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The Mission of the Holy Spirit in the Liturgy

1. To prepare the assembly to encounter Christ;

2. To recall and manifest Christ to the faith of the
assembly;
3. To make the saving work of Christ present and
active by his transforming power, making us living
sacrifices.
4. To make the gift of communion bear fruit in the
Church.
The Holy Spirit is teacher of the faith of the People
of God and artisan of "God's masterpieces," the
sacraments of the New Covenant.
"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of
God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit
(2Cor.13:13).

THE LITURGY PREFIGURED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

The Church's liturgy has retained certain elements of
the worship of the Old Covenant as integral and
irreplaceable:
Reading the Old Testament
Praying the Psalms
Recalling the saving events and significant realities
which have found their fulfillment in the mystery of
Christ;
promise and covenant,
Exodus and Passover,
kingdom and temple,
exile and return.
On this harmony of the two Testaments, the Paschal
catechesis of the Lord is built and then, that of the
Apostles and the Fathers of the Church.

 This catechesis unveils what lay hidden

under the letter of the Old Testament: the
mystery of Christ.
It is called "typological" because it reveals
the newness of Christ on the basis of the
"figures" (types) which announce him in the
deeds, words, and symbols of the first
covenant.
By this re-reading in the Spirit of Truth,
starting from Christ, the figures are unveiled.
The flood and Noah's ark prefigured salvation
by Baptism, as did the cloud and the crossing
of the Red Sea.

 Water from the rock prefigured the spiritual

gifts of Christ in Confirmation.
Manna in the desert prefigured the Eucharist,
"the true bread from heaven.
During Advent and Lent and at the Easter
Vigil, the Church re-reads and re-lives the
great events of salvation history in the
"today" of her liturgy.
In the liturgy of the New Covenant every
liturgical action, especially the celebration of
the Eucharist and the sacraments, is an
encounter with Christ.
This assembly transcends racial, cultural,
social - indeed, all human affinities.

The Sacred Scripture in the Liturgy

In the celebration of the liturgy, Sacred
Scripture is extremely important.
From it comes the lessons that are read
and explained in the homily and the
psalms that are sung.
It is from the Scriptures that the
prayers, collects, and hymns draw their
inspiration and their force,
From it actions and signs derive their
meaning.

Liturgical Seasons
1. Advent= Color Purple/Violet
Incarnation: Time of expectation for the Birth of Christ.
The Church awaits the second Coming of Christ.
2. Christmas=Color White or Gold
Birth of Christ. The Nativity.
3. Lent=Color Purple/Violet
Time of Christs passion and Death.
4. Easter=White-Resurrection of Christ.
5. Ordinary Time-Color Green
Red color-for Palm Sunday, Pentecost Sunday, Feast of
Martyrs
On the Lord's Day (Sunday), we keep the memory of the
Lord's resurrection.
In the course of the year, moreover, the church unfolds
the whole mystery of Christ.

The liturgical year

The Liturgical year begins with advent.
However Christs Resurrection fills the
whole liturgical year with its brilliance.
The year is transfigured by the liturgy.
The "year of the Lord's favor.
Easter is the Feast of feasts, the Great
Sunday (St. Athanasius).
It is the mystery of the Resurrection, in
which Christ crushed death, permeates
with its powerful energy our old time,
until all is subjected to him.

 In the liturgical year the various aspects

of the one Paschal mystery unfold.
This is also the case with the cycle of
feasts surrounding the mystery of the
incarnation
INCARNATION=Annunciation, Christmas,
Epiphany
They commemorate the beginning of
our salvation and communicate to us
the first fruits of the Paschal mystery.

