significant moments Flashcards
These life celebrations we have are
celebrated together with our family, relatives, neighbors, and friends thus, calling it a communal celebration.
In the Church, we also have these communal celebrations called
Sacraments.
three part deifinition of sacraments by the CFC 1519
“a sensible sign,
instituted by Christ, to give grace”
is “an encounter of God’s
adopted sons and daughters with their Father, through Christ in the Spirit, expressed as a dialogue through
actions and words”
A sacramental celebration
is “an encounter of God’s
adopted sons and daughters with their Father, through Christ in the Spirit, expressed as a dialogue through
actions and words”
A sacramental celebration
is “an encounter of God’s
adopted sons and daughters with their Father, through Christ in the Spirit, expressed as a dialogue through
actions and words”
A sacramental celebration
sacraments communicate through
through touch
through gestures
through words
Jesus Christ is much more than simply the originator of the
Sacraments.
the ‘Primordial Sacrament,’
He is at once the
the SOURCE, the PRIMARY AGENT and the GOAL
Christ is the one in whom all the sacraments are rooted and from whom they derive their efficacy.
“SOURCE”,
he 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.
“PRIMARY AGENT”,
sacraments, Christ is the perfection toward which
our life on earth tends. Not only does he challenge us to a response of love, but effectively empowers us,
through the Holy Spirit, to grow into his fullness,
“GOAL”
“To Give Grace.” The Church has always taught that the sacraments give grace
ex opera operato.
Christ is active in all the
sacraments, most especially in the
Holy Eucharist,
Jesus is the primordial or original sacrament because
“Jesus is the source, primary agent, and goal of the
sacraments.”
