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CHRISTIAN FORMATION SERVICES

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AREA
2nd Semester, AY 2021-2022

OBE-Learning Module

Course Code : REED 104

Course Title : LITURGY AND SACRAMENTS
Class Schedule : Block 4, (Every MTWTh) 8:00-11:30 AM
Room No. : CDS
Professor : SR. AMALIA ROSILLO, SPC
E-mail Address : sr_amalia.rosillo@spus.edu.ph
Consultation : Friday 9:00-11:00 AM
Hours

MODULE 4
THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING

THE PAULINIAN ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS

Ethical, Paulinian Leaders & Professionals

1.4 Articulate, advocate and exemplify Paulinian ideals and values in their private and
professional lives nurtured by
Prayer and a deep relationship with God;

AFFIRMATION

“As a Christ-centered Paulinian, I am Ethical, Paulinian Leader & Professional, consciously

expressing my faith.”

DAY
TOPIC : Penance/Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick
HOURS :
LEARNING Worship- Pray devoutly for inner healing,
OUTCOMES Doctrine- Elaborate upon the meaning and significance of the Sacraments
of Healing and Interpret about the demands for conversion,
Moral- Cherish the importance of the Act of Penance and the healing
power of Reconciliation.

TEACHING-
LEARNING
ACTIVITIES
Student Activity 1: Opening Prayer
Blessed Day Everyone! You may read the Gospel of John 3:20-30, after reading, you may pause
for a moment of silence. Make your reflection and end your prayer with Glory Be.

Reflection:
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In today’s reflection I take two lessons in this passage. Do not ever allow despair,
disappointment or hurt to be the guide of your decisions or beliefs in life. They are never a good
guide. Do not doubt the power of God to be able to do anything and everything He chooses. In
this case, God chose to rise from the dead and so He did. In our own lives, God can do anything

He wills. We must believe that and know that what He reveals to us in faith will come to be if we
but trust in His provident care.

Lord, I do believe. Help my unbelief. When I am tempted to give in to despair or to doubt Your
almighty power over all things in life, help me to turn to you and to trust in You with all my
heart. May I cry out, with St. Thomas, "My Lord and my God," and may I do so even when I see
only with the faith You put into my soul. Jesus, I trust in You.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now,
and ever shall be, world without end.
Context:

Student Activity 2: Short Story: Kitty, An Apostle of the Divine Mercy

Read the story of Kitty and answer the following questions below.
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen told a story of an incident that happened while he was
serving as a priest in New York City during a Parish Family Retreat. He was summoned to an
apartment where a young woman named Kitty was dying. As Fr. Fulton entered the apartment he
had never seen a room as filthy as this one. He asked her whether she wanted to make peace with
God. She claimed she couldn't because she was New York City's worst girl. Her husband
poisoned her since she wasn't bringing in enough money from the streets, and she died of
poisoning. Fr. Sheen assured her that she was not New York City's worst girl since the worst girl
would believe she was the best. She agreed to go to confession after hearing some of Jesus'
parables. She was instantly better when Fr. Sheen anointed her. She was physically healed, but
more significantly, she was spiritually healed. After her recovery she became an apostle to the
people among whom she worked with and she brought them to Fr. Sheen. They would come to
him and say, “Father, I am the person Kitty told you about.” Kitty received the mercy of Jesus
and became an apostle of Divine Mercy.

Student Activity #2: Answer the following questions:

1. What happened to Kitty that she almost died?
Kitty almost died because her husband poisoned her since she wasn't bringing in enough money.
2. How did Kitty experience physical and spiritual well-being?
After kitty had a confession and heard some parable she was instantly better when Fr. Sheen
anointed her. She was physically healed, but more significantly, she was spiritually healed. After
her recovery she even became an apostle.
3. What have you learned and realized from the story?
I realized to this story that no matter how bad your situation is. God will never forsake you but
rather He will send an instrument to help you to change your life because God wants the best for
us. We just have to approach Him and surrender ourselves to Him. By that, I believe all battles in
life will be overcome, just keep your faith on Him.

