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Lesson 2

What is a Sacrament?

A Sacrament is an efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, through which divine life is dispensed to us.

Catechism Connections

Lesson Topics
Effects Eucharist Marriage Reconciliation Sacrament Signs Sacraments of Initiation Symbols The Holy Trinity
Essential Lessons

Day 1 & 2

Lesson Vocabulary

  • Efficacious
    :
    Effective, or possessing the ability to cause an effect. The Sacraments cause the grace of God, of which they are also signs. (1131)
  • Grace
    :
    The free and undeserved gift of God’s life within us. The Sacraments are efficacious signs of God’s grace. (1131, 2021, 2023)
  • Sacrament
    :
    A sign of God’s grace that gives the grace that it signifies. Jesus founded seven Sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Eucharist, Penance and Reconciliation, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Holy Matrimony.
  • Sign
    :
    An external representation of the interior reality occurring within a covenant. Every covenant included a sign taken from human experience to represent the depth of God’s love and mercy present at the heart of the covenant. Marriage between a man and a woman, the Sabbath, the rainbow, circumcision, the Law, Passover, the Temple, and the Eucharist are examples of signs of the covenants.

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