Spirit of Truth, School Edition > Grade 5 > Unit 2
Lesson 3: The Sacraments: Not Merely Symbols
The Sacraments are holy mysteries that reveal invisible grace and truth.
The Sacraments are holy mysteries that reveal invisible grace and truth.
Jesus performed miracles as a sign of God’s love.
Each Sacrament can be understood in terms of matter, form, the minister, the recipient, and the effects or graces.
Jesus is the Anointed One of God, the Messiah and Christ prophesied in the Old Testament, who came to save the world from sin and death.
A Sacrament is an outward and visible sign of an inward and invisible grace.
A Sacrament is an efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, through which divine life is dispensed to us.
Baptism is the foundation of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit.
The effects of Baptism are the forgiveness of sins, becoming a new creature, becoming a member of the Church, forming bonds of Christian unity, and imprinting an indelible mark on the soul.
The Sacrament of Confirmation more perfectly binds a baptized person to the Church and fills him or her with a special strength of the Holy Spirit.
The scriptural basis, matter, form, minister, and effects of the Sacrament of Confirmation.
The Eucharist is the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ.
The scriptural basis, matter, form, minister, and effects of the Sacrament of the Eucharist.
Penance and Reconciliation is the Sacrament by which our sins are forgiven and we are reconciled to God and His Church.
The effect of this Sacrament is reconciliation with God and the Church.