3. Definitions of Sacraments:
According to St. Paul
In the Latin bible, the word “sacramentum”
is used to translate the Greek word mysterion
(mystery). Mystery is the term used by St.
Paul when he referred to God’s hidden plan of
always wanting us to save, renew and unite all
things in Christ (Eph. 1:9; 3:3, 9). God’s
mystery, his sacrament according to St. Paul, is
revealed most perfectly in our Savior Jesus, the
person who unifies us and reconciles us with
the Father.

4. Definitions of Sacraments:
According to St. Augustine
St. Augustine’s definition of sacrament
stressed the notion of sign or symbol. For
Augustine, a sacrament was a sign of sacred
reality. It is a Holy sign, a symbol or image
or, expression- through which the believer
can both perceive and receive an invisible
grace. The sign or symbols points to a deeper
reality of a spiritual world, a world where
friendship with God can be realized.

5. Definitions of Sacraments:
According to St. Thomas Aquinas
Him, a sacrament was an efficacious symbol. An
“efficacious symbol” , is one that affects what it
symbolizes and symbolizes hat its effects. What is
symbolized happens. An ordinary symbol or sign
points to a deeper reality; it doesn’t cause it.
A sacrament, though, is a special sign that brings
about what it symbolizes and symbolizes what it brings
about.
In a special way, the sacrament is a sign that we can
perceive through our senses which puts us into real
contact with the saving Jesus. In a sacrament, there is
a pointing to and an effecting of the reality
symbolized. Thus, a sacrament is a very special kind
of symbol.
For

6. Other definition of a SACRAMENT:
o“A sacrament is an outward sign instituted by
Christ to give grace.”
1) A Sacrament is a sign. As we have already
seen, a sacrament is a special visible sign that put
us into special contact with out Lord. The seven
ritual sacraments, furthermore, are particular
signs that represents particular actions and values
of Jesus. These signs re-enact and re-present
what has taken place in the past. They make
present and real today what Jesus has
accomplished by His saving deeds.

7. 2.) A sacrament was instituted by
Christ. The sacraments are ultimately
traceable to Jesus. The seven
sacraments highlights the Paschal
Mystery, the message of Jesus. They
help us remember what Jesus Christ
has done for us, and they enable us to
celebrate his glorious deeds today

8. 3.) A sacrament gives grace.
Jesus, Himself, is grace. Grace is
the gift of God's friendship for
us. Grace is the story of God’s
constant love for us. Grace is
God’s free invitation to us to
live in union with him.

10. PRINCIPLES:
The sign itself--Signs and symbols use in every
sacrament.
What it signifies—the things use in sacraments.
Reality alone– the spiritual effect or the grace
we received.

12. Elements of the Sacraments:
WORDS/FORM
The words of the Priest in
administering the
sacrament.

13. Elements of the Sacraments:
MINISTER
who confers the Sacrament
with the intention of doing
that which the Church
intends.

14. Elements of the Sacraments:
MATTER of the sacraments
The things which are
sanctified.
Bread, wine, water, oil, light,
incense, vestments, gold, bells
and organs.

16. PURPOSE of the SACRAMENT
Make people Holy
Build up the Body of Christ
Give worship to God

18. Functions of the Sacraments:
Commemorate what happened in the
past.
Demonstrates in the present that
Jesus Christ lives.
Prefigures our glorious future with
Christ at the end of time.

19. What is SACRAMENTAL?
are all of the physical ways that we marks the
occasions of life holy.
All of them have the power to spur on
devotion, encouraging Catholics to express and
deepen their love, sorrow, and joy. And almost
every sacramental includes prayers.
*examples:
the most popular ones are rosaries, little
books, icons. But there are many others, such as
ashes (at Lent), bows and prostrations, vigil
candles, holy water, incense, the sign of the
cross, and chant.

20. Difference between SACRAMENTS
and SACRAMENTALS
The Sacraments were instituted by
Jesus Christ and the Sacramental's were
instituted by the Church;
The Sacraments give grace of
themselves when we place no obstacle
in the way; the sacramental's excite in
us pious dispositions, by means of
which we may obtain grace.

21. Three Divisions or Groups:
The sacraments of initiation
(Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist)-first
sacrament to be received by an individual.
The sacraments of healing
(Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick)-Christ
heals us not only physical but also spiritual.
The Sacraments of Service and
Commitment(Holy Orders, Matrimony)directed towards the salvation of Christ.
*all this sacraments have their special graces since they
all manifest the different ways in which Christ comes
to us, meeting us at all the decisive and ordinary
moments of our lives.

22. *Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy Orders
imprint a character on the soul, an indelible
spiritual sign, so that these three sacraments
cannot be repeated. Not every Christian has
the power to preached the word and to
administer all the
sacraments, therefore, Ordination is necessary.
Penance, gives reconciliation; Anointing
prepares the body of resurrection. The
Eucharist and Matrimony establish loving
interpersonal communication which is a

23. Through Baptism we are born into the Mystical
Body of Christ so that with Him we are children
of God.
Through Confirmation we become mature
enough to exert a social influence on the world
as witness to Christ.
Through Holy Eucharist we are fed with Christ,
the bread of life, in a community banquet.
Through Penance we are revitalized, if our sins
have weakened or killed our friendship with
Christ and our fellow human beings.

