I’m glad to see you here with me. I’m so glad that you came. (2x)

The Lord loves you, so do I. (2x)

4 PILLARS of the CATHOLIC CHURCH

1. CREED

Profession of faith – believing the Truths of Our Catholic Faith

2. The 7 SACRAMENTS

Celebration of the Christian Mysteries – Celebrating our faith through the Sacraments

3. The 10 COMMANDMENTS

Life in Christ – Living our faith through the Moral Life.

4. The LORD’s PRAYER

Christian Prayer – Experiencing our Faith; Relationship with God.

The LORD’s PRAYER

“Our Father”Model of all prayers

A -DORATION

C -ONTRITION

S -UPPLICATION

T -HANKSGIVING

The TEN COMMANDMENTS1. "I am the Lord your God you shall not have strange Gods before me" (Ex 20:2-6, Deut 5:6-10)2. "You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain" (Ex 20:7-8, Deut 5:11-12)3. "Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day" (Ex 20:8-11, Deut 5:12-15)

The TEN COMMANDMENTS4. "Honor your father and your mother" (Ex 20:12, Deut 5:16)5. "You shall not kill" (Ex 20:13, Deut 5:17)6. "You shall not commit adultery" (Ex 20:14, Deut 5:18)7. "You shall not steal" (Ex 20:15, Deut 5:19)8. "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor" (Ex 20:16, Deut 5:20)9. "You shall not covet your neighbor's wife" (Ex 20:17, Deut 5:21)10. "You shall not covet your neighbor's goods" (Ex 20:17, Deut 5:21)

TWO GREATES COMMANDMENTS

• Love God with all your heart, with all your mind and with all your soul.

• Love others as you love yourself

SUMMARY of COMMANDMENTS

• Love one another as I have loved you.

- Jesus -

The CREED

4 MARKS of the CHURCH

• ONE – unity in diversity• HOLY – sanctified by the Holy

Spirit through Christ its Head• CATHOLIC – universal • APOSTOLIC – built on the

foundation of the Apostles

7 SACRAMENTS

SACRAMENT

• A visible sign of an invisible reality, instituted by Christ to give grace.

The seven sacraments touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life: they give birth and increase, healing and mission to the Christian's life of faith.

THE SACRAMENT of INITIATION

• Baptism • Confirmation • Eucharist

Foundation of Christian Life

BATISM• 1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the

whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua), and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission.

• Baptism is God's most beautiful and magnificent gift. . .

We call it gift, grace, anointing, enlightenment, garment of immortality, bath of rebirth, seal. It is

called gift because it is conferred on those who bring nothing of their own; grace since it is given even to

the guilty; Baptism because sin is buried in the water; anointing for it is priestly and royal as are

those who are anointed; enlightenment because it radiates light; clothing since it veils our

shame; bath because it washes; and seal as it is our guard and the sign of God's Lordship.

GRACE OF BAPTISM

• For the forgiveness of sins . . .• "A new creature“• Incorporated into the Church, the

Body of Christ• The sacramental bond of the unity

of Christians• An indelible spiritual mark . . .

CONFIRMATION

• 1285 - the reception of the sacrament of Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace. For "by the sacrament of Confirmation, [the baptized] are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit. Hence they are, as true witnesses of Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed."

• 1316 Confirmation perfects Baptismal grace; it is the sacrament which gives the Holy Spirit in order to root us more deeply in the divine filiation, incorporate us more firmly into Christ, strengthen our bond with the Church, associate us more closely with her mission, and help us bear witness to the Christian faith in words accompanied by deeds.

THE EFFECTS OF CONFIRMATION1303 From this fact, Confirmation brings an increase and deepening of baptismal grace: - it roots us more deeply in the divine filiation which makes us cry, "Abba! Father!";- it unites us more firmly to Christ; - it increases the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us; - it renders our bond with the Church more perfect;- it gives us a special strength of the Holy Spirit to spread and defend the faith by word and action as true witnesses of Christ, to confess the name of Christ boldly, and never to be ashamed of the Cross:

HOLY EUCHARIST

• 1322 The holy Eucharist completes Christian initiation.

• 1324 Source and Summit of Christian LifeConsecration – Heart of the Eucharistic CelebrationTransubstantiation – turning of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ

EFFECTS of HOLY EUCHARIST

• Union with Christ in Love• Spiritual repast of the soul• Forgiveness of venial sin and preservation from mortal sin

• The pledge of our resurrection

SACRAMENT of HEALING

• 1421 The Lord Jesus Christ, physician of our souls and bodies, who forgave the sins of the paralytic and restored him to bodily health,3 has willed that his Church continue, in the power of the Holy Spirit, his work of healing and salvation, even among her own members

Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation

• 1486 The forgiveness of sins committed after Baptism

• Also called the sacrament of conversion, confession, penance.

Sin – Turning away from God

EFFECTS - reconciliation with God by which the penitent recovers grace; - reconciliation with the Church; - remission of the eternal punishment incurred by mortal sins; - remission, at least in part, of temporal punishments resulting from sin; - peace and serenity of conscience, and spiritual consolation; - an increase of spiritual strength for the Christian battle.

Anointing of the Sick

• Also called Extreme Unction• Given to those who are very sick that can’t go

to church anymore. (not only given to the dying)

Viaticum – holy communion given to anyone who are at the age of reason when they are in danger of death

EFFECTS• - the uniting of the sick person to the passion of

Christ, for his own good and that of the whole Church; - the strengthening, peace, and courage to endure in a Christian manner the sufferings of illness or old age; - the forgiveness of sins, if the sick person was not able to obtain it through the sacrament of Penance; - the restoration of health, if it is conducive to the salvation of his soul; - the preparation for passing over to eternal life.

SACRAMENT of VOCATION

• THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION

• 1534 directed towards the salvation of others; if they contribute as well to personal salvation, it is through service to others that they do so. They confer a particular mission in the Church and serve to build up the People of God.

HOLY ORDERS• 1591 The whole Church is a priestly people. Through Baptism all the

faithful share in the priesthood of Christ. This participation is called the "common priesthood of the faithful." Based on this common priesthood and ordered to its service, there exists another participation in the mission of Christ: the ministry conferred by the sacrament of Holy Orders, where the task is to serve in the name and in the person of Christ the Head in the midst of the community.

• 1592 The ministerial priesthood differs in essence from the common priesthood of the faithful because it confers a sacred power for the service of the faithful. The ordained ministers exercise their service for the People of God by teaching (munus docendi), divine worship (munus liturgicum) and pastoral governance (munus regendi).

MARRIAGE – Sacrament of Love

• 1660 The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman form with each other an intimate communion of life and love, has been founded and endowed with its own special laws by the Creator. By its very nature it is ordered to the

good of the couple, as well as to the generation and education of children. Christ the Lord raised marriage between the baptized to the dignity of a sacrament (cf. CIC, can. 1055 § 1; cf. GS 48 § 1).

MARRIAGE – Sacrament of Love

• 1666 The Christian home is the place where children receive the first

proclamation of the faith. For this reason the family home is rightly called "the domestic church," a community of

grace and prayer, a school of human virtues and of Christian charity.