Sacraments of Healing Test

Question 1

Why do we need the Sacraments of Healing?

Answer 1

• Still in our “earthly tent”
• In our human existence
• Prone to suffering, illness, temptation, sin, death

Question 2

What is the Healing of the Paralytic an example of?

Answer 2

• Spiritual healing

- Physical healing

Question 3

Confession

Answer 3

-Necessary because priests cannot read your mind and heart like God can

Question 4

4 Dimensions of Reconciliation

Answer 4

1. Memorial: Jesus forgiving peoples sins (remember jesus doing this)
2. Celebration: Invigorated due to repentance
3. Communion: Sinners are restored to fellowship w/ all those their sins have hurt
4. Transformation: changed because we are forgiven

Question 5

The Lost Son

Answer 5

What the son does:
1. Conversion: came to his senses
2. “Father, I have sinned against Heaven and you”
3. Penance: “Treat me as your hired servants”
Father:
1. Forgiveness: runs, embraces son, kisses
2. Reconciliation: Gives him ring, shoes, feast

Question 6

God in regard to Reconciliation

Answer 6

-Infinite in mercy
-Israel sinned constantly (knew this)
-God forgave them with the New Covenant (Jeremiah 31)
Jesus= God because both forgave sins

Question 7

Friendship with God

Answer 7

-“I call you friends”
“Lay down your life for your friends”
-Reconciliation: Our way of working on our friendship w/ God
-FRIENDSHIP IS NOT ABOUT RULES
-Jesus broke rules (Sabbath, temple, dietary laws, cleanliness)
-Ex: The Good Samaritan

Question 8

History of Reconciliation

Answer 8

-Penitents:
-Want to be restored to friendship with God
-Old days: Publicly confessed sins
-Done w/ Bishop
7th Century:
-Irish missionaries started private confessions (lack of bishops to forgive everyone)

Question 9

Celebrating the Sacrament of Reconciliation

Answer 9

• Before: Examination of Conscience (10 commandments)
• Contrition: Genuine sorrow + aversion to past sins
• Perfect contrition: Sorry because love God and want to fix relationship
• Imperfect Contrition: Afraid of punishment

Question 10

Graces of Reconciliation

Answer 10

1. Practice of Discipline: prayer, fasting, and almsgiving (act of giving money or material goods to needy)
2. Return forgiveness: God forgives us, so we should forgive others
3. Refrain from anger and revenge: Leave your gift and forgive your brother
4. Pursue Justice and Peace: Model forgiveness to the world, ambassador for justice and peace
5. Call to perfection: “Be perfect as our heavenly father is perfect”

Question 11

Theodicy

Answer 11

• If God is just and fair, why do we suffer and die?
• Old Testament believed that behaving God meant success, long life, disobey brings suffering (conclusion: suffering comes from offending God)
• Ex: Book of Job: We cannot truly understand why we suffer

Question 12

Buddism on Suffering

Answer 12

-Suffering is caused by desire for worldly things

Question 13

Hinduism on Suffering

Answer 13

-Punishment for bad actions committed in this life or past lives

Question 14

Islam on Suffering

Answer 14

• Muslims attribute suffering to Satan and other evil spirits
• Allowed by Allah to test human faith

Question 15

Judaism on Suffering

Answer 15

• Jews believe suffering is caused by a weakness in one’s relationship with God
• God suffers along with the person

Question 16

Christ the Physician

Answer 16

• He touched the sick: made him unclean in the eyes of the law
  1. Sickness & death not punishment from God
  2. God loves the sick and disabled as much as other people
  3. God’s love is stronger than sickness, pain, suffering, and death
  4. God does not abandon us when we are sick or suffering
  5. The sick should not be treated as outcasts; play a crucial role in the Body of Christ

Question 17

Letter of James

Answer 17

• “Anyone of you sick”
  
  • Pray over them
  • Lay hands on them
  • Anoint with oil

Question 18

What are the three types of oils used in masses?

Answer 18

• Chrism
• Oil of Catechumens
• Oil of the Sick

Question 19

Extreme Unction

Answer 19

• “The Final Anointing”

- People felt this sacrament was only for people who were about to die

Question 20

Viaticum

Answer 20

• “Food for the journey”

- Receiving of the last eucharist

Question 21

Who can receive Anointing of the Sick?

Answer 21

• Stated during Vatican 2
  1. Seriously ill
  2. Going in for major surgery
  3. Advanced old age
  4. “Turn for the worst” (illness on top of illness)

Question 22

Liturgy of the Anointing of the Sick

Answer 22

1. Introductory Rite
2. Liturgy of the Word (Scripture)
3. Prayer of the Faithful
4. Laying on of hands
5. Anointing of forehead and hands
6. Viaticum–> final reception of Eucharist

Question 23

What are the sacraments of healing?

Answer 23

• Reconciliation

- Anointing of the Sick

Question 24

How does the Seal of Reconciliation work?

Answer 24

-When you tell a priest your sin and he gives you absolution, he is not allowed to tell people the sins you confessed, even if they could put others in danger

Question 25

Restitution

Answer 25

-The act of repairing, restoring, or paying for any damage our sins have inflicted on others and their property

Question 26

Contrition

Answer 26

• Heartfelt sorrow and and aversion for any sins committed along with intention of sinning no more
• Necessary for receiving absolution during Sacrament of Penance

Question 27

Confession

Answer 27

• Acknowledging and telling a priest our sins

- Honest confession of sins is an essential part of the Sacrament of Penance

Question 28

Reconciliation Definition

Answer 28

-Being reunited in peace and friendship with someone we have hurt by our sins– especially God, the Church, and ourselves

Question 29

Forgiveness

Answer 29

• God’s merciful pardon for our sins

- God forgives our sins in the Sacrament of Penance and welcomes us back into Communion w/ him

Question 30

Conversion

Answer 30

-The first step of a sinner to repentance and returning to the love of God the Father

Question 31

Act of Contrition

Answer 31

• A prayer, either formal or informal

- Penitents prayer at the Sacrament of Penance to express sorry for their sins

Question 32

Penance

Answer 32

• A sign of a true sorrow for the sins we have committed
• Among other actions, penance may be a prayer, offering, work of mercy, action of service for neighbor, or a voluntary act of self-denial

Question 33

Absolution

Answer 33

-The prayer by which a priest, by the power given to the Church by Jesus Christ, pardons a repentant sinner in the Sacrament of Penance

Question 34

Venial vs. Mortal Sins

Answer 34

-Venial sin: sins that weaken and wound our relationship with God
-Mortal Sin: Serious violations of God’s law of love that result in the loss of God’s life in the soul of the sinner
(FULL KNOWLEDGE OF EVIL DONE, GRAVE MATTER, FULL CONSENT OF WILL)