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When God forgives, He does not look back but forward, as in Kitty's wonderful and
inspiring story; our strengths and potentials are in His mind like a mother's womb, nourishing
and preparing the child for the future. It's no surprise, however, that the portrayal of God's love,
which uses a motherly image, is possibly the most exquisite depiction of God's love in the Old
Testament. The earliest Christian community focused their teaching ministry to the lost and in
need of conversion, so that they could be reconciled with God through Christ Jesus.
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EXPOSITION:

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Student Activity 3:
A.) Sacred Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:11-21- The Ministry of Reconciliation
Read the text from 2 Corinthians 5:11-21, and answer the questions below.
1. What was the message of Saint Paul to the Corinthians?
Saint Paul message to the Corinthians that for each of us who has become a new creation,
reconciled to God in Christ, the commission is given. Having reconciled to God, we ourselves
are inducted into the ministry of reconciliation.
2. What happen to us if we allow Christ to be with us?
Christ will use each of us differently, having equipped us, each one, with different gifts and
temperaments and capacities.
3. How can you be an ambassador of Christ?
I will commit myself to the Lord for His purposes. May Christ open doors of opportunity for me.
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The Second Letter to the Corinthians shows how to act like His disciples. Their zeal
and diligence are for the glory of God and the good of the community most especially in leading
sinners back to God through the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Meeting Jesus and allowing Him
to heal us bring new grace and life to us. When we receive the forgiveness of Jesus we will be
transformed. Let us therefore turn to the mercy of Jesus and be healed of our sins and be renewed
with the fullness of His divine grace.
Sickness of the body truly affects our emotional and spiritual well-beings. Through the
Sacraments of Healing, Jesus Christ brings healing physically and spiritually to those who are
seriously ill. Jesus forgives and restores the grace that nourishes us holistically.
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B.) Church Teaching: Catechism of the Catholic Church nos. 1421-1523

The Sacraments of Healing:

The Sacrament of Penance and Anointing of the Sick are the sacraments of healing and salvation
of Jesus to show and extend God’s mercy to all the members of the Church especially the sick,
the suffering, and continue the process of healing and forgiving of their sins.

A.) The Sacrament of Reconciliation and Penance

This sacrament through the minister of the Church grants pardon from God’s mercy the offense
committed against God and be reconciled with the Church. The names of the Sacraments are:
1. Sacrament of Conversion- makes sacramentally present Jesus call to conversion and the first
step to return to God the Father who is offended by sin.
2. Sacrament of Penance- it consecrates the Christian sinner’s personal and ecclesial steps of
conversion, penance and satisfaction.
3. Sacrament of Confession- it enables the sinful man to confess his sins to the priest,
acknowledges and praises God’s holiness and obtains God’s mercy to the sinner.
4. Sacrament of Forgiveness- it grants the penitent “pardon and peace” by God through the
priest’s sacramental absolution.
5. Sacrament of Reconciliation- it imparts to the sinner God’s merciful love who reconciles and
enable the penitent respond to the Lord’s call of reconciliation to his brother.

Forms of Penance in Christian Life

Fasting, prayer and almsgiving express conversion in relation to oneself, God and others.
The surest way of Penance is to take up one’s cross daily and follow Jesus. The daily conversion
and Penance find their source and nourishment in the Eucharist, we are fed and strengthened by
the body and blood of Christ which frees us from daily faults and preserve us from mortal sins.
Reading Sacred Scripture and praying the Liturgy of the Hours bring about the spirit of
conversion and repentance so that forgiveness of sins is gained in every sincere act of worship or
devotion. The intense moment of the church’s penitential practice is Lent and each Friday of
Lent in memory of the death of the Lord. These times are seasoned for spiritual exercises,
penitential liturgies, and pilgrimages as signs of penance, voluntary self-denial such as fasting,
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almsgiving, and fraternal sharing in charitable and missionary works.