24. Through the Anointing of the sick we regain
health or gain strength from Christ to pass
through death into eternal life.
In Holy Orders priest are chosen to preach
the Good news, form communities and
administer the sacraments which activates
Christ’s love for the people of God.
In Matrimony, partners are chosen by one
another to live a life of responsible love which
mirrors within the family circle Christ’s love for
His Church.

25. *This personal approach to the sacrament
should make us not only know our faith
but live it. We must look on them not
just as ceremonies that make us Holy, but
as divine encounters which draw loving
responses from us, so that we freely
commits ourselves to a friendship that will
never die. If we make use of the
sacraments in this personal way, then our
lives will be truly Christ- centered.

26. Sacrament each Divisions:
The sacraments of initiation
BAPTISM-
The first sacrament of initiation. It is the sacrament we
received before all the others. Without it we cannot received
the others.
It is received only once, for it imprints an indelible mark or
character on the soul which is visible wherever we may be
in the next life.
It is the door to the Holy Spirit and to the other
sacraments . By Baptism, the believer is freed from sin,
reborn as God's child, made a member of Christ and of the
Church, and given a share in the Church's mission.
The richness of Baptism is unfolded in the fullness of
mature Christian life.

27. CONFIRMATON
Confirmation is necessary to complete the
baptismal grace.
We become fuller member of the church.
By Confirmation, the baptized are more bound to
the Church, enriched by a special strength of the
Spirit, and more strictly obliged to spread and defend
the faith.
In this sacrament we are consecrated to God and
the spirit dwelling within us calls us to life of prayer
and service.

28. We are given more gifts by the Holy Spirit so that
we may be able to witness Christ more
courageously to others at all times.
It calls us to be PUBLIC WITNESS of the faith:
a)witness to the kingdom of God;
b)witness to Jesus, the Christ, as the unique
savior of all;
c)witness to the freedom from the slavery of
sin;
d)witness to the love of God;
e)witness to Christ’s real presence in the
Christian community.

29. EUCHARIST
Those baptized and confirmed are fully initiated into the
Church by receiving first Eucharist.
At the Last Supper, Our Lord instituted the Eucharistic
sacrifice to perpetuate the sacrifice of the cross
throughout the ages. In this memorial of his death and
Resurrection "Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with
grace and a pledge of future glory is given―
The Church is kept in being by the Eucharist (the sign and
cause of the unity of God's People). In the Eucharist we are
united with the heavenly liturgy and anticipate eternal life
with God.

30. Eucharist as:
Memorial of Christ’s sacrifice—Christ’s
sacrificial death on the cross.
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper—Jesus
institute the sacrament of the Eucharist during
the last supper in the context of Passover meal.
Center of Christ’s sacramental presence—the
Holy Eucharist is the only sacrament in which
our Lord is personally contained, offered and
received.

31. The sacraments of healing
RECONCILIATION
Those who approach the sacrament of Penance receive
God's mercy for their sins and are reconciled to the Church
Through this sacrament, the church continue the ministry
of forgiveness that Jesus entrusted to His followers.
It celebrates the Father compassionate love , through
Christ’s forgiveness in the Holy Spirit and our sorrow for
sin.
The fullness of overcoming sin and its effects.

32. ANOINTING OF THE SICK
By this sacred anointing, the Church
asks the glorified Lord to raise up and
save the sick person. The person is
asked to help the Church by their union
with Christ's sufferings and death.
We called to be compassionate
healers.

33. The healing brought about by this sacrament
does not refer to a cure of the disease or the
defect which the medical profession pursues, but
to a more holistic care that touches the
body, mind and spirit of the sick person.
This sacrament, primarily puts the sick person
at peace by the assurance of God’s love and
mercy and the prayer and concern of the entire
Christian community.

34. The Sacraments of Service and
Commitment
HOLY ORDERS
Believers (already consecrated by Baptism
and Confirmation) receive a particular
consecration through Holy Orders "to feed the
Church by the Word and grace of God.―
Ordained ministers participates in Jesus’
priestly ministry.

35. They are empowered to exercise in a special way
the mission Jesus entrusted to His apostles.
Through Holy Orders, the mission given by Christ
to his apostles is continued until the end of time in
three degrees: bishop, priest, and deacon.
By ordination, one is qualified to act a
representative of Christ, Head of the church and
His triple function of Priest, Prophet, and King.

36. MATRIMONY
By their matrimonial Covenant, a man and a woman
establish a partnership of the whole of life. This
Covenant is by nature ordered to the good of the
spouses and the procreation and education of
offspring. Between the baptized, Christ has raised
this Covenant to the dignity of a sacrament.
Marriage is part of God’s plan. Every human person
is called to love one another sharing in God’s own life
and love. This mutual love is disclosed clearly in the
love of husband and wife.