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• Resurrection of Jesus


  The greatest proof of our faith
• The Season of Easter is the most important of all liturgical times, which Catholics celebrate as the Lord's resurrection from the dead, culminating in his Ascension to the Father and sending of the Holy Spirit upon the Church
• Ordinary Time


  • Liturgical Color: Green
  • Time for growth and maturation, a time in which the mystery of Christ is called to penetrate ever more deeply into history until all things are finally caught up in Christ
  • Composed of 34 Sundays
• Liturgical Colors and their Symbolism


  • Green - Signifies hope
  • Red - Signifies the fire of charity and bloodshed for Christ
  • White/Gold - Symbolizes glory, joy, innocence, and purity of soul
  • Rose - Symbolizes joy and love
  • Purple - Signifies humility and penitence

  
• Sacrament


  • A sacred and visible sign that is instituted by Jesus to give us grace, an undeserved gift from God
  • Efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us
• Sacraments are actions of the Holy Spirit at work in the Body of Christ, the Church
• Purpose of the Sacraments


  • To sanctify men, to build up the Body of Christ and, finally, to give worship to God
  • They not only presuppose faith, but by words and objects they also nourish, strengthen, and express it
• Sacramental Grace


  The grace of the Holy Spirit, given by Christ and proper to each sacrament. The Spirit heals and transforms those who receive him by conforming them to the Son of God
• The 7 Ritual Sacraments


  • Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist
  • Sacraments of Vocation: Holy Orders, Matrimony
  • Sacraments of Healing: Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick
• Sacrament of Baptism


  • The basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in spirit, and the door which gives access to other sacraments
  • Forgiveness of original sin and all personal sins
  • Birth into the new life by which man becomes an adoptive son of the Father
  • Becoming a part of Christ's Body
  • Becoming a temple of the Holy Spirit
  • Incorporation into the Church
  • Made a sharer in the priesthood of Christ
• Sacrament of Confirmation


  • Binds the baptized more perfectly to the Church and enriches them with a special strength of the Holy Spirit
  • Impresses on the soul an indelible character and produces a growth in the grace of Baptism
  • Roots the recipient more deeply in divine sonship, binds them more firmly to Christ and to the Church, and reinvigorates the gifts of the Holy Spirit in their soul
  • Gives a special strength to witness to the Christian faith
• Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist


  • The very sacrifice of the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus which he instituted to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross throughout the ages until his return in glory
  • A sacrament of love, a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a Paschal banquet in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us
• The Eucharist is instituted by Jesus before his passion and death on the cross
• The Eucharist is a sign of unity because through the passion and death of Jesus, he unites all of us back to His father
• The Eucharist is a sign of charity because Jesus gave his life for everyone to be saved
• The essential rite of Baptism consists in immersing the candidate in water or pouring water on his head while pronouncing the invocation of the Most Holy Trinity: the father, the son, and the holy spirit
• Baptism imprints on the soul an indelible spiritual sign, the character, which consecrates the baptized person for Christian world
• Confirmation is also called Chrismation (in the Eastern Churches: Anointing with holy myron or chrism) because the essential rite of the sacrament is anointing with chrism
• Confirmation is called Confirmation because it confirms and strengthens baptismal grace
• The essential words for the Eucharist cannot be changed
• The Eucharist must be made of wheat bread and grape wine
• Eucharist


  Sign of charity because Jesus gave his life for everyone to be saved
• Eucharist


  • Increases our union with Christ and with his church; Nourishment of spiritual life; Medicine of immortality; Separation from sin, removal of venial sin; Spiritual strength; Union of the Body into One; Strengthens us in charity (CCC 1391 - 1401)
• Transubstantiation


  The change of the whole substance of bread into the substance of the Body of Christ and of the whole substance of wine into the substance of his Blood. This change is brought about in the eucharistic prayer through the efficacy of the word of Christ and by the action of the Holy Spirit. However, the outward characteristics of bread and wine, that is the "eucharistic species", remain unaltered.
• Holy Communion


