SPIRITUAL FORMATION CATHECHISM BASIC PRAYERS ern
SINS THE TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAWS OF GOD OR OF A MORAL CODE. • THE 10 COMMANDMENTS • THE 6 PRECEPTS OF THE CHURCH
HOW DID SIN COME ABOUT ? •THE WORLD IS GOOD. BUT SATAN WORKING ON THE “FREE WILL” OF MAN, WAS ABLE TO GET HIM, THROUGH THE WEAKNESS OF A WOMAN TO TRANSGRESS THE FIRST EVER COMMANDMENT OF GOD AT THE GARDEN OF EDEN. •MAN CONTINUED TO SIN AGAINST THE 10 COMMANDMENTS UP TO THIS DAY, UP TO THIS VERY MOMENT.
KINDS OF SINS • ORIGINAL – THE FIRST SIN COMMITTED BY OUR FIRST PARENTS, ADAM & EVE WHICH COST MAN THE LOSS OF GOD’S FRIENDSHIP AND PRIVILEGE TO ENTER HEAVEN • MORTAL - DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD’S COMMANDMENTS IN A SERIOUS MANNER WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE & CONSENT. • VENIAL - LESS SERIOUS COMMISSION & WITHOUT FULL CONSENT AGAINST A MORAL CODE.
CAPITAL SINS & THEIR CONTRARY VIRTUES • • • • • • •
PRIDE AVARICE LUST ANGER GLUTTONY ENVY SLOTH
HUMILITY LIBERALITY CHASTITY/ PURITY MEEKNESS/PATIENCE TEMPERANCE FRATERNAL LOVE DILIGENCE/INDUSTRY
SINS THAT CRY OUT TO HEAVEN FOR VENGEANCE • • • •
WILLFUL MURDER SODOMY OR HOMOSEXUALITY OPPRESSION OF THE POOR DEFRAUDING LABORERS OF JUST WAGES
SINS AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT ( THE UNFORGIVABLE SINS ) • • • •
PRESUMPTION DESPAIR RESISTING TO KNOW THE TRUTH ENVY FOR ANOTHER’S SPIRITUAL GAINS • OBSTINACY • FINAL IMPENITENCE
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS DURING THE EXODUS OUT OF EGYPT AFTER MANY DAYS, MOSES & HIS PEOPLE RESTED AT MT. SINAI. THERE MOSES SPOKE TO GOD. GOD TOLD HIM:
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”THIS YOU SHALL SAY TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL: ’ I HAVE BROUGHT YOU UP OUT OF EGYPT & HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF YOU. YOU SHALL BE MY CHOSEN PEOPLE & MY TREASURE IF YOU WILL OBEY ME & KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS.”
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MOSES TOLD THE PEOPLE & SAID:
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“ WE WILL DO WHAT THE LORD HAS COMMANDED.”
THEN GOD WROTE THE 10 COMMANDMENTS ON 2 TABLES OF STONE AND GAVE IT TO
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS AS WORDED IN THE “CATECHETICAL FORMULA” USED BY THE CHURCH I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X.
I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD. YOU SHALL NOT HAVE OTHER GODS BEFORE ME. YOU SHALL NOT TAKE THE NAME OF THE LORD YOUR GOD IN VAIN. YOU SHALL KEEP HOLY THE LORD’S DAY. HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER. YOU SHALL NOT KILL. YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY. YOU SHALLNOT STEAL. YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS AGAINST YOUR NEIGHBOR. YOU SHALL NOT COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR’S WIFE. YOU SHALL NOT COVET YOUR NEIGHBOR’S GOODS.
THE LORD SUMMARIZED THE 10 COMMANDMENTS IN TO JUST TWO • LOVE OF GOD COMMANDMENT : “ LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL YOUR MIND,AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH “ • LOVE OF NEIGHBOR COMMANDMENT : “ LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF “
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AS AMENDED
“ YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD, WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH . . . . AND YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.” (MARK 12:30)
THE PRECEPTS OF THE CHURCH 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
TO OFFER MASS ON SUNDAYS & HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION TO FAST & ABSTAIN ON DAYS APPOINTED TO CONFESS AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR TO RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION DURING EASTER SEASON TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE SUPPORT OF THE CHURCH TO OBSERVE THE LAWS OF THE CHURCH CONCERNING MARRIAGE TO JOIN IN THE MISSIONARY SPIRIT AND APOSTOLATE OF THE CHURCH (K of C add-on)
THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS “AN OUTWARD SIGN, INSTITUTED BY CHRIST, TO GIVE GRACE.” 1. 2. 3.
