CL Third Term Final Exam Reviewer and Notes

Liturgy
• Greek words LAOS (people) and ERGON (work)
• Eastern Church, LEITOURGIA - sacred rites and Eucharistic celebration
• Latin Church, it uses the terms officia divina, opus divinum, sacri or ecclesia ritus.
• *An essential component of the Liturgy is the Sacred Scripture
• an exercise of the priestly office of Jesus Christ
• An “action” of the whole Church. (CCC 1135)
• Celebration of the whole Church. (CCC 1140)
• encounter between the faithful and God, the Church offers worship to the Father
through Jesus Christ in the unity of the Holy Spirit.
• Liturgy of the Word
o book of the Word (lectionary or book of the Gospels)
o veneration (procession, candles, incense)
o place of proclamation (lectern or ambo)
o intelligible reading
o homily
o response of the assembly (SC 14: full, active and conscious participation)
o Sacred Music, Art and Furnishings are integral part of the liturgical
celebration
Sacred Places, Vessels and Vestments
• Tabernacle - Place the Sacred Host to be use for Communion
• Ambo/Lectern - Place for the Liturgy of the Word
• Baptistry - Use for the Sacrament of Baptism
• Chalice - holds the Consecrated wine
• Paten - holds the big host
• Ciborium - contains the hosts for distribution to the faithful
• Cruets – contains the water and wine
• Thurible - swung on chains during the Mass, procession, and Eucharistic adoration
• Incense boat - container of the incense to be offered
• Monstrance - used to expose consecrated Host for the adoration.
• Altar cloth - placed on the altar for the Mass
• Purificator - used by the priest to dry his fingers and the chalice
• Corporal - to collect fragments of host
• Pall - used to cover the chalice
• Alb - symbolizes the innocence and purity that should adorn the soul of the priest
who ascends the altar
• Stole - symbolizes priestly service and the immortality of the soul
• Cassock - close-fitting ankle-length garment worn during liturgical services
• Chasuble - symbolizes the virtue of charity and the yoke of unselfish service for the
Lord.
• Deacon’s Stole – diagonal stole
Proper Church Decorum
• Holy Mass - Holiest event and most precious treasure of the Roman Catholic Church
because the Holy Mass is the Action of Christ.
• Jesus Christ offers Himself for us in the Holy Mass
 • Jesus Christ is REALLY PRESENT
• Holy Mass becomes the Highest form of prayer
• Summary of Church Decorum
o Always go to Mass ON TIME
o Upon entering or leaving the church, BLESS YOURSELF WITH HOLY WATER
o GENUFLECT OR BOW to the Blessed Sacrament as a SIGN OF REVERENCE
o DRESS MODESTLY for the Mass.
o CELEBRATE MASS inside His Holy House.
o TURN OFF PHONES AND PAGERS when inside the church.
o PARTICIPATE ACTIVELY
o SIGN OF REVERENCE BEFORE RECEIVING COMMUNION
o ANSWER ‘AMEN’ in response to the proclamation of the “Body of Christ”
o RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION PROPERLY BY MOUTH OR HAND
o LEAVE THE CHURCH SILENTLY AFTER MASS
• In order to be properly disposed to receive Communion. One must be in a STATE OF
GRACE, observe the one-hour Eucharistic fast, and seek to live in CHARITY AND
LOVE with one’s neighbor.
• Communicants must first pray the Act of Contrition.
Jesus – Sacrament of the Father
Wedding at Cana Jesus Can Transform Sorrow to Joy
Encounter with the Samaritan Woman Jesus is the Living Water
Cure during Sabbath Jesus is Healer
Multiplication of Loaves Jesus is the Bread of Life
Walking on Water Jesus is Lord, “It is I.”
The Man Born Blind Jesus as Light of the World
Raising of Lazarus Jesus is Resurrection and Life
Jesus is the Primordial Sacrament
• Jesus’ humanity is the Sacrament of God’s saving love for all
• Source
• Primary Agent
• Goals
• The Church is the sacrament of Christ in the world today.
• Church is the foundational Sacrament
Sacraments
• Means sacred
• Only through the Holy Spirit that the grace in each sacraments are obtained.
• Directly instituted by Christ
Source Meaning of the Sacrament
St. Paul Unite all things in Christ
St. Augustine A visible sign of the invisible reality
St. Thomas Efficacious sign which brings about what it symbolizes
Vatican II An outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace

Initiation
Baptism (Sacrament of Faith)
• brings us into a new life with Christ
• incorporates us into the Church or family of Christ
• makes us sharers in the divine life
 • *Adults who are to receive baptism are called catechumens
• Received only once
• Leaves and indelible mark on the recipient
• Three-fold mission of Christ: priest, prophet, king
• ordained toward a complete profession of Faith
• pouring ordinary water on the forehead of the person to be baptized
• “Name, I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
• Symbols
o Water
o Fire (Candles)
o Oil
o White garment

Popular Understanding Baptism Truly means

1. Baptism makes one think of
a. Water a. A new life in Christ, sharing in his
dying and rising with him which
includes the forgiveness of Original
Sins (stains of) and all personal sins
(adult Baptism).
b. Washing away of Original Sin b. Through the cleansing power and the
Holy Spirit (we are graced and
forgiven to face the society)
2. During the Sacrament … (entry into Incorporation into the Christian community,
the building) Christ’s Body
a. Babies a. …of both adults and babies
b. Passive reception b. It is the sacrament of the CHURCH’s
c. Clerical ritual FAITH
c. A personal prayer of those celebrating
the Sacrament.
d. Receiving the transforming grace of
baptism

Confirmation
• make us strong and mature Christians
• “strengthening”
• mature followers of Christ
• *Renewal of Baptismal Vows
• *7 Gifts of the Holy Spirit
• Pentecost
• Minister: Bishop
• “Name, Be sealed with the gifts of the Holy Spirit
• Chrism
Holy Eucharist
• a sacrifice in which Jesus Christ- His body and blood, His soul and divinity- is contained,
offered and received under the appearance of bread and wine
• thanksgiving worship of God
• *Passover Meal – commemoration of Exodus
 • *Exodus – deliverance from Egypt
• *Early Church equivalent of the Eucharist: Breaking of the Bread
• MATTER: Bread and Wine
• FORM: Eucharistic Prayer
Healing
• entrusted his ministry of healing and reconciliation to HIS CHURCH in the Apostles
• to help realize the full potential before God and their neighbors
Reconciliation
• Parts of the Sacrament
o *Contrition or Heartfelt sorrow – sorry for your sins
o Confession of all grave/mortal sins to the priest, minister of the Church, acting in
the person of Christ.
o Penance/Satisfaction for sins committed by restitution and reparation of injury,
and firm purpose of renewal of life.
• essential act of the priest is ABSOLUTION which is the efficacious sign of God’s
pardon
• Confession – stresses the importance of acknowledging your sins
• Penance – emphasizes the whole process of conversion (contrition, repentance,
satisfaction)
• *Sacrament of Reconciliation – brings out the inner relationship with God and our
neighbor
• *Closer intimacy with Christ
• Re-integration in the Church Community

Anointing of the Sick

• Extreme Unction
• Not necessarily for the dying
• not necessarily mean a cure or the eradication of the disease or defect
• encounter God’s healing touch
• receive spiritual strength
• united with the passion of Christ
• receive ecclesial grace
• prepare for the final journey to the Father

Vocation and Ministry

• Vocation – God’s personal call to reposnd to the needs of others and the Church
• Ministry – build up and strengthen the Church in its mission
• Jesus is the unique Mediator of the New Covenant between God and humankind
• Common Priesthood (of all baptized)
• Ministerial Priesthood (those who have received the Sacrament of Holy Orders)
o Sacral Models – priests are viewed as “apart” (special powers of the priests)
o Functional (ministerial) – ministry of community leadership - service.
• The service as of the priest in the Name of Jesus for the Church
o Mystery - actuating the Church’s sacramental signs
o Communion - building up the unity of the Church in the harmony of diverse
vocations, charisms and services;
o Mission - making the community a herald and witness to the Gospel
Holy Orders
 • Minister: Bishop
• Christ shares His Priesthood
• mission entrusted by Christ to His apostles
• Ordination – rite wherein a bishop officially invests a person priestly authority
• Degrees
o Bishop
 The three-fold office of sanctifying, ruling, and teaching
 ring (sign of his fidelity to the Church)
 miter and crozier (shepherd)
o Priest
 to preach the Gospel
 to shepherd the faithful
 to celebrate divine worship as true priest of the New Testament
 Religious - they live in communities and profess the vows of poverty,
chastity and obedience.
 Diocesan - belong/incardinated to a diocese.
o Deacon - assist the priest and bishops
Matrimony
• Minister: Couple
• created through God’s love, in the image of God who is Love, and called to love one
another
• a sign and manifestation of God’s infinite love
• indissoluble – incapable of being separated
• Conjugal rights – refer to the sexual rights or privileges implied by marriage
• Genesis – book which expresses the personal purpose of marriage (mutual love,
support and unity of the couple)
• Covenant of Love
o a sacred agreement of a commitment
• *LOVE is the deepest and the most fundamental reality of human life
• *Impediments to Marriage – obstacles or restrictions imposed by law of the Church
o An existing marriage
o Coercion (consent)
o Below age requirement
o Blood relationship
o Close Affinity
o Holy Orders, Solemn Vows, Simple Vows
o Disparity of worship/cult
o Spiritual affinity
o Legal relationship
The Paschal Pattern of Love BY Pope John Paul II
DEATH RESURRECTION

