The Church in the Life of the Faithful

Our Lady of Lourdes High SchoolGrade 10 Spring Semester 2015 Mrs. Safford

The Priesthood and the Lay People of God

Questions to Think About… What is the proper response to the gift

of faith? Who are the people of God? What is the difference between the

common and ministerial priesthood? What is the vocation of the laity?

What is the proper response to the gift of faith?

Our proper response to God’s gift to faith is trust in Him and belief in the truths He has revealed, because God can neither deceive nor be deceived.

Who are the people of God?

The Church is the People of God, the communion of all faithful in Christ, composed of men of every race and nation, on a pilgrimage of holiness and redemption.

Video: What’s the Church All About?

What is the difference between the common and ministerial priesthood? All members of the Church share in the

common priesthood of the faithful and are called by the virtue of their Baptism to offer their lives to God.

Some members of the Faithful are ordained to the ministerial priesthood for the service of the rest.

What is the vocation of the laity? The vocation of the laity us to seek the

Kingdom of God by engaging in temporal affairs and by ordering them according to the plan of God.

The Universal Call to Holiness and the Liturgy

Questions to Think About… What is the universal call to holiness? What is the liturgy? What is the liturgical year?

What is the universal call to holiness? All Christians in every state of life are

called to holiness, which is the fullness of the Christian life and the perfection of charity.

What is the liturgy? The Liturgy is the Church’s official public

worship-the worship of God by the People of God.

What is the liturgical year? The liturgical year is the calendar of

observation that celebrates the entire life of Christ, beginning in Advent and ending the last Sunday before Advent.

The sacraments in General and Baptism in Particular

Questions to Think About… What is a sacrament? How do sacraments correspond to

human nature? What is Baptism?

What is a sacrament? A sacrament is an efficacious sign of

grace, instituted by Christ, by which the divine life is dispensed to us through the work of the Holy Spirit.

Video: Why Observe the Sacraments?

How do sacraments correspond to human nature? One reason God used sacraments to

confer grace to humanity is because they offer visible signs to confer invisible graces and thus correspond to human nature, which is a composite of a visible material body and an invisible immaterial soul.

What is Baptism? Baptism is the first Sacrament received by a

Christian, involving immersion or pouring of water on the recipient’s head while pronouncing the invocation of the Blessed Trinity.

Baptism forgives sins, including Original Sin, begins a new life in Christ, and incorporates the new Christian into the life of the Church, the Body of Christ.

It is first of the three Sacraments of Initiation. Video: Why is Baptism Important?

The Sacraments of Confirmation and the Eucharist

Questions to Think About… What is Confirmation? What is the Eucharist?

What is Confirmation? Confirmation is the Sacrament that

completes the grace of Baptism by a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit that “confirms” the baptized in union with Christ and equips them for active participation in the worship and apostolic life of the Church.

It is one of the three Sacraments of Initiation.

Video: Why is Confirmation Important?

What is the Eucharist? The Eucharist is the Sacrament by which

bread and wine are consecrated by the true Body and Blood of Christ, which the faithful consume in Holy Communion.

Video: What happens to the bread and wine?

The Sacraments of Penance and Anointing of the Sick

Questions to Think About… What is the Sacrament of Penance? What is the Sacrament of Anointing of

the Sick?

What is the Sacrament of Penance? Penance is the Sacrament of God’s

forgiveness, which includes contrition, confession of sins, and satisfaction or reparation together with the prayer of absolution by the priest.

Video: What is sin? Video: Confession Explained

What is the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick? Anointing of the Sick is the sacramental

anointing with oil, administered by the priest to a baptized person who is in danger of death because of illness or old age.

It provides the recipient with grace for healing, strength and forgiveness of sins and prepares the recipient for death and eternal life in heaven.

Video: Does Jesus Still Heal People?

The Sacraments of Holy Orders and Matrimony

Questions to Think About… What is the Sacrament of Holy Orders? What is the Sacrament of Matrimony?

What is the Sacrament of Holy Orders? Holy Orders is the sacrament by which the

mission entrusted by Christ to His Apostles continues to be exercised in the Church through the laying on of hands in ordination: the sacrament has three levels: bishop (episcopate), priest (presbyterate) and deacon (deaconate) and confers an indelible character on the soul.

Video: What are Holy Orders?

What is the Sacrament of Matrimony? The Sacrament of Matrimony raises

natural marriage to the dignity of a sacrament.