BAPTISM CONFIRMATION HOLY EUCHARIST
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PENANCE ) ANOINTING OF THE SICK ) HEALING
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HOLY ORDERS MATRIMONY
) STATE OF ) LIFE
BAPTISM • THE SACRAMENT THAT GIVES NEW LIFE OF SANCTIFYING GRACE BY WHICH WE BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD AND HEIRS OF HEAVEN. o CHRIST HIMSELF HAD TO BE BAPTIZED o “UNLESS ONE IS BORN AGAIN OF THE WATER AND THE SPIRIT, HE CANNOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD. (John 3:3) o “GO OUT TO THE WORLD AND PROCLAIM THE GOOD NEWS TO ALL CREATION. HE WHO BELIEVES AND IS BAPTIZED WILL BE SAVED: HE WHO REFUSES TO BELIEVE WILL BE CONDEMNED. (Mark 16:15-16) • BAPTISM WIPES OUT “ORIGINAL SIN”. IT AVOIDS GOING TO LIMBO, THE REASON WHY THE CHURCH REQUIRES EVEN BABIES TO BE BAPTIZED.
• CONFIRMATION IS THE SACRAMENT WHERE THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES TO US IN A SPECIAL WAY, STRENGTHENS OUR FAITH AND ENABLES US TO PROFESS AND DEFEND IT EVEN WITH OUR OWN LIFE. o PERFORMED BY ONE HIGHER IN AUTHORITY THAN THE ONE WHO ADMINISTERED THE BAPTISM (BISHOP or MONSIGNOR) o THIS SACRAMENT PROVIDES GRACES FOR OUR GROWING-UP YEARS, WHERE WE WILL ENCOUNTER VARIED TEMPTATIONS, WHICH EVEN CHRIST WAS SUBJECTED TO.
PENANCE •
THE SACRAMENT ADMINISTERED BY A PRIEST, WHO AS AN AGENT OF GOD, FORGIVES SINS COMMITTED AFTER BAPTISM, WHEN THE SINNER IS HEARTILY SORRY FOR THEM, SINCERELY CONFESSES THEM AND IS WILLING TO MAKE REPARATION FOR THEM. o JESUS CHRIST INSTITUTED THIS SACRAMENT AS THE BRIDGE TO RE-UNITE US TO GOD. IN RE-UNITING WE ARE BROUGHT BACK TO ENJOY OUR EARNED MERITS WE HAD BEFORE. NOTE THAT THE AUTHORITY TO FORGIVE OR RETAIN SINS WAS DELEGATED BY THE LORD TO THE PRIESTS.
HOLY EUCHARIST • “A THANKSGIVING”. THE GREATEST SACRAMENT, IT DOES NOT ONLY GIVE GRACE, BUT GOD HIMSELF WHO IS THE SOURCE OF ALL GRACES, IS PRESENT IN THIS SACRAMENT. o OUR LORD’S “GIVING OF THANKS” TO GOD ARE FOUND IN : MATT26:25-28; MARK 14:22-24; LUKE 22:19-20 AND PAUL IN COR. 11:23-29.
ANOINTING OF THE SICK • THE SACRAMENT ADMINISTERED BY A PRIEST USING BLESSED OIL WITH PRAYERS, WHICH GIVE STRENGTH TO THE SOUL AND HEALTH TO THE BODY, WHEN IN DANGER OF DEATH. o HOW IS IT DONE? • ANOINTING ON THE FOREHEAD • ANOINTING ON THE HANDS APOSTOLIC BLESSING – SOMETIMES CALLED “THE LAST BLESSING” OF THE PRIEST, CARRIES WITH IT A PLENARY INDULGENCE AT THE VERY MOMENT OF DEATH. INDULGENCE ELIMINATES THE EFFECTS OF SIN, ENABLING THE SOUL TO GO STRAIGHT TO HEAVEN.
HOLY ORDERS • THE SACRAMENT THROUGH WHICH MEN RECEIVE THE POWER AND TO PERFORM THE SACRED DUTIES OF BISHOPS, PRIESTS, AND OTHER MINISTERS OF THE CHURCH.
