KEY TERMS ASSEMBLY CATECHESIS CHRISMATION HOLY MYTHS PHILOSOPHY SACRED THEOLOGY TRIDUUM VIGIL UNIT 2 CATHOLICISM

KEY TERMS ASSEMBLY CATECHESIS CHRISMATION HOLY MYTHS PHILOSOPHY SACRED THEOLOGY TRIDUUM VIGIL UNIT 2 CATHOLICISM

ASSEMBLY: For christians, a gathering of baptized people for liturgy or worship in the name of Christ; the assembly is also called the congregation or the church CATECHESIS: Word meaning teaching a catechist is a person who teaches about the faith. CHRISMATION: When a baptized person is confirmed by anointing the person with chrism (holy oil). HOLY: Describes what is spiritually whole, sound, virtuous, or acceptable to God.

MYTHS: Stories of how things came to be. PHILOSOPHY: Literally, love of wisdom ; the study of what is true, good, and beautiful in human existence, the use of reason to seek truth and knowledge. SACRED: Describes what has been set aside as holy in a religious ritual, such as the water blessed in baptism and made holy by the words of the priest.

THEOLOGY: The study of God TRIDUUM: The three days of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter VIGIL: A time of staying awake and waiting before a great feast; at the Easter Vigil, Christians stay awake with Jesus in the tomb to be present at his resurrection.

RITUALS: The actions and the language that bond people to the holy are called rituals. Rituals are at the heart of all religions. Religious rituals help us discover who we are. These actions identify someone as a member of their respective faith. They help contribute to our identity.

SIMILARITIES AMONG RELIGIOUS RITUALS A number of elements are common to all rituals: They are believed to have begun long ago, sometimes at the dawn of human memory. They follow set rubrics (rules of conduct of a ritual) that change very little over time. They have clear beginnings and ends. They do not seem to have practical results in the world. They say something about the individuals who participate in them. They say something about who we are as human beings, about our Earth, about time, about the holy, about God or other sacred beings. Rituals express our understanding of where we came from, who we are, and where we are going. They express certain beliefs about many things.

SIGNIFICANCE OF RITUALS In many ways rituals connect human lives with the mysteries of human existence. Rituals tell us about The cosmos (the order of the universe) The holy Time and eternity Human existence Human origins The ways of God or other sacred beings.

What was Jesus main message? After his baptism Jesus went to Galilee and began a ministry of healing and preaching. Jesus whole ministry was to bring what he called the kingdom of God. He said that this kingdom was near - in fact, it was already at work in his deeds and works.

The Church began with the gathering of the disciples, who became followers of Jesus. The Church continues today through those who respond to Jesus call to come follow me. Christ is the foundational sacrament by being a visible sign of an invisible God.

The 7 Sacraments The sacraments are a visible sign of an invisible reality.

BAPTISM

RECONCILIATION CONFESSION

EUCHARIST FIRST COMMUNION

CONFIRMATION

HOLY ORDERS

MATRIMONY MARRIAGE

ANOINTING OF THE SICK

The Liturgical Year

THE LORD S PRAYER The most important prayer for Catholics is the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples. After Jesus had prayed for a whole night, the disciples asked him to teach them to pray. The prayer is called the Lord s Prayer. Catholics pray it at Mass to begin the Communion rite.

THE LORD S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.