 The sanctoral in the liturgical year:

Fiestas, Memorials of Blessed Virgin Mary, Martyrs and
Saints during the annual cycle.
The Liturgy of the Hours
Liturgy of the Psalms (clergy, religious, and lay people)..
The Liturgy of the Hours "is the voice of the Bride
herself addressed to her Bridegroom.
It is the very prayer which Christ himself together with
his Body addresses to the Father.
The Liturgy of the Hours, is like an extension of the
Eucharistic celebration.
The lectio divina, is rooted in the liturgical celebration.
The Word of God is read and meditated that it becomes
prayer.

WHERE IS THE LITURGY CELEBRATED?

1. The Cross: The altar of the New Covenant is the
Lord's Cross, from which the sacraments of the
Paschal mystery flow.
2. On the altar: the center of the church, the sacrifice
of the Cross is made present under sacramental signs.
The altar is also the table of the Lord, to which the
People of God are invited.
3. The church has an eschatological significance.
To enter into the house of God, we must cross a
threshold, which symbolizes passing from the world
wounded by sin to the world of the new Life to which
all are called.
The visible church is a symbol of the Father's house
open and welcoming.

The Heavenly Liturgy

In the earthly liturgy we take part in a foretaste of
that heavenly liturgy which is celebrated in the
holy city of Jerusalem toward which we journey as
pilgrims, where Christ is sitting at the right hand of
God, a minister of the holies and of the true
tabernacle.
We sing a hymn to the Lord's glory with all the
warriors of the heavenly army;
Venerating the memory of the saints, we hope for
some part and fellowship with them.
We eagerly await the Savior, Our Lord Jesus Christ,
until He, our life, shall appear and we too will
appear with Him in glory (Constitution on the
Sacred Liturgy, #8).

The Sacraments

Sacrament is defined as efficacious

sign, instituted by Christ which gives
us grace.
They are "powers that comes forth"
from the Body of Christ which is everliving and life-giving.
They are actions of the Holy Spirit at
work in his Body, the Church.
They are "the masterworks of God" in
the new and everlasting covenant.

 The whole liturgical life of the Church

revolves around the Eucharistic sacrifice
and the sacraments.
There are seven sacraments in the
Church:
Baptism, Confirmation or Chrismation,
Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick,
Holy Orders, and Matrimony.
The sacraments are "of the Church" in the
double sense that they are "by her" and
"for her.

Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation,

and Holy Orders confer, in addition to
grace, a sacramental character or "seal.
This configuration to Christ and to the
Church, brought about by the Spirit, is
indelible mark which remains forever.
It is a positive disposition for grace, a
promise and guarantee of divine
protection, and as a vocation to divine
worship and to the service of the Church.
They can never be repeated.

 The sacraments confer the grace that they

signify when celebrated worthily in faith.
They are efficacious because in them
Christ himself is at work.
It is Christ who baptizes, who acts in his
sacraments in order to communicate the
grace that each sacrament signifies.
As fire transforms into itself everything it
touches, so the Holy Spirit transforms into
the divine life whatever is subjected to his
power. Epiclesis of each sacrament,
expresses her faith in the power of the
Spirit(Invocation of the Holy Spirit).

 The sacraments act ex opere operato

(literally: "by the very fact of the
action's being performed").
By virtue of the saving work of Christ,
accomplished once for all. It follows
that "the sacrament is not wrought by
the righteousness of either the
celebrant or the recipient, but by the
power of God."

 From the moment that a sacrament is

celebrated in accordance with the
intention of the Church, the power of
Christ and his Spirit acts in and through
it, independently of the personal
holiness of the minister.
Nevertheless, the fruits of the
sacraments also depend on the
disposition of the one who receives
them.
The sacraments of the New Covenant
are necessary for salvation.

 Sacramental grace is the grace of the

Holy Spirit, given by Christ and
proper to each sacrament.
The fruit of the sacramental life is
that the Spirit of adoption makes the
faithful partakers in the divine nature
by uniting them in a living union with
Christ.
This fruit is both personal and
ecclesial

 St. Thomas sums up the sacramental

signs (a sacrament is a sign that
commemorates what precedes it).
Christ's Passion; demonstrates what is
accomplished in us through it- grace;
and prefigures what that Passion
pledges to us - future glory.
The visible rites by which the
sacraments are celebrated signify and
make present the graces proper to each
sacrament.
They bear fruit in those who receive
them with the required disposition.