The Confession of Sins

Confession of sins to a priest is an essential part of the sacrament of Penance which

frees us and facilities our reconciliation with others. Self-examination is needed before
confession. Mortal sins must be recounted in Confession for it wounds the soul more grievously
and are more dangerous than those which are committed openly. Venial sins, even without being
strictly necessary, is strongly recommended to be confused by the church for it helps us to form
our conscience, fight against evil tendencies, let ourselves be healed by Christ and progress in
the life of the Spirit. Bishops and priests, by virtue of the Sacrament of the Holy Orders, have the
power to forgive all sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. The
priest keeps absolute secrecy regarding the sins that his penitents have confessed to him
(Sacramental Seal)
Parts of the Sacrament of Penance

This Sacrament involves the following:

1. Contrition- change of heart of the penitent by an expression of sorrow for sins committed.
2. Confession- external sign of an internal sorrow, must be genuine for conversion and
reconciliation.
3. Act of Penance- reparation for the offense done and restoration of the order that was
destroyed by sin.
4. Absolution- assurance of God’s forgiveness by the words of absolution given by the priest.

Jesus Calls Us to Conversion

The Church’s preaching of the Gospel is addressed first to those who do not yet know
Christ and His Gospel. Those who believe Christ and His Gospel are invited to Baptism which is
the principal place for the first and fundamental conversion. Christ’s call to conversion continues
in the work of the whole Church for all sinners to be purified in the path of penance and renewal
(second conversion). Continuous conversion is the movement of a “contrite heart” drawn and
moved by grace to respond to the merciful love of God who initiated first his love to man.
Reconciliation to God (restoring us to God’s grace), joining us with Him in an intimate
friendship calls for conversion accompanied by these: the penitent and the priest make the sign
of the cross, the priest welcomes the sinner. “May the Lord Jesus who call sinners welcomes you
to have confidence in Him,” confessions of sins by the penitent and act of penance penitent’s
prayer and priest’s absolution, the penitent is dismissed after praises are proclaimed. Conversion
or metanoia (change of heart) is the fruit of one’s rejection of sin and the wiles of the devil. It is
about disposing one’s heart, mind, and will to serve God alone. Conversion is the daily challenge
of every baptized Christian, reconciling oneself to God in the process.

B.) The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick

This sacrament commends those who are ill to the suffering and glorified Lord, so he
may raise them up, save them, and freely unite themselves to the Passion and death of Christ.
People in infirmity are continually touched by Christ. He heals by his compassion toward the
sick. Anointing of the Sick was instituted to strengthen those who are being tried by illness using
oil. Extreme Unction is an anointing of the sick exclusively for those at the point of death.

Administrators of the Sacrament and its Effects

The sick, with good preparation and disposition assisted by their pastor and whole
ecclesial community, is encouraged to receive this sacrament through priests and bishops. The
rite of the Anointing of the Sick consists of Greetings, Penitential Rite, Laying of Hands and
Anointing of the Sick Person. It is a particular gift of the Holy Spirit that completes the union
and conformity to the death and Resurrection of Christ just like Baptism. It is ecclesial grace that
completes the mark of the whole Christian life just like Baptism and Confirmation which
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strengthens us for combats in life, a preparation for the final journey to fortify the end of earthly
life like a sold rampant for the final struggles before entering the Father’s house. As Viaticum
the Eucharist received in this Sacrament is in preparation for the moment of “passing over” to the
Father.
Healing of mind body, and soul is desired by the recipients of this Sacrament and the
Church dispenses this ministry with the mercy and kindness of Jesus, the Great Healer.