  The celebration of the Eucharistic sacrifice is wholly directed toward the intimate union of the faithful with Christ through communion. To receive communion is to receive Christ himself who has offered himself for us.
• Adoration of the Holy Eucharist


  The Catholic Church has always offered and still offers to the sacrament of the Eucharist the cult of adoration, not only during Mass, but also outside of it, reserving the consecrated hosts with the utmost care, exposing them to the solemn veneration of the faithful, and carrying them in procession.
• Sacraments of Healing


  Through the sacraments of Christian initiation, man receives the new life of Christ. Now we carry this life in earthen vessels," and it remains "hidden with Christ in God." We are still in our "earthly tent," subject to suffering, illness, and death. This new life as a child of God can be weakened and even lost by sin.
• Sacrament of Reconciliation


  Jesus said to them [apostles] again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them," Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained." (John 20:21-23)
• Sacrament of Confession


  The disclosure or confession of sins to a priest is an essential element of this sacrament. In a profound sense it is also a "confession" - acknowledgment and praise of the holiness of God and of his mercy toward sinful man.
• Sacrament of Penance


  It consecrates the Christian sinner's personal and ecclesial steps of conversion, penance, and satisfaction. Penance: priest will give to use. He will ask us to do act of penane; A certain action that we need to do or a prayer that we need to pray. Absolution
• Sacrament of Conversion


  It makes sacramentally present Jesus' call to conversion, the first step in returning to the Father from whom one has strayed by sin. As we disclose and confess our sin, this leads to conversion.
• Act of the Pertinent


  • Examination of conscience; Contrition (or repentance); Confession; Satisfaction or the carrying out of certain acts of penance
• Act of Contrition (traditional)

  O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all my sins because of thy just punishments, but most of all because they offend Thee, my God, who art all good and deserving of all my love. I firmly resolve with the help of Thy grace to sin no more and to avoid the near occasion of sin. Amen.
• Act of Contrition (alternate form)


  My God, I am sorry for my sins with all my heart. In choosing to do wrong and failing to do good, I have sinned against you whom I should love above all things. I firmly intend, with your help, to do penance, to sin no more, and to avoid whatever leads me to sin. Our Savior Jesus Christ suffered and died for us. In his name, my God, have mercy.
• Mortal Sins


  These are called as Cardinal Sins and considered as gravest of sins. This is a deliberate turning away from God and destroying charity (love) in the heart of the sinner. These are actions done that are committed in full knowledge of the wrongness and gravity of the act and with the full consent of the will. Example: Rape, Murder, Suicide, Adultery
• Venial Sins


  This involves a less serious action and are committed with less self-awareness of wrongdoing. It is not a deliberate turning away from him and so does not wholly block the inflow of sanctifying grace. However, it still weakens the sinner's union with God. Example: White lies
• Sacramental Seal


  Given the delicacy and greatness of this ministry and the respect due to people every confessor, without any exception and under very severe penalties, is bound to maintain the sacramental seal which means absolute secrecy about the sins revealed to him in confession
• Fruits/Effects of Reconciliation


  • Reconciliation with God and therefore the forgiveness of sins; Reconciliation with the Church; Recovery, if it has been lost, of the state of grace; Remission of the eternal punishment merited by mortal sins, and Remission, at least in part, of the temporal punishment which is the consequence of sin; Peace, serenity of conscience and spiritual consolation; and An increase of spiritual strength for the struggle of Christian living
• Indulgences


  Indulgences are the remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven. The faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains the indulgence under prescribed conditions for either himself or the departed. Indulgences are granted through the ministry of the Church which, as the dispenser of the grace of redemption, distributes the treasury of the merits of Christ and the Saints.
• Anointing of the Sick


  "Is anyone among you sick? Let him call in the presbyters of the Church and let them pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord" (James 5:14-15). Jesus has the power not only to heal, but also to forgive sins; he has come to heal the whole man, soul, and body; he is the physician the sick have need of. His compassion toward all who suffer goes so far that he identifies himself with them: "I was sick and you visited me.'