Three Major Divisions of the Sacraments

A. Sacraments of Initiation=
1. Baptism
2. Confirmation
3. Eucharist
.They Lay the foundations of Christian life.
.The sharing in the divine nature bears a
certain likeness to the natural life.
.The faithful are born anew by Baptism,
.strengthened by the sacrament of
Confirmation,
.receive in the Eucharist the food of eternal
life.

B. Sacraments of Healing
1. Penance/Reconciliation
2. Anointing of the Sick
We are subject to suffering, illness, and death.
The Lord Jesus Christ, physician of our souls
and bodies, who forgave the sins of the
paralytic and restored him to bodily health,
continues, in the power of the Holy Spirit, his
work of healing and salvation.
This is the purpose of the two sacraments of
healing.

C. Sacraments of Service
1. Marriage/Matrimony
2. Holy Orders
These are directed towards the
salvation of others.
They contribute to personal
salvation, through service to others.
They confer a particular mission in
the Church and serve to build up the
People of God.

Purpose of the Sacraments

1. To sanctify People
2. To build up the Body of Christ
3. To give worship to God.
Because sacraments are signs they also
instruct.
They not only presuppose faith, but by
words and objects they also nourish,
strengthen, and express it.
That is why they are called sacraments
of faith.

The Church's faith precedes the faith of

the believer who is invited to adhere to it.
When the Church celebrates the
sacraments, she confesses the faith
received from the apostles.
The ancient saying: lex orandi, lex
credendi: legem credendi lex statuat
supplicandi (The law of prayer is the law
of faith: the Church believes as she prays).
Liturgy is a constitutive element of the
holy and living Tradition.

o For this reason no sacramental rite

may be modified or manipulated at
the will of the minister or the
community.
o Even the supreme authority in the
Church may not change the liturgy
arbitrarily, but only in the obedience
of faith and with religious respect for
the mystery of the liturgy

THE SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM

Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the
gateway to life in the Spirit and the door which gives
access to the other sacraments.
What is this Sacrament Called? to "plunge" or
"immerse"; the "plunge" into the water symbolizes burial
into Christ's death, from which he rises up by resurrection
with him, as "a new creature.
This sacrament is also called "the washing of regeneration
and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
It is called gift, grace, anointing, enlightenment, garment
of immortality, bath of rebirth, seal, and most precious
gift.
Baptism in the Economy of SalvationGen. 1:2,
Noah's ark a prefiguring of salvation by Baptism, waters of
the Red Sea, crossing of the Jordan River by which the
People of God received the gift of the land promised to
Abraham's descendants.

 How is the Sacrament of Baptism Celebrated?

(RCIA-Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults)
catechumenate.
The mystagogy of the celebration:
The baptismal water is consecrated by a prayer of
epiclesis- invocation of the Holy Spirit(either at this
moment or at the Easter Vigil).
The essential rite of the sacrament: Baptism properly
speaking. Signifies and actually brings about death to
sin and entry into the life of the Most Holy Trinity
through configuration to the Paschal mystery of Christ.
Baptism is performed in the most expressive way by
triple immersion in the baptismal water.
However, from ancient times it has also been
conferred by pouring the water three times over the
candidate's head.

Water of Baptism
The anointing with sacred chrism
(perfumed oil): signifies the gift of the Holy
Spirit, that is, one "anointed" by the Holy
Spirit, incorporated into Christ who is
anointed priest, prophet, and king.
The white garment: symbolizes that the
person baptized has "put on Christ, has
risen with Christ.
The candle, lit from the Easter candle,
signifies that Christ has enlightened the
neophyte.
In him the baptized are "the light of the
world.

