Unit 3WE BELIEVE IN THE HOLY CHURCH

What is Holiness?Who is Holy?

What is a Holy Person?• A holy person sees and

responds to God in both big and small ways.

• A holy person sees the possibilities for good in every situation.

• When we are holy, we feel fully alive

• When we are not holy, something in us is either dead or asleep

Holiness is being called and calling others:

• When we can make a difference in the world, and we actually do make a difference.

Holiness is belonging and inviting others to belong:

• When we feel that we belong, we are more likely to share our gifts & talents, reaching out to others and giving our best.

• When we do this, we are working at reaching our full potential.

Holiness is being nourished and nourishing others:

• When we see what we can do and do it.

• When we see what we cannot do, we place our trust in the Lord.

• When we get the strength and support we need to live life to the fullest, we begin to live up to our potential.

Holiness is being freed and freeing others:

• Jesus offers people freedom and shares that freedom with others

• He told those who had been forgiven to go and forgive others

• He tells us that if we wish to be forgiven, we must be willing to forgive

Holiness is being healed and offering healing to others:

• When we accept help and healing when we need it

• When we offer help and healing when we can

• God heals us in the ways that we need to be healed

• To be holy means knowing when we need help and asking for it

Holiness is being faithful and encouraging faithfulness in

others:• Jesus tells us to love, be

faithful and committed to one another as he loved us and was faithful to his friends

• When we try to keep our commitments and help others to do the same

• When we do what it takes to become the very best people we can be.

Holiness is being healed and offering healing to others:

• When we accept help and healing when we need it

• When we offer help and healing when we can

• God heals us in the ways that we need to be healed

• To be holy means knowing when we need help and asking for it

Being holy means:

• Making a difference in the world.

• Belonging to the world and encompasses all of these ideas

• Love is the soul of holiness

• An ordinary person can be holy but they have to want it.

• We have to base our decisions in life on God’s will

Everyone is called to be holy:

• It is our decision to act on it or not

• When God created us, he gave us special combination of gifts & talents that make us different from everyone else.

Yesterday we said:

We can choose to be holy by:• Using our unique gifts &

talents to do good deeds

On the piece of paper, write:What talent has God given

you?How can you use it to make

a difference in the world (to do good deeds)

Confirmation• When you are accepted into

the Catholic faith as an adult• When the Holy spirit comes

to us to strengthen the gifts we received at Baptism

Catechumenate = candidate for confirmation

Sponsor = person who will help them in their journey in the Catholic faith; encourage them to accept the Gifts & demonstrate the Fruits

Anointing of the Sick (Last Rites)• Offered to all those who

are seriously sick to help heal them

• Helps sick people find God even in their suffering

• Gives them courage & hope

Reconciliation (Confession)• Priest offers Jesus’

forgiveness to those who have sinned and repented

• Offers you the strength & courage to rebuild broken relationships

SACRAMENT BINGO

When you were born, you had original sin. This sacrament takes away original sin:

This symbol is sign that Christ brings light to the life of a baptized person:

This is when we are spiritual pure and are fully ourselves:

This is the sacrament where sins committed after baptism are forgiven thorough the absolution of the priest:

This symbol is a sign of the person being “clothed in Christ”:

This symbol is a sign of our immersion into God’s life:

In this sacrament, you receive the body and blood of Jesus Christ:

This is an outward sign representing God’s love and saving grace in which you encounter God:

This symbol represents the sharing of love, strength and encouragement:

In this sacrament, you receive the seal of the Holy Spirit as a an adult, symbolizing that you belong totally to Christ:

This symbol is a sign of beauty, health and healing:

This is the soul of holiness:

This group of sacraments includes Holy Orders and Matrimony:

This refers to the first sin committed by Adam and Eve:

In this sacrament, through the anointing with the blessed oil, the persons soul receives health and strength:

This symbol is a sign of God’s faithfulness and of our wish to offer ourselves to God:

This group of sacraments brings God’s healing touch through the Christian community:

This is another word for the sacrament of Reconciliation:

This is when Christ is actually made present through transubstantiation:

This group of sacraments welcome us into the community of Christ:

This is where the bread and wine turn into the body and blood of Jesus Christ:

Theses people are chosen to help raise the child in the Catholic faith:

During some sacraments, we used this blessed olive oil with balsam:

This is another word for the sacrament of “Anointing of the Sick”

Candidates who are preparing to receive the sacrament of Confirmation are called:

These are promises made by our parents & God parents for us and are renewed each year at the Easter Vigil: