5. AS INSTITUTED BY CHRIST,
THE LITURGY IS AN ACTION OF CHRIST AND HIS BODY THE CHURCH
WHEN A PERSON BAPTIZES, IT IS REALLY CHRIST HIMSELF WHO BAPTIZES
CHRIST IS ALWAYS PRESENT IN THE CHURCH
BECAUSE CHRIST ALWAYS ASSOCIATED HIMSELF WITH THE CHURCH
6. SACRAMENTS SOURCE OF FAITH:
THE PASCHAL MYSTERY OF CHRIST
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SACRAMENT:
FAITH
THE CHURCH PREACHES FAITH
IN ORDER TO PREPARE BELIEVERS FOR THE SACRAMENTS
HENCE, NO SACRAMENT IS INTEGRALLY CELEBRATED
WITHOUT THE WORD OF GOD – LITURGY OF THE WORD
PURPOSE OF THE SACRAMENT:
TO MAKE PEOPLE HOLY
TO BUILD UP THE BODY OF CHRIST
TO GIVE WORSHIP TO GOD
7. DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT COMPOSE
THE CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS
ASSEMBLY
MINISTERS
SCRIPTURAL READINGS
GESTURES AND SYMBOLS
MATERIAL OBJECTS
OCCASION AND PLACE FOR CELEBRATION
MUSIC, FURNISHINGS
8. EACH SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE NATURE, PURPOSE, EFFICACY
OF CHRIST’S MYSTERY IN THE SACRAMENTS
EACH UNFOLDS IN ITS OWN WAY
THE CHURCH’S DOCTRINE ON THE SACRAMENTS
9. THE CLASSICAL NUMBER OF SACRAMENTS
AFTER THE COUNCIL OF FLORENCE (1438-1445):
SEVEN AND UNDER THREE HEADINGS:
CHRISTIAN INITIATION
HEALING
SERVICE, COMMUNION AND MISSION OF THE FAITHFUL
10. SACRAMENTALS
SACRED SIGNS BEARING RESEMBLANCE TO THE SACRAMENTS
SIGNIFY SPIRITUAL EFFECTS (obtained through the Church’s intercession)
DISPOSE PEOPLE TO RECEIVE THE CHIEF EFFECTS OF THE SACRAMENTS
DISTINGUISHED FROM THE SACRAMENTS
BY THEIR INSTITUTION AND EFFECT:
SACRAMENTALS DO NOT CONFER THE GRACE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
SACRAMENTALS PREPARE THE BELIEVER TO RECEIVE THE GRACE
AND DISPOSES AS WELL TO COOPERATE WITH IT
11. The Church celebrates the Sacraments as a priestly community
structured by the baptismal priesthood and the priesthood of
ordained ministers.
The fruit of sacramental life is both personal and ecclesial.
