The document discusses grace and the sacraments of the Catholic Church. It defines grace as God's free and undeserved help for humanity to become children of God. It describes the seven sacraments as efficacious signs of grace that were instituted by Christ to dispense divine life. It then focuses on the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist, explaining their effects such as freeing one from sin and incorporating them into Christ's body the Church.
The document discusses grace and the sacraments of the Catholic Church. It defines grace as God's free and undeserved help for humanity to become children of God. It describes the seven sacraments as efficacious signs of grace that were instituted by Christ to dispense divine life. It then focuses on the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist, explaining their effects such as freeing one from sin and incorporating them into Christ's body the Church.
The document discusses grace and the sacraments of the Catholic Church. It defines grace as God's free and undeserved help for humanity to become children of God. It describes the seven sacraments as efficacious signs of grace that were instituted by Christ to dispense divine life. It then focuses on the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist, explaining their effects such as freeing one from sin and incorporating them into Christ's body the Church.
The document discusses grace and the sacraments of the Catholic Church. It defines grace as God's free and undeserved help for humanity to become children of God. It describes the seven sacraments as efficacious signs of grace that were instituted by Christ to dispense divine life. It then focuses on the sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist, explaining their effects such as freeing one from sin and incorporating them into Christ's body the Church.
Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
You are on page 1/ 14
GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS
•The sacraments are
efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us. See CCC 1131. GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS •What is grace? Grace is the free and undeserved help that God gives us to respond to His call to become children of God and ultimately partakers of the divine nature; thus, it is a participation in the life of God. See CCC 1996-1997 GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS SACRAMENTS Baptism Confirmation Holy Eucharist Penance and Reconciliation Anointing of the Sick Holy Orders Matrimony GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS What are the effects of Baptism? Through Baptism we are freed from sin, original and any personal sins, and reborn as sons of God, incorporated into Christ's Body, the Church, and made sharers in her mission. See CCC 1213, 1263. GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS What is the Eucharist and what are its effects? - The Eucharist is bread and wine that, by the words of Christ and the invocation of the Holy Spirit, become Jesus’ Body and Blood in the unbloody re-presentation of the one sacrifice of Calvary called the Mass. (Transubstantiation) GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS -Worthy reception of the Eucharist strengthens our union with Christ and His Church, separates us from sin, commits us to the poor, and is a pledge of future glory. See CCC 1333, 1367, 1391-1397, 1405. GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS What are the effects of Confirmation? - By Confirmation, baptismal grace is increased and deepened, - roots us more deeply as God’s sons, - unites us more firmly to Christ, - increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us, makes our bond with the Church more perfect, - and gives us the special strength of the Holy Spirit to spread and defend the Faith by word and action. See CCC 1303. GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS •Who may receive the sacrament of Confirmation? Any baptized Catholic not yet confirmed may receive the sacrament. In the Western Church (the Latin Rite), it is most often conferred after the age of discretion. See CCC 1306-1307. GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS How is the sacrament of Confirmation conferred? The sacrament is conferred through the anointing with sacred chrism (perfumed oil previously consecrated by the bishop) on the forehead by the laying on of the bishop's hand, and the words, “Be sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit.” See CCC 1289, 1300. GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS What are the gifts of the Holy Spirit?
Wisdom Understanding Counsel Fortitude Knowledge Piety Fear of the Lord. GRACE AND THE SACRAMENTS The twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit are perfections that He forms in us as the first fruits of eternal glory: charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, and chastity.
