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COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
S.Y. 2021-2022

RS 7 (PASTORAL APOSTOLATE)

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Module 2
Lesson Title: REFRESHING SACRAMENTS
I. Learning Target/s: At the end of the lesson, the students CAN:
1.Define the nature of Sacraments
2. Explain the God created everything out of nothing and that He is the source of all life.
References:
 Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines – Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic
Education. Catechism for Filipino Catholics. Manila: Word and Life Publications, 1997
 Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines – Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic
Education. Catechism of Catholic Church. Manila: Word and Life Publication, 1994
 Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines – Episcopal Commission on Catechesis and Catholic
Education. Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Manila: Word and Life Publications,
2005
 Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Holy Bible – The New Revised Standard Version. United
States of America: Catholic Bible Press, 1993
Values: Love of God
Time duration: 3 hours
Week 2

II. Activating Prior Knowledge: Answer the exercise below.

Write your different ideas and insights of what a sacrament is.

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III. TOPIC/ DISCUSSION
The next time you enter your parish church or school chapel, you may as well spend more time for some sort of
sightseeing. Look around and gaze at sacred objects and images, holy signs and symbols and articlesof
devotions. You may be surprised to find out how rich Catholic devotion and spirituality is, as expressed
through those material things that our senses could percieve.

Sacred signs and symbols in our churches could be used to catechize and evangelize people.

Sacraments are among the signs that convey to us what is spiritual and divine. Such, however, are no ordinary
sacred signs. The use of the term sacrament refers exclusively to the seven great means God has given the
Church for her members to grow in the life of grace.

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, a sacrament is an external or sensible sign, instituted
by Christ, which causes the grace it signifies.

Four essential points which help us gain a better understanding of the nature and meaning of
Sacraments.
1. It is a SIGN
- It points to something, that is, to the reality it represents. Although it bears a natural
resemblance to the signified reality, it cannot point to itself. Thus the water poured on the body in baptism does
not mean washing of the body, but rather, it signifies the washing of the soul.

2. It is a SENSIBLE SIGN
- It is known through the external senses. An abstract or an image produced by the
imagination could not be a sacrament.

3. It is INSTITUTED BY CHRIST
- Sacraments are the very words and actions of Christ. They are means or channels
by which God communicates His grace to us. God is the principal author of all sacraments. Only God can give
grace. Only He can choose the way to give it to us, that is, by means of the sacraments.

4. It causes the Grace it signifies

- The Church uses the Latin words ex opere operato (literally, “by the very fact of
the actions of being performed) to explain that the sacramental signs really bestow the grace that they signify.

INFLAMING HEARTS!
The Gospels narrate how Jesus performed various miracles like bringing the deaf back to hear, the lame walk,
the blind to see, and other wondrous deeds like raising Lazarus to life.
However, oftentimes, we tend to look for signs and miracles that we desire instead of listening to His words
and having faith in Him.
It is our tendency to ask for some signs that lead us to miss seeing the reality.
A sacrament is an outward sign of inward grace.
Sacraments are signs that are visible to our senses and efficacious in that they effect what they signify.
If we look for signs, the sacraments are pointing to the reality of God’s power, love and
goodness and bestowing on us at the same time the sanctifying grace and the sacramental graces.

SACRAMENTS
- The visible and efficacious signs of grace instituted by Christ and entrusted to the church.
- the official channels of grace to our souls.
- each time we receive a sacrament; our supernatural life is nourished.
- it gives sanctifying grace together with the sacramental grace proper to each sacrament.
The sacraments belong to the Church in a double sense:

1. They are “by the Church” because she is the sacrament of Christ’s action at work in her through the
mission of the Holy Spirit.
2. They are “for the Church” because the sacraments make the Church.

The Holy Spirit prepares us for the reception of the sacraments through the Word of God and through faith.
The faith of a well-disposed heart receives the word of God. The sacraments strengthen and express this faith.

 The Church teaches that “the purpose of the sacraments is to sanctify men, to build up the body
of Christ, and finally to give worship to God; because they are signs they also instruct.

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  They not only presuppose faith, but by words and objects they also nourish, strengthen, and
express it; that is why they are called “sacraments of faith”.

IV. ACTIVITIES/ LEARNING EXPERIENCES

A. Clarifying Understanding
Directions: Identify the word or term described in each statement.

1. It refers exclusively to the seven great means that God has given the Church for her members to grow
in the life of grace. _______________
2. It narrates Jesus performed various miracles like bringing the deaf back to hear, the lame walk, the
blind to see, and other wondrous deeds like raising Lazarus to life._______________________
3. These are the signs that are visible to our senses and efficacious in that they effect what
they signify.__________________
4. It gives sanctifying grace together with the sacramental grace proper to each
sacrament.____________________
5. The Church uses the Latin words to explain that the sacramental signs really bestow the grace that they
signify.___________________________

B. Processing Questions

1. Why does the Church use numerous ceremonies in practicing the outward signs of the sacraments?

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C. Lifelong Learning
2. Jesus Christ instituted the seven sacraments for us all. As a student, why do you have to receive the
sacraments?
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 ACTIVITY SHEET NO. 2

A. Explain the following concisely

Use the space provided for your answer.

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Content thorough and very insightful. or incomplete. misunderstanding or
insightful. misconception.

1. Why do the sacraments need to be instituted?

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2. What is a Sacrament?

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