Review For CLE

• We express our faith by saying: “I believe” or “we believe.”
• Apostles Creed and Nicene Creed are the two most significant significant and widely used statements of faith in the Christian Church.
• The Apostles Creed

   is a brief summary of Christian beliefs that dates back to the early days of the Church, and it isattributed to the apostles themselves.
• The Nicene Creed

   is a more detailed statement of faith that was formulated by church leaders in 325 AD at the Council of Nicaea.
• Our profession faith or the Creed begins with God, for God is the First and the Last, the beginning and

  the end of everything.
• Lent is a period of remembering the time when Jesus went to the desert for forty days to pray. During that time He ate nothing.
• We begin the Lenten Season on February 14.
• ASH WEDNESDAY Marks the Beginning of lent
• On Ash Wednesday, the sign of the cross will be put on your forehead

  using ashes.
• They are by burning palms which have been saved from the previous year’s Palm Sunday, they are then blessed by a Priest.
• During Ash Wednesday (& Good Friday), people who are 14-60 years

  old are asked to practice fasting and abstinence. AND DO GOOD WORKS.
• The Sacrament of Reconciliation is a part of Jesus’ Christ Sacrament of

  Healing it is obtain pardon from God’s mercy for the offenses we committed against Him and be reconciled with the Church.
• Preparation: Before going to confession, the penitent “compare your life” with the Ten commandments, the Beatitudes and the example of Christ and then prays to God for forgiveness.
• Going to confession: After the priest welcomes you, both of you make the sign of the cross.
• The word of God: You or the priest may read one of the suggested scriptural passage.
• Confession of Sins and the Act of Penance: Confess your sins. The priest offers suitable advice and imposes an act of penance or satisfaction, which may include prayer, self-denial, or works of mercy.
• Prayer of the Penitent: Pray a prayer expressing sorrow for your sins

  and resolving not to sin again.
• Absolution: The priest extends his hands over your head and pronounces the formula of absolution, making the sign of the cross over your head during the final words. You answer, “Amen”
• Proclamation of Praise: Praise the mercy of God and give him

  thanks in a short innovation taken from Scripture, such us “Rejoice

  in the Lord and sing for joy, friends of God” Psalm 32:1-7, 10-11)
• Dismissal: The priest dismisses you with the command to go in peace.
• On Sacrament of Reconciliation, we are being reconciled with God.
• -Personal sin refers to individual acts of wrongdoing or moral transgressions committed by a person.
• -Social sin extends beyond individual actions to encompass collective

  wrongdoing within a community, society, or institution.
• -Structural sin goes even further, emphasizing the presence of sinful

  elements in the very structures and systems that make up society.
• In the sacrament of Anointing of the sick, the priest lays his hands

  upon the sick person and offers the prayer of faith.
• His special grace and healing presence come to us through the Priest.
• Holy oil represents strength, sweetness, and spiritual activity.
• Holy Week is the last seven days of Lent. It begins with Palm Sunday and ends with Easter Sunday.
• PALM SUNDAY IS THE BEGINNING OF HOLY WEEK
• The palm symbolizes peace and victory
• “Maundy” means Commandment
• GOOD FRIDAY- It's the day Jesus died on the cross for us and saved us

  from our sin.
• VOCATION- as arising from God’s personal call to respond to the needs of others and of the Church itself;
• MINISTRY- as serving to build up and strengthen the Church mission
• The vocation of every Christian is a response to Christ’s call. “Come and

  follow me”
• The Sacrament of Holy Orders is considered a service because it involves the ordination of individuals into roles of ministry within the Church.
• BISHOP - the successor of the apostles
• EPISCOPATE- This is the highest form of Priesthood.
• PRESBYTERATE- Serve the bishop by proclaiming the word and

  offering sacrifices.
• Diaconate - Serving bishop by aiding in worship, charity, and pastoral

  preaching…(Baptism, funerals and marriage)