1. Sacraments and Liturgy

2. Jesus’ Promise
• “I am with you always, until the end of the
age” (Matthew 28:20). Jesus’ words to His
disciples before his Ascension, promised that
He would never leave them.

3. The First Confirmation
• At Pentecost, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit to
them and still today, the Holy Spirit presence
remains in our lives.

4. The Sacraments
• Pentecost marks the first Confirmation in the
Church. The Church recognized certain
symbolic actions, or rituals, as signs of the
risen Christ made present through the Holy
Spirit. We call these Sacraments!

5. Gifts from Christ
• Each sacrament is given to us by Christ:
– Baptism-at His Baptism by John
– Reconciliation-when he told the apostles that
“Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven
them; and whose sins you shall retain, they are
retained. “
– Eucharist-at the Last Supper
– Confirmation-the descent of the Holy Spirit upon
the apostles as He promised

6. Effects of the Sacraments
– Matrimony-God’s creation of Adam and Eve and
calling them one flesh
– Holy Orders-In Matthew Jesus sends out his
disciples with instructions to tell the people that
the Kingdom of God is at hand.
– Anointing of the Sick-Christ visiting and curing the
dying (it is a conglomeration of all the sacraments)

7. • Each sacrament has an effet:
– Baptism-makes us children of God and part of his
body, Church and repairs the break from God
because of Original Sin
– Reconciliation-God forgives our sins
– Eucharist-we receive the body, blood soul and
divinity of Christ
– Confirmation-we are sealed with the Holy Spirit to
become adult members of the faith to share it and
uphold it

8. – Matrimony-a baptized man and woman become
one flesh under the witness of Christ
– Holy Orders-men are given the job of Christ
among us

9. Categories
• The sacraments can be grouped into 3
categories:
– 1. birth and growth (Baptism, Eucharist and
Confirmation) are how we are born into the
church and nourished
– 2. healing(Reconciliation and Anointing of the
Sick) is how we are made whole again and
experience peace and forgiveness
– 3. mission(matrimony and Holy Orders) is how
we are strengthened to serve God and others

10. Sanctifying Grace
• Each sacrament gives us grace, called
Sanctifying Grace, which allows us to love and
be loved by God.
• The sacraments are the ways that Christ, the
head of the Church, spread Grace to the Body
of the Church.

11. Liturgy
• The purpose of the sacraments is:
1. To sanctify us and make us holy
2. To build up the Body of Christ
3. To offer worship to God

12. Sacramentals
• Sacramentals are material objects, things or
actions (sacramentalia) set apart or blessed
by the Roman Catholic Church to manifest the
respect due to the sacraments, and so to
excite good thoughts and to increase
devotion, and through these movements of
the heart to remit venial sin, according to the
Council of Trent (Session XXII, 15).

13. Examples of Sacramentals
• Rosaries • Sign of the Cross
• Crucifixes • Images and Icons
• Scapulars • Incense
• Holy Water • Grace before meals
• Medals • Stations of the Cross
• Angelus prayer, etc.
• Blessings
• Novenas

14. Why Sacramentals?
• They weave a constant engagement with
Christ throughout our day.
• We believe that these blessed items are
sacred and should be treated with great
reverence and respect.
• Many other faiths have sacramentals, but they
don’t call them that.