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Lesson 25: The Effects and Symbols of Anointing of the Sick
The main symbols of Anointing of the Sick are anointing with oil and the laying on of hands.
The main symbols of Anointing of the Sick are anointing with oil and the laying on of hands.
The recipients of the Sacraments at the Service of Communion, Holy Orders and Holy Matrimony, are given the grace by Jesus to serve others and help lead them to Salvation in order to build up the People of God.
The Bible begins with the first marriage of the original man and woman and ends with a vision of the wedding feast of the Lamb, Jesus, who is united for all eternity with His Bride, His Church.
The matter, form, minister, recipient, and effects of the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony.
The Sacrament of Baptism is essential for salvation and is the ordinary means of salvation.
In a Sacrament, God uses something physical and from this world to do something supernatural from Heaven.
Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit after Him to teach us everything, to remind us of all that Christ said to us, and to bear witness to Him.
The Bible is the story of Gods people from Creation through the beginning of the Church.
God will always welcome us back and forgive our sins if we are truly sorry for them.
An Examination of Conscience helps us to think about how we have sinned so that we may prepare to make a good Confession.
The members of the Church are the Body of Christ.
The principal symbol of Baptism is water, one of the most fundamental elements to life on earth.
The universal call to holiness is the vocation of every human person; God calls each of us to be holy as He is holy, that is, to be saints.
In this lesson your children explore the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation. In this Sacrament, our sins are forgiven and we are reconciled to God and His Church through the confession of those sins and acts of penance. We are also strengthened by this Sacrament to avoid sin in the future.
The aim of this lesson is for your children to understand that God is merciful. Your children will be able to explain the “special grace” from God that we receive during the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. They will also see the relationship between Jesus’ healing and the Church’s continuation of this healing through the sacrament.