word of God and to be sustained
by the other spiritual helps of the Church.
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"Reborn as sons of God, [the baptized] must
profess before men the faith they have received
from God through the Church" and participate in
the apostolic and missionary activity of the
People of God.79
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Baptism constitutes the foundation of communion among all
Christians, including those who are not yet in full communion
with the Catholic Church: "For men who believe in Christ and
have been properly baptized are put in some, though
imperfect, communion with the Catholic Church. Justified by
faith in Baptism, [they] are incorporated into Christ; they
therefore have a right to be called Christians, and with good
reason are accepted as brothers by the children of the
Catholic Church." "Baptism therefore constitutes the
sacramental bond of unity existing among all who through it
are reborn." An indelible spiritual mark .
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Incorporated into Christ by Baptism, the person
baptized is configured to Christ. Baptism seals the
Christian with the indelible spiritual mark
(character) of his belonging to Christ.
No sin can erase this mark, even if sin prevents
Baptism from bearing the fruits of salvation.
Given once for all, Baptism cannot be repeated.
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Incorporated into the Church by Baptism, the
faithful have received the sacramental character
that consecrates them for Christian religious
worship.
The baptismal seal enables and commits Christians
to serve God by a vital participation in the holy liturgy
of the Church and to exercise their baptismal
priesthood by the witness of holy lives and practical
charity.
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The Holy Spirit has marked us with the seal of
the Lord ("Dominicus character") “ for the day
of redemption."
"Baptism indeed is the seal of eternal life."
The faithful Christian who has "kept the seal" until
the end, remaining faithful to the demands of his
Baptism, will be able to depart this life "marked with
the sign of faith," with his baptismal faith, in
expectation of the blessed vision of God - the
consummation of faith - and in the hope of
resurrection.
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IN BRIEF
Christian initiation is accomplished by three
sacraments together:
Baptism which is the beginning of new life;
Confirmation which is its strengthening;
The Eucharist which nourishes the disciple with
Christ’s Body and Blood for his transformation in
Christ.
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IN BRIEF
"Go therefore and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I have
commanded you" (Mt 28:19-20).
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IN BRIEF
Baptism is birth into the new life in Christ.
In accordance with the Lord's will, it is
necessary for salvation, as is the Church
herself, which we enter by Baptism.
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IN BRIEF
The essential rite of Baptism consists in
immersing the candidate in water or pouring
water on his head, while pronouncing the
invocation of the Most Holy Trinity: the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
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IN BRIEF
The fruit of Baptism, or baptismal grace, is a rich
reality that includes forgiveness of original sin
and all personal sins, birth into the new life by
which man becomes an adoptive son of the
Father, a member of Christ and a temple of the
Holy Spirit. By this very fact the person baptized
is incorporated into the Church, the Body of
Christ, and made a sharer in the priesthood of
Christ.
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IN BRIEF
Baptism imprints on the soul an indelible
spiritual sign, the character, which consecrates
the baptized person for Christian worship.
Because of the character Baptism cannot be
repeated (cf. DS 1609 and DS 1624).
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IN BRIEF
Those who die for the faith, those who are
catechumens, and all those who, without knowing
of the Church but acting under the inspiration of
grace, seek God sincerely and strive to fulfill his
will, can be saved even if they have not been
baptized (cf. LG 16).
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IN BRIEF
Since the earliest times, Baptism has been
administered to children, for it is a grace and a
gift of God that does not presuppose any human
merit; children are baptized in the faith of the
Church. Entry into Christian life gives access to
true freedom.
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IN BRIEF
With respect to children who have died
without Baptism, the liturgy of the Church
invites us to trust in God's mercy and to pray
for their salvation.
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IN BRIEF
In case of necessity, any person can baptize
provided that he have the intention of doing that
which the Church does and provided that he
pours water on the candidate's head while
saying: "I baptize you in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit."
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The information contained in this presentation
came from “The Catechism of the Catholic
Church” and religious education texts.
The information contained in these presentations can be used for
Religious education in Catholic schools from 3rd grade thru high school,
Sacraments preparation, RCIA, Home School and Parish CCD
Programs for same grade level as in Catholic Schools, and for parents
to use at home to teach their children.
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