 Who can Receive Baptism? "Every person not

yet baptized and only such a person is able to be
baptized.
Who can Baptize? The ordinary ministers of
Baptism are the bishop and priest and, in the
Latin Church, also the deacon. In case of
necessity, any person, even someone not
baptized, can baptize.
The Necessity of Baptism? Baptism is
necessary for salvation.
The Effects/Grace of Baptism? Cleanses
Original Sin, Makes us Christians, Children of
God, Heirs of heaven, Temple of the Holy Spirit,
Indelible Spiritual character/mark, Incorporation
into the Church.

Sacrament of Confirmation
In the Economy of Salvation
The apostles laying on of hands to the newly
baptized-the gift of the Spirit that completes
the grace of Baptism.
In the Letter to the Hebrews the doctrine
concerning Baptism and the laying on of
hands is listed among the first elements of
Christian instruction.
The imposition of hands is the origin of the
sacrament of Confirmation, which in a certain
way perpetuates the grace of Pentecost.

 Anointing with perfumed oil (chrism) was

added to the laying on of hands-to signify the
gift of the Holy Spirit.
This anointing highlights the name "Christian,"
which means "anointed" and derives from that
of Christ himself whom God "anointed with the
Holy Spirit.
Confirmation is called Chrismation, anointing
with chrism, or myron.
Confirmation 2 purposes
1. ratification of Baptism, thus completing
Christian initiation,
2. strengthening of baptismal grace - both
fruits of the Holy Spirit.

The Signs and the Rite of Confirmation

The sign of anointing: signifies and imprints a spiritual seal.

The Celebration of Confirmation
The bishop extends his hands over the whole group of the
confirmands. This gesture signifies the gift of the Spirit. The
bishop invokes the outpouring of the Spirit.
The essential rite of confirmation is anointing the forehead with
sacred chrism (in the East other sense-organs as well), together
with the laying on of the minister's hand and the words: Be
sealed with the Gift of the Holy Spirit.
By this anointing the confirmand receives the "mark," the seal
of the Holy Spirit and share the mission of Christ .
A seal is a symbol of a person, a sign of personal authority, or
ownership of an object.
The sign of peace that concludes the rite of the sacrament
signifies and demonstrates ecclesial communion with the
bishop and with all the faithful.
The effect of confirmation is the deepening of baptismal grace.

THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST

The holy Eucharist completes Christian

initiation.
The Eucharist Source and Summit of
Ecclesial life.
Different Names of the Eucharist
THANKSGIVING, MEMORIAL,
SACRIFICE, PRESENCE
1. Thanksgiving: Eucharist is an action of
thanksgiving to God. The Greek words
eucharistein recall the Jewish blessings that
proclaim God's works: creation, redemption,
and sanctification.

 2. The memorial of Christ's Passover;

memorial of the Lord's Passion and
Resurrection
The Exodus events, Israels liberation from
Egypt:
memory of Passover
In the New Testament memorial; the Eucharist
commemorates Christ's Passover, makes
present the sacrifice Christ offered once for all
on the cross.
As often as the sacrifice of the Cross by which
'Christ our Pasch has been sacrificed' is
celebrated on the altar, the work of our
redemption is carried out.

 3. SACRIFICE
The Eucharist is a sacrifice because it makes
present the sacrifice of the cross.
The sacrifice of Christ and the sacrifice of the
Eucharist are one single sacrifice.
The victim is one and the same:
The same now offers through the ministry of
priests in un-bloody manner, Who then offered
himself on the cross in a bloody manner.
This sacrifice is truly propitiatory.
The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass-sacrifice of
praise, spiritual sacrifice, pure and holy
sacrifice are also used, since it completes and
surpasses all the sacrifices of the Old Covenant.

