•What is the first

thing that comes

to your mind
upon seeing the
picture…
 Your answers:
•Sunset: beautiful ending
•Sunrise: new hope, new
beginning, new life
 Your answer

• Smiling: No worries, stress-

free
• innocent
 Your answers
•Beauty
•Nature
•Love
•freshness
 Your answers:
•Bayanihan
•Pride
•Freedom
 Your answers
•Unity
•Reach out
•Respect
•Equality
 Draw a symbol of the following:
• Your most valued possession
• Your greatest
achievement/accomplishment to date
• What you would like to be – your
ambition/dream
• The person you admire most
• Your best personality
Read the statement
•Are the signs and
symbols
important? Why?
 What is SYMBOL?
–It is defined as something concrete
that represents something else.
–symbols are abstract or subjective
in nature and require
interpretation.
–Objects or gestures that have
different associated meanings than
what they literally are.
 SIGN
–It is something such as an
action or event which shows
that else exist, is true, or will
happen.
–Objects or gestures that express
ONE specific message or
meaning.
•Can persons be
symbols? How?
• Mystery is something we
cannot fully understand but
we believed by the power of
God.
• A sacrament is a
sign of a sacred
reality. It is a holy
sign in which the
believer can both
perceive and
receive the
invisible grace.
– St. Augustine
• It was
EFFICACIOUS
SYMBOL. It is the
one that effects
what it symbolizes
and symbolizes
what it effects. –
St. Thomas
Aquinas
• Defined as a saving symbolic act
or a visible sign, arising from the
ministry of Christ and continued
in, by and for the Church, which,
when received in faith, fashions
us into likeness to Christ in His
paschal mystery, through the
power of the Holy Spirit.
 1. They are symbols and symbolic
acts that give salvation
• Symbols such as the wine and bread.
• Symbolic acts of touch (anointing,
laying of hands, washing), gestures
(standing, bowing, kneeling), and
words (proclaiming, responding,
taking vows) help us see, hear, and
feel God’s love.
 2. It comes from the
ministry of Jesus
• Each sacrament celebrates a
part of Jesus’ life: His
baptism, maturity,
leadership, table-fellowship,
healing, and forgiveness of
sins.
• Jesus instituted the
sacraments by being the
first sacrament of God’s
love to the world through
His words and actions.
 3. They are continued in and
through the Church
•The Church makes Jesus
present to everyone
through the celebrations
that continue Jesus’
ministry.
 4. They are celebrations
of faith
• Each sacrament aims to
make us holier, unites us
with other people in the
community, and worship
God in each stage of our
lives.
5. It molds us into the image
of God
• When we receive the
sacraments
wholeheartedly, they form
us little by little to become
more like Jesus.
•Through the Holy Spirit,
we are transformed into
Jesus’ way of thinking,
acting, praying,
forgiving, loving, and
serving.
 SACRAMENTALS
• There are other signs and
symbols that are considered
sacred by our Church. It help
us become more aware of
God’s presence.
•They can be actions,
practices, objects,
places, words, and
events.
SACRAMENTAL OBJECTS
 SACRAMENTAL ACTIONS
•Kneeling
•Sign of the Cross
•Standing
•Bowing
 SACRAMENTAL PLACES
• Our Lady of Manaoag,
Pangasinan
• Monasterio de Tarlac, Tarlac
• Quiapo Church, Manila
• Caleruaga Church, Batangas
 Jesus Christ: The First Sacrament
Jesus is the
mystery of God’s
love for all people.
In Jesus, God’s plan
of salvation and
reconciliation has
taken place.
Jesus as the great
sign of God in our
midst (Emmanuel
– “God with us”).
He is the great
symbol of God’s
love for us.
He is the
efficacious sign.
Jesus’ paschal
mystery speaks of
the reality that sin
and death have
been conquered,
that eternal life is
visible.
 THE CHURCH :
SACRAMENT OF JESUS
• It receives the Spirit of God, the
Holy Spirit, every Pentecost – the
seventh Sunday after Easter.
• The Basic or Fundamental
Sacrament
THE DOGMATIC CONSTITUTION ON
THE CHURCH
“by her relationship
with Christ the
Church is a kind of
sacrament of
intimate union with
God and of the unity
of all that is she is
sign and an
instrument of such
union and unity”
• It is a sacrament
for the reason that
it manifests the
intimate union
between God and
us.
• It is an
“instrument” in
which we can be
unified.
 The 7 Sacraments are
grouped into 3 groups
• The Sacrament Of Initiation: Baptism,
Confirmation, And Holy Eucharist.
• The Sacrament Of Healing:
Reconciliation and Anointing of the Sick
• The Sacrament of
Commitment/Vocation: Holy Orders and
Matrimony
The 7 sacrament has TWO EMPHASES
STAND OUT
• 1. The 7 ritual sacraments are
grounded directly in both Christ
(the PRIME SACRAMENT) and the
Church (FUNDAMENTAL
SACRAMENT). Thus, they are
defined as “ACTIONS OF CHRIST
AND THE CHURCH”.
• 2. DRAWING THE SACRAMENTS
CLOSER TO EVERYDAY LIFE
especially by recognizing the
essential role of the symbol in all
human life.
A. SACRAMENTS ARE SYMBOLS
The 7 ritual sacraments
are:
• Particular signs that
represent the actions
and values of Jesus.
• Reenactment and
representation of what
Jesus done in the past.
 B. CHRIST INSTITUTED THE
SACRAMENTS
• This expresses the essential link
between the sacraments and
Christ.
 C. SACRAMENTS GIVE
GRACE

• It is a gift of God’s friendship and

love for us.
 3 FUNCTIONS
• The 7 SACRAMENTS:
1. Commemorate what happened in the
past.
2. Demonstrate in the present that Jesus
Christ lives.
3. Prefigure our glorious future with Christ
at the end of time.
• The SACRAMENTS help us
remember our past to help us in
celebrating our present life and
looking forward to our future life
in union with the Father in
eternity.
SACRAMENT LIFE EVENT VALUES OF JESUS
BAPTISM Birth Conversion; Accepting
The Good News
CONFIRMATION Growth Strength Of The Spirit To
Live A Life Commitment
To Service

EUCHARIST Daily Life; Strength Of Unity To Live

Togetherness; A Life Of Love
Meal

MARRIAGE Vocation; Ministry Of Love To

Family Life Spouse And Children
Sacrament Life event Values of Jesus
HOLY ORDERS Service; Ministry Of Love
Vocation To God’s People
RECONCILIATION Relationship Jesus’ offerings
– friendship of love through
reconciliation
ANOINTING OF Sickness And Healing And
THE SICK Near Death Strength To
Endure