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Sacraments, Symbols, & Ritual

Sacraments, Symbols, & Ritual. Symbol & Ritual. Lion King Baptism Scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXjI2kuNkhE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YHzhevY1Jk What symbols and actions are there and what do you think is the deeper significance? . Symbol & Ritual. Sign

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Sacraments, Symbols, & Ritual

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  1. Sacraments, Symbols, & Ritual

  2. Symbol & Ritual • Lion King Baptism Scene • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXjI2kuNkhE • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YHzhevY1Jk • What symbols and actions are there and what do you think is the deeper significance?

  3. Symbol & Ritual • Sign • An object that refers to a specific thing. • Symbol • an object or action that points us to another reality. • It leads us to look beyond our senses to consider a deeper mystery. • Ritual • The established form of words and actions for a ceremony that is repeated often. • The actions often have a symbolic meaning.

  4. Importance of Symbols & Rituals • Unify • Tangible way of expressing intangible realities • Transcend everyday experience and point toward deeper meaning • Transition rituals – new states in life • Intensification rituals – reinforce community beliefs and practices.

  5. Importance of Symbols & Rituals • Sacred Space • Sacred Time • Sacred Meaning • Significant places, moments, and ideas • Both Personal and communal significance • Beyond explanation – mysterious

  6. Homework • Read article 7 & write a definition of sacrament to share with the class. • Group worksheet – Identifying symbols and rituals (from textbook) • Does the fact that all religions and all people have sacraments (sacred symbols and rituals) diminish or enhance the Catholic Sacraments? • What makes the Catholic Sacraments unique?

  7. Symbols, Rituals, & Sacraments • Sacraments, Symbols, & rituals = language of communication with God. • Paschal Mystery – core of every Sacrament • It is what we celebrate and participate in by letting go of our former self (dying) and living a life in Christ (rising) • Jesus – great sign and symbol of God’s love for us • Church – sacrament of God’s life and love • Communicates God’s presence to the world.

  8. Sacrament • sacramental – when tangible symbols and rituals are used to reveal a deeper meaning • Stations of cross, holy water, crucifix • The Sacraments are efficacioussigns of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us. The visible rites by which the sacraments are celebrated signify and make present the graces proper to each Sacrament. They bear fruit in those who receive them with the required disposition.

  9. Experiences of Grace • Grace – gift of life and relationship with God offered freely to us. • Sanctifying grace – permanent disposition enabling us to live in relationship with God given through Baptism and renewed in the other Sacraments • Actual graces – God’s interventions in our lives. • Example – Mission trip to New Orleans • Redemption – “to buy back; rescue” - given the power through Christ over sin and death.

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