Reading Assignment

Paragraphs 1206 thru 1446

Lecture Text

A Substantial amount of the Sacraments we covered in this verse range:

First, a sacrament is a visible sign with an inward grace, protected by the Church, instituted by Christ, prefigured in the Old Testament, and used in the Early Church

Chapter 1 of this Section covers the Sacraments of Christian Initiation

Canon 849 - Baptism, the gateway to the sacraments and necessary for salvation by actual reception or at least by desire, is validly conferred only by a washing of true water with the proper form of words. Through baptism men and women are freed from sin, are reborn as children of God, and, configured to Christ by an indelible character, are incorporated into the Church.

It is important to note Baptism and confirmation require a sponsor. 

Canon 879 The sacrament of confirmation strengthens the baptized and obliges them more firmly to be witnesses of Christ by word and deed and to spread and defend the faith. It imprints a character, enriches by the gift of the Holy Spirit the baptized continuing on the path of Christian initiation, and binds them more perfectly to the Church.

Can. 897 The most august sacrament is the Most Holy Eucharist in which Christ the Lord himself is contained, offered, and received and by which the Church continually lives and grows. The eucharistic sacrifice, the memorial of the death and resurrection of the Lord, in which the sacrifice of the cross is perpetuated through the ages is the summit and source of all worship and Christian life, which signifies and effects the unity of the People of God and brings about the building up of the body of Christ. Indeed, the other sacraments and all the ecclesiastical works of the apostolate are closely connected with the Most Holy Eucharist and ordered to it.

Can. 898 The Christian faithful are to hold the Most Holy Eucharist in highest honor, taking an active part in the celebration of the most august sacrifice, receiving this sacrament most devoutly and frequently, and worshiping it with the highest adoration. In explaining the doctrine about this sacrament, pastors of souls are to teach the faithful diligently about this obligation.

The next chapter concerns the sacraments of Healing. 

Canon 959 In the sacrament of penance the faithful who confess their sins to a legitimate minister, are sorry for them, and intend to reform themselves obtain from God through the absolution imparted by the same minister forgiveness for the sins they have committed after baptism and, at the same, time are reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by sinning.

This sessions range concludes here however, there is more on reconciliation later. Our third Chapter of this section covers Sacraments at the service of communion.

Questions 250-302

Questions answered by the Catechism and Compendium.

Section two - The Seven Sacraments of the Church

CHAPTER ONE - The sacraments of Christian initiation

THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

THE SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION

THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST

CHAPTER TWO - The Sacraments of Healing

THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION

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