To die in their own amor propio and over- To rise to mature communion in reaching
sensitivity out
To die to romantic(lustful) illusions and To rise to working at realisitic possibilities
naive dreams
To die to holding grudges and jealous To rise to open –hearted forgiveness and
pettiness reconciliation
To die to self-centered independence and To rise to mature cooperation and self
intolerance sacrifice.
By Marriage, the spouses are made part of the mystery of the Death and Resurrection of
Christ in these ways. CFC 1935
Lenten Season
• Alleluia – omitted during Lent
• Ash Wednesday - first day of Lent; forty days before Easter (w/o Sundays)
o Ashes on the forehead
 Death comes to everyone
 Repentance
 Change themselves for the better
 God made the first human being by breathing life into dust, and without
God, human beings are nothing more than dust and ashes
• Holy Week - entire week between Palm Sunday and Holy Saturday
o focus on the suffering, humiliation, and death of Christ
• Palm Sunday - celebrates Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem
o Passion Sunday
o commemorate the beginning of Holy Week .
o passion - Latin word that means "to suffer"
o Red color – symbolizes Jesus’ death
o The liturgy
 Blessing of palms
• Gospel
• Short Homily
• Procession
 The word of God
 The Eucharistic sacrifice
• *Easter Triduum – Three days before the Resurrection
• Holy/Maundy Thursday
o Mandatum - "to give," "to entrust," "to order“ or “to command”
o Washing of the feet - Self abasement of Christ
o Betrayal by Judas
o Jesus praying in Gethsemane
o The last Supper / Passover meal; the institution of Eucharist
o Passover meals / Seder meal – a commemoration of the delivery of the people of
Israel from slavery to the Egyptians
o Eucharist – Remembrance of our delivery from slavery to sin through the death
of Christ
o Gloria – sung the last time before Easter Sunday
o “World in darkness without Christ” - darkness is the consequences of sin
o stripping of the altar” - abandonment & stripping of Jesus
o the death and resurrection of Jesus
• *Good Friday
o No Mass
o commemorates Jesus’ arrest, his trial, crucifixion and suffering, death, and burial
 o No candle, No cross, No bell, covered statues, bare altar
o Seven Last Words
 Father, forgive them for they do not know what they do. (Luke 23:34)
 This day you will be with me in paradise (Luke 23:43)
 Woman, behold your son . . .Behold your mother.(John 19:26-27)
 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46, Mark
15:34)
 I thirst. (John 19:28)
 It is finished! (John 19:30)
 Father into your hands I commend my spirit. (Luke 23:46)
• Black Saturday
o day of quiet meditation
o a time to remember family and the faithful who have died
o honor the martyrs
o time of reflection and waiting, the time of weeping
o Easter Vigil
 (Service of Light) a "new fire" lit amid the darkness
 Paschal Candle as the focal point
 (Order of service of light)
 New fire is blessed: The “church” is in darkness
 return of light - resurrection of Jesus, light of salvation and hope triumph
God’s grace and salvation over the darkness of death and sin
Sacramentals
• Essential doctrines
• Actions, places or things that Church sanctifies and uses to obtain spiritual favors
• Three kinds
o Blessings – call down God’s blessing and favors
o Consecrations – sacred to service of God
o Exorcisms – free persons or things from the influence of God
• Helps us become aware of Christ’s grace –filled presence
• “Render holy various occasions in life” – (SC 60)

Communion of Saints
• Church Militant – On earth
• Church Suffering - Purgatory
• Church Triumphant – Heaven

Lasallian Saints
• *May 15 – Feast Day of St. John Baptist De La Salle
• St. Mutien Marie
• St. Miguel Cordero
• St. Benilde Romancon
• St. John Baptist De La Salle
Gospel
Jesus read the scroll containing the readings from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah.
Jesus told Peter to throw his nets into the deep waters.
*Jesus was tempted in the desert or wilderness.
*Moses and Elijah appeared in the Transfiguration
*Peter, James and John are the apostles who were present during the Transfiguration.
Extra
• Bishop of Manila – Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales
• Bishop of Parañaque – Bishop Jesse Mercado
• Priest turned Governor – Father Ed Panlilio
Sources:
Ms. Carla and Sir Carrera’s PowerPoints
God Builds and Unites His People
Quizzes and LTs
Notes