Jesus, The Original Sacrament

• Jesus was the manifestation of God’s love
• Jesus was the Sacrament of His Father
• Jesus manifested the will of His Father in His whole life of word and action
• Jesus was the incarnate son of God, the human face of God, humanity of God, & the visible liberating & healing love of God
• Jesus' basic sacrament is the Church
• Humility is the proper understanding of ourselves in relation to God & others; to find our rightful place in the divine plan & in our relation to others; 1st step = unhesitating obedience
• Jesus' miracles of healing were accompanied by acts of forgiving
• Jesus Christ: 'Whoever has seen me has seen the Father'
• Feast of Epiphany - Greek “Epiphania”, to show, make known/reveal; the Magi’s visit to the baby Jesus & the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist
• Unity of members of the Church with each other

  Result of their union with Christ
• Christ

  • Head of the Church
• Jesus


  • Original Sacrament
• Blessings

  • Of persons
  • Meals
  • Objects
  • Places
• Every blessing praises God
• Celebration of Christ the King signifies an end of the liturgical calendar
• Church as the bride of Christ


  Symbolizes the unity of Christ & the Church
• Theophany - 3 Kings day; the recalling of Christ
• Blessing of Chalk - 20*(star) + C(Caspar) + M(Melchior) + B(Balthazar + 24; the chalk is taken home & is used to mark the year & initials of the 3 Magis over the door of the house
• Liturgical Calendar - 6 parts; colors found in the vests of the priests/on the altar
• Liturgical Calendar sections

  • Ordinary time[green]
  • Lent[purple]
  • Triduum[yellow]
  • Easter[white]
  • Advent[purple]
  • Christmas & Epiphany[white]
• Incarnation


  • Doctrine; In Carne = to be in flesh, “The Word was made flesh” — gospel of John; the doctrine that the Son of God was conceived in the womb of Mary & Jesus is true God & true man
• Tangible


  Perceptible by our sense of touch
• Mystical Body


  Mystical union of all Christians into a spiritual body with Jesus Christ as their head (Christ is our spiritual head)