Integration:

Worship: a.) The reception of this sacrament ought to be prepared for an examination of
Conscience made in the light of the Word of God,
b.) By the sacred Anointing of the Sick and the prayer of the priests the whole Church
commends those who are ill to the suffering and glorified Lord, that He may raise
them up and save them.
Doctrine: a.) Christ’s call to conversion continues to resound in the lives of Christians,
b.) God’s forgiveness initiates the healing.
Moral: a.) We spontaneously think of turning away from self-centered pursuit of satisfying our
Own egotistical needs and toward loving service of others,
b.) Christ’s love commandment is exercised in a very practical way through the care
of the sick celebrated in the Sacrament of Anointing.

Summary:
The Sacrament of Reconciliation plays an important part in our Christian life. It is a
way of acknowledging our sins while asking God’s mercy to forgive us in the person of the
priest. On the other hand, the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick brings Christ’s
compassionate healing to assist those who have serious sickness. This healing does not
necessarily mean that upon receiving this sacrament it will totally eradicate the disease or defect
of the person’s current situation. While there are diseases that are not curable in the medical
sense, there can also be healing that would penetrate the body, soul, and spirit of the sick person.
The purposive direction for such penance and anointing is for one’s total conversion.

Student Activity 4: Closing Prayer

You may read the Gospel of Matthew 11:28-30, and after reading it, you may have a moment of
reflection, and then end your prayer by saying the Our Father and Glory Be.
REFLECTION a. ) My Thoughts/Insights: In 15 sentences or fewer, express your
thoughts/insights on this phrase.
"As a devout mother, the Church does not lose her heart in any sins."
1. God is love
2. The church is our mother
3. The church united us
4. Jesus live in our hearts forever
5. Jesus Christ gave His power and authority to the church.

b.) What have I LEARNED in this module?

I have learned that Penance/Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick, plays
a very important part in our Christian life. As these are sacraments of
healing and salvation of Jesus.
What have I DONE?
I applied what I have learned in my daily lives. I followed what Gods want
me to do. I engage myself with the Lord in his ongoing ministry of
reconciliation.
How can I IMPROVE?
By letting God to use me, to see the opportunities His open before me.
With heart and hands and voice to equip me as minister.

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ASSESSMENTS
A. Student Activity 2
B. Student Activity 3
C. Reflection
D. Assignment
E. Expanded Opportunity
F. Describe and Enumerate:

1. Differentiate the Sacrament of Reconciliation and the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.
This sacrament of Reconciliation is through the minister of the Church grants pardon from God’s
mercy the offense committed against God and be reconciled with the Church. While, the
sacrament of Anointing of the Sick, commends those who are ill to the suffering and glorified
Lord, so he may raise them up, save them, and freely unite themselves to the Passion and death
of Christ. People in infirmity are continually touched by Christ. He heals by his compassion
toward the sick.
2. What are the other names for Sacrament of Reconciliation?
The other names for the sacraments of Reconciliation are the following:
 Sacrament of Conversion
 Sacrament of Penance
 Sacrament of Confession
 Sacrament of Forgiveness
 Sacrament of Reconciliation
3. Who can receive the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick and who can administer it?
The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick commends those who are ill. The one who can
administer it is priest. They can be performed in a home or a hospital. The priest may also
administer the sacrament of the Eucharist and can hear a confession if so desired.
4. What are the effects of the Sacraments of Reconciliation?
 Restoration of our relationship with God.
 Restoration of our relationship with each other
 Strength and confidence to continue in faith
 Ability to continually look at change in one’s life (reflection and action).
 A sense of peacefulness and understanding (acceptance)
 Freedom to begin again.
5. What are the effects of the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick?
 Strength to embrace God’s will
 Preparation for a holy death
 Forgiveness of venial sins (and mortal sins if person is unable to confess)
6. Why are the Sacraments of Healing needed by believers?
The Church offers us the sacraments of healing to assist in our daily journeys of conversion and
reconciliation. During his earthly ministry, Jesus forgave sins and healed those who were
physically and spiritually broken.
7. How should the faithful respond to Christ’s gifts of the Sacraments?
The gifts of right judgment helps you make choices to live as a faithful follower of Jesus.

