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Meeting Jesus Sacraments
Meeting Jesus Sacraments
Meeting Jesus Sacraments
THE SACRAMENTS
CHAPTER 3
THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM
Pompa Diaboli
The anti-culture and its apparent promises of
satisfaction and joy
Understanding the
Sacrament of Baptism
Baptizein: to plunge or immerse
Being buried with Christ and emerging as a
new creature
Baptism
Prefigured in the
Old Testament
WATER IS A
SOURCE OF LIFE
At the very dawn of
creation [Gods] spirit
breathed on the
waters, making them
the wellspring of all
holiness
Noah and the Flood
The Exodus
The Promised Land
Christs
Baptism
Jesus baptism
shows us the value
of self-emptying
Jesus baptism
prefigures his
baptism in blood
Jesus baptism is a
revelation of his
true characterthe
Messiah
Christian
Initiation in the
Church
Repent and be
baptized
Catechumenate:
study, instruction
Precatechumenate
Catechumenate
Purification,
Enlightenment, or
Illumination
Mystagogia
Celebrating the
Sacrament of Baptism
Every nonbaptized personadult or
infantcan be baptized
The
Necessity
of Baptism
Baptism is necessary for
Salvation (John 3:5)
God has bound Salvation
to the Sacrament of
Baptism . . . He himself is
not bound by his
sacraments
Baptism of Blood
Baptism of Desire
Infants are entrusted to
the mercy of God
Anointing with
Sacred Chrism
Receiving or
clothing in a white
garment
Receiving a lit
candle
Baptism makes us
members of the Church
Enables us to believe in
God
Gives us the power to live
and act under the Holy
Spirit
Allows us to grow in
goodness
We share in the
priesthood of Christ
Faith
Virtue by which we
believe in God, all
that he has said, and
all that the Church
teaches
Only professing
ones faith is not
enough
For just as a body
without a spirit is
dead, so also faith
without works is
dead.
Hope
The virtue by which
we desire happiness
and the Kingdom of
God and in which we
place our trust in
Christ and his
promises
If I saw the gates of
hell open and I stood
on the brink of the
abyss, I should not
despair, I should not
lose hope of mercy,
but I should trust in
Thee, my God.
Charity
Jesus called the New
Commandment
The Christian life,
begun at Baptism, is
rooted completely in
our love for God and
neighbor
Love is the greatest
of all virtues
Baptism clothes us
with Christ
More on Living
the Sacrament
of Baptism
The graces of Baptism
remain stagnant
unless we put them to
use, so the Church
has many reminders:
Holy water fonts from
which we make the
Sign of the Cross
Reading the creation
account at the Easter
Vigil
Blessing the
baptismal water at
Baptism
Renewal of our
baptismal promises at
the Easter Vigil
Thomas Merton
Overcame life of sin
and converted to
Catholicism
Entered the Abbey of
Our Lady of
Gethsemani in
Kentucky to become a
Trappist monk