It is a lifelong and exclusive bond between a man and a woman recognized by the Church.

Video: What is God’s design for Marriage

Prayer and Sacrifice

Questions to Think About… What is prayer? What types of prayer are there in

Christian life? What is mortification? What is its value?

What is prayer? Prayer is an essential part of the

Christian life in which God helps us raise our hearts and minds to him in conversation.

Video: What is Prayer?

What types of prayer are there in Christian life? Just as Christ prayed in many ways, the

ways a Christian can pray are myriad. Video: How am I suppose to pray?

What is mortification? What is its value? Just as an athlete must train himself to

compete successfully, mortification or self denial is also an essential part of pursuing the goal of Christian life.

Seeking Holiness in Daily Life

Questions to Think About… How do we see Evangelists? What are the various Christian

vocations? How does family life contribute to

holiness of life? How can we sanctify our work?

How do we see Evangelists? We carry out Christ’s mandate to

evangelize by the witness of our Christian lives and our ability to explain our Faith at the right time.

What are the various Christian vocations? The three primary vocations to the

Christian life are Holy Orders, religious life, and the lay state.

How does family life contribute to holiness of life? Marriage and family life provide the

special opportunities to grow in holiness.

How can we sanctify our work? Through our work, we can sanctify it,

others, and ourselves.

Responsibilities of the Laity: Consecrated Life

Questions to Think About… What is the apostolate of the laity? What is the responsibility of the laity in

public life? What is the consecrated life? What are the main forms of consecrated

life today?

What is the apostolate of the laity? The lay apostolate is the laity’s work of

building up the Church, according to their gifts and talents in the family, the workplace, the Church’s formal work and culture and politics.

What is the responsibility of the laity in public life? In public life, the laity has the

responsibility of promoting the common good.

What is the consecrated life? Some people are called to live the

evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty, and obedience in the consecrated life.

What are the main forms of consecrated life today? The three main types of consecrated life

today are religious orders and congregations, societies for apostolic life, and secular institutes.

Romero While you are watching this film, take

notes. You will be asked 3 essay questions about this film.

This will be your test for this chapter. Video: Romero

Citations

From You Tube: Archdiocese of Milwaukee. “What’s the Church All About?” Bishop Don Hying. Posted on 4/12/13 at

https://youtu.be/Pn86SpP62Ro Archdiocese of Milwaukee, “Why Observe the Sacraments? Bishop Don Hying. Posted on 7/3/13 at

https://youtu.be/2R8Ne5HbDeU Archdiocese of Milwaukee. “Why is Baptism Important?” Bishop Don Hying. Posted on 5/10/13 at

https://youtu.be/GBQaxJHFRyA Archdiocese of Milwaukee. “Why is Confirmation Important?” Bishop Don Hying. Posted on 5/17/13

at https://youtu.be/Wro4cjCR89U Archdiocese of Milwaukee. “What Happens to the Bread and Wine?” Bishop Don Hying. Posted on

5/31/13 at https://youtu.be/mraGcu4UNdQ Archdiocese of Milwaukee. “What is Sin?” Bishop Don Hying. Posted on 7/30/13 at https://

youtu.be/3HtwGH4skO4 Catholic Diocese of Richmond. “Confession Explained” Posted on 10/3/12 at https://

youtu.be/tvo0OCcp600 Archdiocese of Milwaukee. “Does Jesus Still Heal People? Bishop Don Hying. Posted on 6/4/13

athttps://youtu.be/fYyST8yRb00 Archdiocese of Milwaukee. “What are Holy Orders? Bishop Don Hying. Posted on 6/21/13 at https://

youtu.be/IU1UrrAYflM Archdiocese of Milwaukee. “What is God’s Design for Marriage?” Bishop Don Hying. Posted on

2/8/13 at https://youtu.be/t4y70eA4Zk8 Archdiocese of Milwaukee. “What is Prayer?” Bishop Don Hying. Posted on 9/27/13 at

https://youtu.be/_qlS3ynVdcc Archdiocese of Milwaukee. “How Am I Suppose to Pray? Bishop Don Hying. Posted on 10/4/13 at

https://youtu.be/mpfcBsqlXGE Vidmark Films. “Romero” Starring Raul Julia. Posted by Debra Boltz on 1/1/15 at https://

youtu.be/e5AaeviZCFABook: Haun, Scott. The Church: Sacrament of Salvation. 1st ed. Woodridge: Midwest Theological Forum, 2009. Pictures were taken from various sources via Google images