G. Penance: “Sand Away Your Sins: Do the following faithfully and sincerely, then take a photo
of yourself while you're doing this activity.
1. Have an Examination of Conscience. Recall the sins you have done against God and against
your neighbors.
2. On a piece of paper, write your sins.
3. Do an act of penance for the sins you have done. Ask for forgiveness from God and make
Amends on the faults you have done toward others.
4. Erase the sins you wrote. Crumple, or burn, or tear the paper to pieces.
5. On the clean board or wood, write the good acts you want to do in your life.
6. Be in a moment of silence and reflect on the activity you have done.
7. Write your personal reflection from the activity.

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ASSIGNMENTS
Prayer Composition: “We Care for the Sick Persons.” Compose personalized prayer for the sick
person.
Dear God, our great healer,
we raise to You all the sick persons.
Please give them Lord,
the strength to fight and not lose hope.
We wholeheartedly believe
that You will give them healing,
not only physically but,
above all, spiritually. In Jesus name, Amen!

EXPANDED A.) Hungers:

OPPORTUNITY Hunger means to have a desire for something. This definition allows us to
explore the different types of hunger we experience. Answer the questions
in each category below.
Hungers of the Body
1. What desires or cravings does your body have?
The desires or cravings does my body have are aside of delicious food but
a food that makes me receive the body and blood of Christ because I
believe I will never feel hunger if I receive Him. I also crave for His words
because His word is my life.
2. How does one satisfy these physical hungers?
You can feel satisfaction if you have it or receive it.
Hungers of the Mind
1. What desires or cravings does your mind have?
My mind craves to the gifts of holy spirit because holy spirit has the power
to make the changes God wants to make in our lives.
2. How does one satisfy these intellectual hungers?
Spend Time in Praise & Worship, pray, fasting, get into the word, desire
spiritual gifts, be obedient to his voice, and grow in faith.
Hungers of the Heart
1. What desires or cravings does your heart have?
My heart desires the love of God, my family, parents, and my loved-ones.
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2. How does one satisfy these emotional hungers?

I can have satisfaction from these emotional hungers if you have meditate
on the word of God.
Hungers of the Soul
1. What desires or cravings does your soul have?
My soul craving for the body and blood of Christ that nourishes my soul.
2. How does one satisfy these spiritual hungers?
I can have satisfaction if I receive it every holy mass.

B. Am I a Sacrament of Reconciliation?
This exercise can give you a better sense of your own role as an instrument
for reconciliation. Read each of the following characteristics of
Reconciliation and complete its related task.

1. Reconciliation begins with God. That is any reconciliation that occurs,

whether between individuals or between nations, reflects God’s love for the
world.
- Name one thing that you could do to help you better appreciate
God’s love for the world.
Reading the bible
2. We cannot seek peace with others if we carry within ourselves the heavy
burden of inner discord. Reconciliation includes being reconciled with
ourselves.
- Name one aspect of yourself that you feel a need to be reconciled with.
Physical Aspect
3. Reconciliation occurs within the various groups we are part of family,
friends, school, and church.
- Name one way that you can bring peace and harmony to a group to which
you belong.
Act of Kindness
4. Reconciliation is an ever-expanding and all-inclusive activity.
- Name one person or group who you think might welcome your gestures
of friendship or concern. Describe what you could do to show hospitality to
that person or group.
Family, build positive relationships.

RESOURCES: Bible
Catechism for Filipino Catholics (CFC)
Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC)
Evangelista, Carlos S., Jr., MAL: Prayer, Liturgy and Sacraments
Sr.Villarubia, Gewena Gay P., AR: Our Way to God
Sr. Maquiling, Christie P., AR: Our Way to God
Juanillo, Eden S. & Cuyos, Fanny A.:Journey with Jesus God Builds and
Unites His People

Prepared by: MRS. ANNABELLE S. DUA

SR. AMALIA M. ROSILLO, SPC

Instructor

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