THE 3 STAGES OF THIS SACRAMENT : • THE OFFICE OF THE DEACON • THE OFFICE OF THE PRIEST • THE OFFICE OF THE BISHOP o POSITIONS OF HONOR : • THE CARDINAL • THE ARCHBISHOP • THE MONSIGNOR
MATRIMONY • THE SACRAMENT BY WHICH A BAPTIZED MAN AND WOMAN, WHO LOVE EACH OTHER, BIND THEMSELVES FOR LIFE IN ALAWFUL MARRIAGE AND RECEIVE THE GRACES OF GOD TO DISCHARGE THEIR DUTIES. o MUST BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN AND IT MUST BE FOR LIFE. o GOD MADE MARRIAGE AN INSTRUMENT FOR PROCREATION. THE INTIMATE UNION OF THE REPRODUCTIVE ACT SHOULD BE UNDERSTOOD NOT ONLY AS SOMETHING GOOD & ENJOYABLE, BUT AS SOMETHING SACRED AND HOLY. o OBSERVE THE LAW OF THE CHURCH ON MARRIAGE .
APOSTLE’S CREED Professions of Faith – The Christian Story God’s creating act Redemption in Jesus Christ His sanctifying presence in all in the Holy Spirit Functions of the Creed a summary of Catholic beliefs a pledge of loyalty to God and Church a proclamation of self-identity
12 ARTICLES OF FAITH 1. “I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth”; 2. “I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord”; 3. “He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary”; 4. “He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried”; 5. “He descended to the dead, and on the third day He rose again”; 6. “He ascended into Heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father”;
12 ARTICLES OF FAITH 7. “He will come again to judge the living and the dead”; 8. “I believe in the Holy Spirit”; 9. “the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints”; 10. “the forgiveness of sins”; 11. “the resurrection of the body”; 12. “and life everlasting. Amen” “As a prayer the Creed teaches us to believe, to trust, to ground ourselves not in what we feel, we do, we want, or we are, but rather in what God is, God does, God wills, and God offers in us and for us,”
BASIC PRAYERS…INTRO • WHENWE PRAY WE TALK TO GOD, WHEN WE READ THE BIBLE GOD TALKS TO US. • PRAYER IS THE LIFTING OF OUR HEARTS & MIND TO GOD. ONE TALKS WHILE THE OTHER LISTENS • WE PRAY IN ORER TO ADORE GOD, TO EXPRESS OUR LOVE & LOYALTY, TO THANK HIM FOR BLESSINGS WE RECEIVED, TO ASK FOR FORGIVENESS OF OUR SINS & REMISSION OF PUNISHMENTS DUE TO SIN & TO ASK FOR FAVORS & GRACES.
ELEMENTS OF PRAYER • • • •
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OUR MAIN OBJECTIVE IN STUDYING PRAYER IS TO PRAY STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER USING THIS FORMULA.
THE CATHOLIC PRAYERS… • • • • • • •
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS THE APOSTLE’S CREED THE LORD’S PRAYER (OUR FATHER) THE HAIL MARY THE GLORY BE (OR DOXOLOGY) THE FATIMA EJACULATION THE HAIL HOLY QUEEN WE MUST KNOW THE MYSTERIES OF THE HOLY ROSARY: - THE JOYFUL MYSTERIES - THE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES - THE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES - THE LUMINOUS MYSTERIES
“ THE HOLY ROSARY “
THE MYSTERIES OF THE HOLY ROSARY JOYFUL MYSTERIES (Mondays & Saturdays)
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THE ANNUNCIATION THE VISITATION THE NATIVITY THE PRESENTATION THE FINDING IN THE TEMPLE
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
LUMINOUS MYSTERIES
SORROWFUL MYSTERIES (Tuesdays & Fridays)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
THE AGONY OF JESUS IN THE GARDEN THE SCOURGING AT THE PILLAR THE CROWNING WITH THORNS THE CARRYING OF THE CROSS THE CRUCIFIXION
GLORIOUS MYSTERIES (Wednesdays & Sundays) THE RESURRECTION THE ASCENSION THE DESCENT OF THR HOLY SPIRIT THE ASSUMPTION THE CORONATION
(Thursdays)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD THE WEDDING AT CANA THE PREACHING OF THE KINGDOM THE TRANSFIGURATION THE INSTITUTION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST
DAILY PRAYERS
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UPON WAKING UP (thanksgiving type) GRACE BEFORE MEALS THANKSGIVING AFTER MEALS DIVINE MERCY PRAYER (3 p.m.) ANGELUS at 6p.m. (also at 12noon) REGINA COELI replaces ANGELUS DURING EASTER SEASON • HOLY ROSARY • BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP
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