 4. Presence: Christ is present Body and Blood, Soul

and Divinity in the blessed Eucharist.,
5. THE PASCHAL BANQUET; The Lord's Supper;
The Breaking of Bread.
Jesus used this rite, part of a Jewish meal when as
master of the table he blessed and distributed the
bread.
For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it finds
fulfillment in the kingdom of God (Lk. 22:16).
6. The Holy and Divine Liturgy; the Church's whole
liturgy finds its center and most intense expression in
the celebration of this sacrament.
Celebration of the Sacred Mysteries.
Most Blessed Holy Eucharist is the Sacrament of
sacraments.

 7. Holy Communion: SACRAMENT OF UNITY.

By this sacrament we unite ourselves to
Christ, who makes us sharers in his Body and
Blood to form a single body, one communion.
It is also called: the holy things (ta hagia;
sancta)- the first meaning of the phrase
"communion of saints" in the Apostles' Creed
- the bread of angels, bread from heaven,
medicine of immortality, viaticum (Bread for
the journey) .
8. Holy Mass (Missa), the liturgy concludes
with the sending forth (missio) of the faithful,
so that they may fulfill God's will in their daily
lives

3 PARTS OF THE CHURCH

1. Church Triumphant
Saints who are already victorious from
the earthly temptations and pains.
2. Church Militants
Living Members of the Church are still
struggling here on earth. They are like
warriors hence in need of the
intercessions of the Saints.
3. Church Suffering
Those is Purgatory. They need the prayers
of the living members of the Church.

THE EUCHARIST IN THE ECONOMY OF SALVATION

The signs of bread and wine become, in a way

surpassing understanding, the Body and Blood of Christ;
they continue also to signify the goodness of creation.
In the Offertory we give thanks to the Creator for bread
and wine, fruit of the earth and of the Vine- Gifts of the
Creator. Work of human hands.
The Church sees in the gesture of the king-priest
Melchizedek, who brought out bread and wine, a
prefiguring of her own offering (Gen 14:18).
In the Old Covenant bread and wine were offered in
sacrifice among the first fruits of the earth as a sign of
grateful acknowledgment to the Creator.

The unleavened bread:

Every year at Passover commemorates the haste of the
departure that liberated them from Egypt; the
remembrance of the manna in the desert will always
recall to Israel that it lives by the bread of the Word of
God; their daily bread is the fruit of the promised land,
the pledge of God's faithfulness to his promises.
The Cup of blessing:
At the end of the Jewish Passover meal , adds to the
festive joy of wine an eschatological dimension: the
messianic expectation of the rebuilding of Jerusalem.
When Jesus instituted the Eucharist, he gave a new and
definitive meaning to the blessing of the bread and the
cup.

 THE LITURGICAL CELEBRATION OF THE

EUCHARIST:
Two parts of the Mass:
The liturgy of the Word- the gathering, the
liturgy of the Word, with readings, homily
and general intercessions.
The liturgy of the Eucharist: the
presentation of the bread and wine, the
consecratory thanksgiving, and communion.
Together they form "one single act of
worship"; the Eucharistic table set for us is
the table both of the Word of God and of the
Body of the Lord

The Eucharist
1. Center of Christian existence
2. The Sacrament of the reign of God
3. The Sacrament of the life of the Church
4. The Sacrament of the transformation of the world
. I am the Bread which cometh down from Heaven and
gives life unto the world, he that eats of this Bread
shall live for ever (John 6: 35)
.St. Ignatius of Antioch-The Eucharist is remedy
bestowing immortality, an antidote preventing death
and giving life in Jesus Christ .
.He referred to the Church as a "Eucharistic community"
who realizes her true nature when she celebrates the
Eucharist. His view of the Church was the local
community gathered around its Bishop, celebrating the
Eucharist.

Parts of the Mass

1. The Introductory Rites
-Greeting
-Penitential Rite
2. Glory to God in the highest
3. The Liturgy of the Word
-The Word of the Lord
-The Creed
4. The Liturgy of the Eucharist
-Offertory (Preparation of the Altar and the gifts)
-Prayer over the gifts
-The Eucharistic Prayer
-The Communion Rite
-Invitation to the Lords prayer
-Embolism: deliver us from evil . In Christian liturgy it is an interpolation, a short
prayer said or sung after the Lords prayer. It functions upon the final petition of the
Lord's Prayer ,amplifying and elaborating on "the many implications of that prayer..
-Lord I am not worthy
5. The Concluding Rite

The Healing Church

1. Reconciliation: The sign of Conversion
The mystery of Reconciliation-God
forgives us and so we ought to forgive
those who offend us.
The Lessons from History-In the Church
during the Middle ages there were
excommunication of those who
committed offenses. And giving of back
seat to offenders.
The Reform and its Future- Development
from Sacrament of

2. Anointing: Christian wholeness

Healing mystery of Christ
The Tradition of anointing and healing-James 5:14.
Illness and Christian Healing
Anointing for Divine Glory
INFIRMORUM=Holy oil for the sick.

VIATICUM
The last sacrament of the Christian.
In addition to the Anointing of the sick the Church offers those
who are about to leave this life the Eucharist as viaticum.
Communion in the body and blood of Christ, received at this
moment of passing over to the Father, has a particular significance
and importance.

 Penance, the Anointing of the sick and the Eucharist as

viaticum constitute at the end of Christian life the
sacraments that prepare for our heavenly homeland or
the sacraments that complete the earthly pilgrimage.
General Rules-Canon 998-1007
Preparation for Anointing of the Sick
1. Prepare the room
2. Get ready the sick person
3. Prepare a Table with the following: white
cloth, candle, crucifix, and Holy Water
4. Keep a washing basin and towel for the
priest
5. Participation of the family members

HOLY OIL

The holy oils are symbols of spiritual

nourishment and the light of grace.
There are three kinds: oil of catechumens,
holy chrism, and oil of the sick
(INFIRMORUM).
The first and third are pure olive oil. chrism
has in the oil a mixture of balm or balsam.
Baptism=Catechumens and Chrism
Confirmation=Chrism
Holy Orders=Chrism
Anointing of the sick=Infirmorum

Anointing, in Biblical and other ancient symbolism, is

rich in meaning.
Oil is a sign of abundance and joy; it cleanses and
limbers.
Oil is a sign of healing, since it is soothing to bruises
and wounds; and it makes radiant with beauty, health,
and strength.
Anointing with oil has all these meanings in the
sacramental life.
Pre-baptismal anointing with the oil of catechumens
signifies cleansing and strengthening.
Post-baptismal anointing with sacred chrism in
Confirmation and Ordination is the sign of consecration.
Anointing of the sick expresses healing and comfort

The Church at the Service of Communion

Orders and Mysteries

1. The Priest as Servant-Leader.
2. Humble Servant of Baptism and in the
service of the Eucharist.
a. Models of Ministry: Historical shifts
b. The fundamental Priesthood of the
Church
c. The Sacramental foundation of Ministry
d. Ministry: Building up the Church
General Rules-Canon 1008-1054

2. Marriage: The call to the Gift of self

a. Revitalizing the Tradition
b. Sacrament of Love
General Rules- Canon 1055-1165
The essential properties of marriage are;
1. Unity and indissolubility
2. Procreation and Education of Children.
In Christian marriage they acquire a
distinctive firmness by reason of the
sacrament (c.1056).

 BASIC POINTS for the sacraments

1. A sacramental experience is an encounter
with God.
2. Encounters always change us.
3. The 7 Ritual sacraments are guaranteed
opportunities for encountering Christ and
through him the Father.
4. The Sacraments are re-presentations through
sign of particular actions of Jesus
5. Christ himself is present within the representation of his actions.
6. They reflect the basic values of Jesus.
7. They bring us under the gentle rule of the
Holy Spirit.