(Dynamic Religion) Introduction to the Sacraments Powerpoint Presentation

1. Introduction to the Sacraments

2. Motivation
How do you show an invisible reality
(abstract concept) like love, respect and
forgiveness to the person you love?

3. Group Activity:
• Each group should think of 5 abstract
concept or spiritual realities and present it
to the class thru actions, objects, or words.
• Allow other groups to identify or guess the
abstract concept.

4. A. Meaning of Sacrament
• The English word sacrament comes from the
Latin word sacramentum.
• A sacrament is an outward efficacious sign
instituted by Christ to give grace.
• Jesus Christ himself is the sacrament; his
humanity is the outward sign or the
instrument of his Divinity. It is through his
humanity that the life of the Trinity comes to
us as grace through the sacraments.

5. B. Sacramental Principle
• Sacramental principle is an assertion that God uses
visible realities to represent invisible realities.
• It means that God uses material realities to make
present a spiritual reality.

6. C. Origin of Sacraments
• Jesus in his humanity is the origin of sacraments since
he is sacrament of God’s saving love for all.
• The Church is the sacrament of the risen Jesus.
• The seven ritual sacraments are the sacraments of the
Church, that is, they visibly manifest and effectively
enact the Church’s mystery and mission of making
Christ present.

7. D. Jesus Christ as the Primordial Sacrament
• Jesus is the Primordial Sacrament because
he is not just the originator of the seven
sacraments but also their primary agent
(Christ himself baptizes, confirms, etc.) their
fullest expression or goal.
• Jesus is the Primordial Sacrament because
he is the Source, primary agent and the Goal
of all sacramental activity.

8. Jesus Christ, the Primordial Sacrament
As Source, Jesus is the one in whom all the sacraments
are rooted and from whom they derived their
efficacy.
As Primary Agent, Christ is the one who, through the
actions and words of the minister celebrating the
various sacraments, baptizes, confirms, forgives
and reconciles, heals, offers himself in sacrifice,
binds in faithful love and consecrates for service.
As a Goal of all sacraments, Jesus Christ is the
perfection toward which our life on earth tends.

9. E. The Church as the
Fundamental Sacrament
The Church is the
Fundamental
Sacrament because it
makes the risen Christ
present by being his
body and by celebrating
his saving acts in the
seven ritual
sacraments.

10. F. The Seven Ritual Sacraments
The seven ritual sacraments are saving
symbolic acts or visible signs , arising from
the ministry of Christ, and continued in, by
and for the Church, which, when received
in faith, fashion us into likeness to Christ in
his Paschal Mystery, through the power of
the Holy Spirit.

11. The seven ritual sacraments are:
• Baptism,
• Confirmation,
• Holy Eucharist,
• Penance,
• Anointing of the Sick,
• Holy Orders,
• Matrimony.

12. G. Nature of the Ritual Sacraments
• Each sacrament consists of a visible external rite,
which is composed of matter and form, the matter
being the action, such as the pouring of water, and
the form being the words spoken by the minister.
• Each sacramental rite confers a special ecclesial
effect and sacramental grace appropriate for each
sacrament.
• The sacraments occur at pivotal events and give
meaning to a person's life.

13. • The sacraments act ex opere operato, by the
very fact of the action being performed,
independent of the minister.
• The effect on the person receiving the
sacrament is called ex opere operantis, and
depends on the interior disposition of the
receiver.

14. Sacraments effects in us a gradual
transformation into Christ’s way, only
if celebrated in Faith.

15. The Sacraments of Initiation
a. Baptism
b. Confirmation
c. Eucharist

16. The Sacrament of Baptism
a. Baptism – is the sacrament of faith which brings us
new life in Christ and forgiveness of sins through
water and spirit; incorporating us into the Church;
and into sharing in the Trinitarian divine life as
adopted children of the father, in a progressive way
that looks ever to the future.

17. The Sacrament of
Confirmation
b. Confirmation – is the sacrament in which,
through the power of the Holy Spirit, a
baptized person is drawn into closer union
with the Church and endowed with strength
to actively spread the Gospel.

18. The Sacrament of the
Eucharist
c. Eucharist – is the centerpiece of the seven
ritual sacraments and “the source and
summit of the whole Christian life”.

19. The Sacraments of Healing
a. Reconciliation
b. Anointing the Sick

20. The Sacrament of
Reconciliation or
Penance
a. Reconciliation/Penance – is the sacrament
through which we: obtain pardon from God
for sins committed after baptism and for
which we are truly repentant, and are
reconciled with the Christian community, the
Church.

21. The Sacrament of
Anointing the Sick
b. Anointing the Sick – is the sacrament
which, through the laying on of hands, the
prayer of faith, and the anointing with
blessed oil, provides the sick with Christ’s
healing grace of the Holy Spirit.

22. The Sacraments of Vocation
a. Holy Orders
b. Matrimony

23. The Sacraments of
Vocation
a. Matrimony – is the sacrament in which the
love of man and woman is made holy and
becomes the mirror of God’s everlasting
love.

24. The Sacraments of
Vocation
b. Holy Orders – is the sacrament of apostolic
ministry through which the mission
entrusted by Christ to His Apostles
continues to be exercised in the Church till
the end of time.

25. Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders, are
given once, as they render a permanent seal
or character upon one's soul (2 Corinthians
1:21-22, Ephesians 4:30, Revelations 7:3).

26. Relevance of Sacraments
to a Christian’s Life
• All the ritual sacraments give
special grace.
• They draw us into a closer
relationship to the Church and
to God.
• They gradually transform us into
Christ’s way of thinking, acting,
praying, loving, forgiving and
serving.
• Sacraments sanctify us, build up
the Body of Christ, and give
worship to God.