5-1 review Flashcards
words used at sacraments
form
-the free and undeserved gift from God that we receive in the sacraments
grace
work of the people that transforms us and gives us God’s grace to continue on and participate in God’s plan
liturgy
- source and summit of all Christian life
- a real presence of Christ in the consecrated elements of bread and wine
eucharist
a sign and instrument of God’s presence in the world
people, events, and things that make God present to us
sacraments
how and why sacraments are efficacious
- power to transform and bring us together in the Trinity
- define us as believers of Jesus Christ in the Paschal Mystery
- effective if we allow God’s grace to work through us
why Christ is the first sacrament
sacraments flow from Christ
were begun by Jesus
the Church is the first sacrament
the eucharist as the most important sacrament
- all other sacraments are based around the eucharist
- it is Jesus and defined in the Paschal Mystery
how the sacraments are tangible and present yet invisible and spiritual
- Holy Orders-priests act in the Person of Christ as Christ offers heaing and forgiveness through the Holy Spirit
- priests are given authority through the Spirit to lead by apostolic succession
spiritual reality of the sacraments
matter and form which distinguishes each sacrament
These are the Sacraments handout
the sacraments have a two fold meaning-both spiritual and materiel
CCLE
Christ-Church-Liturgy-Eucharist
Baptism
Matter: water and oil
Form: “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”
Confirmation
Matter: oil of Chrism, and the laying on of hands
Form: “Be sealed with the Holy Spirit”
Eucharist
Matter: bread and wine
Form: “This is my body, this is my blood”; Prayer of Consecration says this, “do this in memory of me”
