Sacraments Introduction

Question 1

What command did Jesus give to his disciples at the moment of his Ascension into Heaven?

Answer 1

Jesus commanded that they spread the good news and also commanded the apostles to baptize.

Question 2

What is Grace?

Answer 2

Is the gift given to us by God. It is the active power of love that wishes to intercede in our lives and help us live the Christian life.

Question 3

How were Adam and Eve different from the rest of God’s creations?

Answer 3

They were made in his image and likeness and possessed intelligence and free will.

Question 4

What was the implication of Adam and Eve’s choice to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil?

Answer 4

They became the arbiters of good and evil. They also ruptured friendship with God and disrupted the harmony of creation.

Question 5

Describe the ways God intervened in the lives of the faithful before Christ.

Answer 5

Through physical signs, such as covenants to prepare for Jesus and through prophets to keep the people on the right path.

Question 6

List three examples in which God manifested himself to man through physical objects.

Answer 6

(1) Noah and the rainbow
(2) Abraham and circumcision
(3) Moses and the tablets

Question 7

Significance of Noah and the rainbow.

Answer 7

A sign God would never destroy mankind.

Question 8

Significance of Abraham and circumcision.

Answer 8

Everlasting covenant.

Question 9

Significance of Moses and the tablets.

Answer 9

Represented our relationship with God and one another.

Question 10

Why did God chose to manifest himself to man through physical objects?

Answer 10

So that he could appeal to our five senses since we are material beings.

Question 11

What does it mean that Christ is a living sacrament?

Answer 11

Because it is only through him that we can receive God’s grace.

Question 12

How do the sacraments resemble Christ’s ministry on earth?

Answer 12

Christ acts through sacraments in the world and they continue on.

Question 13

How did the Apostles initially react after Christ’s ascension?

Answer 13

They were unsure and frightened.

Question 14

How and when did the Apostles attitudes change?

Answer 14

Their attitude changed when God intervened sending the Holy Spirit which gave them courage.

Question 15

What role does the Catholic church play in continuing the sacraments?

Answer 15

The Catholic church conveys the grace of God through the sacraments.

Question 16

What is the origin of the word sacrament?

Answer 16

Derived from the Latin word “sacramentum” meaning an oath.

Question 17

Why are signs important in how we understand the world?

Answer 17

They are used to communicate and understand the world.

Question 18

How do sacraments fulfill the role of a sign or symbol?

Answer 18

They are material things used to channel God’s grace.

Question 19

What does it mean that sacraments are efficacious?

Answer 19

They bring about something that was not present before.

Question 20

How is Christ at work in the sacraments?

Answer 20

Christ is the primary minister of the sacraments, he acts through them to communicate God’s grace.

Question 21

What is sanctifying grace?

Answer 21

It establishes us in permanent disposition to live and act in keeping with God’s call.

Question 22

What is actual grace?

Answer 22

Is given to us overtimes God wishes us to do good work or to overcome a temptation to do wrong.

Question 23

Why is sanctifying grace also called habitual grace?

Answer 23

Because this grace is a habitual gift and establishes the permanent disposition.

Question 24

Describe the three divine calls associated with the sacraments.

Answer 24

(1) Personal Holiness
(2) Worship
(3) Correct Moral Attitude

Question 25

Personal Holiness

Answer 25

to accomplish a mission know to God (baptism, eucharist, confirmation)

Question 26

Worship

Answer 26

to receive God’s graces

Question 27

Correct Moral Attitude

Answer 27

Instructs Catholics about the will of Christ concerning moral choices.

Question 28

What three common elements do the sacrament share?

Answer 28

(1) Matter
(2) Minister
(3) Form

Question 29

How matter, minister and form are viewed in Baptism?

Answer 29

Matter- the water
Minister- priest, bishop
Form- the prayer

Question 30

What does it mean to receive the sacraments with a proper disposition?

Answer 30

We must not only have the intentions to receive the promised grace, but be in the proper spiritual condition.

Question 31

Why is it important to receive the sacraments with a proper disposition?

Answer 31

So that we can freely participate in God’s salvation.