Sacraments of Service and Healing Flashcards
Reconciliation: Minister(s)
~ Bishop
~ Priest
Reconciliation: Form
“I absolve you of your sins in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit”
Reconciliation: Matter
Laying on of the hands
Reconciliation: In the Scriptures
~ Jesus gave his disciples (and priesthood) the power to forgive and retain sin
~ Reconciliation is a ministry of the Church
Other names for Reconciliation:
~ Confession
~ Penance
Effects that Reconciliation have on a person who receives it:
~ Forgives sins
~ Restores SANCTIFYING GRACE
~ Gives actual grace and resist temptations
~ Reconciles with the Church
~ Gives peace of conscience and spiritual consolation
Reconciliation: The Procedure
1) Examine you conscience (even before you go to bed!)
2) Confess your sins according to the formula
3) Make an Act of Contrition (the prayer or your own prayer)
4) Receive absolution
5) Make you penance
- Say 10 Hail Mary’s.
Anointing of the Sick: Minster(s)
~ Bishop
~ Priest
Anointing of the Sick: Form
“Through this holy anointing, may the Lord in His love and mercy help you with the grace of the Holy Spirit”
Can you receive the Sacraments of Healing more than once?
YES
Anointing of the Sick: In the Scriptures
~ Priests can anoint sick people in order to heal them
~ Jesus gives the disciples/apostles the power to anoint
Another name for Anointing the Sick:
Extreme Unction
Effects that Anointing of the Sick:
~ Unites with the Passion of Christ
~ Gives strength, peace, and courage to endure sufferings
~ Forgives sins (and punishment due to sin) if the person is sorry
~ Can restore sanctifying grace if contrition is present
~ Can restore health if it is good for the person’s salvation
Anointing of the Sick is NOT…
~ For the dead people
- There’s something else for it.. A funeral.
~ Last rites
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