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Liturgical Prayer, Sacraments, and sacramentality

Liturgical Prayer, Sacraments, and sacramentality. Fr. Llane Briese (OLM Sacraments and Prayer). Sacraments vs. Sacramentals. A Sacrament is a visible sign instituted by Christ to effect invisible grace to help bring people to salvation.

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Liturgical Prayer, Sacraments, and sacramentality

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  1. Liturgical Prayer, Sacraments, and sacramentality Fr. Llane Briese (OLM Sacraments and Prayer)

  2. Sacraments vs. Sacramentals • A Sacrament is a visible sign instituted by Christ to effect invisible grace to help bring people to salvation. • A sacramental is a visible sign instituted by the Church which “bear[s] a resemblance to the sacraments [and which] signify effects, particularly of a spiritual nature, which are obtained through the intercession of the Church.” (cf. CCC 1667) • The Principle of Sacramentality is a consequence of the Incarnation which means that God chooses to speak to us material creatures through material means to confer grace.

  3. Organizational Chart

  4. The Grace of Sacraments • Sacraments impart grace, the freely given favor of God, to aid us in the process of sanctification. • A Long History … To Be Discussed Later • Two Kinds of Grace (CCC 1996-2005): • Sanctifying Grace: a stable disposition that allows us to live as holy children of God. This type of grace allows us to enter Heaven. • Actual Graces: God’s interventions which help us on the path of holiness.

  5. The Grace of Sacraments • Another distinction regarding grace (which is entirely independent of the previous distinction between sanctifying and actual grace): • Sacramental graces are those which result from the Seven Sacraments. • Special graces are other gifts of God which help us grow in holiness and build up the Church (i.e. charisms).

  6. Key Sacramental Terminology • Matter: The natural “stuff” of the Sacrament (e.g. water, oil, bread, wine, etc.) • Form: The words prayed which distinguish the Sacrament from other uses of the matter. • Minister: The person who may confer the Sacrament. • Recipient: The person who may receive the Sacrament. • Character: A permanent “mark” imparted by certain Sacraments which means that those Sacraments may be received only once in one’s lifetime.

  7. Key Sacramental Terminology • The Sacred Liturgy makes present the saving mysteries of redemption. (Indeed, the Latin sacramentum translates the Greek mysterion.) • Anamnesis: Remembering, a memorial, a “re-presentation”. (Not to be confused with mimesis, a “representation, duplication”.) • Epiclesis: “to call on”: The invocation of the Holy Spirit which occurs in each of the Seven Sacraments. • All Sacramental celebrations have an anamnesis and at least one epiclesis.

  8. Key Sacramental Terminology • Sacraments confer grace ex opereoperato (“from the work worked”). In other words, the grace of the Sacrament occurs validly when it is celebrated with proper matter and form, by the correct minister, and with the intention to do what the Church intends. • The recipient reaps greater fruit from a Sacrament ex opereoperantis (“from the work of the worker”) when he/she receives the Sacrament worthily, prayerfully, and with “full, conscious, and active” participation and when the minister celebrates it devoutly and carefully.

  9. Key Sacramental Terminology • A valid Sacrament is one which does in fact confer grace. In other words, “it works.” • A licit Sacrament is one which is celebrated in accord with the Church’s law. • A valid Sacrament is efficacious, that is, it validly confers grace ex opereoperato.

  10. CASE STUDY #1: Fr. Briese Celebrates Mass • On a bright sunny morning, the entire OLM community gathers in the auditorium for a school Mass. Fr. Briese celebrates Mass, using the proper sacramental bread and wine, intending as he always does to do what the Church intends. • Valid and/or licit? Why?

  11. CASE STUDY #2: AN ACCIDENT • Same situation as before, except that unbeknownst to anyone, Fr. Briese, having not gotten enough sleep the night before, loses his place in the Missal and accidentally leaves out most of the Eucharistic Prayer, skipping straight from the “Holy, Holy, Holy” to the “Our Father”. • Valid and/or licit? Why?

  12. CASE STUDY #3: A PRANK • Same situation as case study #1, except that some naughty students slips into the auditorium and switches pasteurized grape juice for wine, so that no wine is put into the chalice. • Valid and/or licit?

  13. CASE STUDY #4: AN IMPOSTER • Same situation as case study #1, except that Fr. Briese is kidnapped by his younger brother who is not a priest. Mr. Briese then pretends to be Fr. Briese and fools everyone as he leads the celebration. • Valid and/or licit?

  14. CASE STUDY #5: A SUBSTITUTE • Same situation as case study #1, except that Fr. Briese, being absent asks another priest to celebrate in his place. The substitute priest proceeds to be terribly irreverent, ignores the Roman Missal in favor of a Eucharistic Prayer of his own composition which preserves the same structure and institution narrative, but is unapproved. • Valid and/or licit?

  15. A CODA: Church like a Sacrament • As we discussed last semester, the Church is the Holy Spirit’s abiding presence in the world. She, while not being one of the Seven Sacraments, is much like a Sacrament. • Visible Sign:Worldwide community of people • Instituted by Christ:Cf. Mt 16:18, et alia • Effects Grace: By Sacraments, preaching, etc. • To Lead People to Salvation: A foretaste of the heavenly Kingdom.

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