JONATHAN EROLON STEM D 12 ST PEDRO CALUNGSOD

Competency

9 Explain the Church in the Philippines and

its grassroots.

The learners in the long run and on their own will be able to commit to live out the values
of the disciples as members of the Church.

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

a. identify the uniqueness of the Philippine Church; and
b. explain the Family as a Domestic Church.

Initial Task
 Unlocking of Difficulties

Domestic Church- refers to the family, the smallest body of gathered believers in Christ.
- spouses and children learn how to share Christ's love.
Council- an assembly of bishops and Church leaders who meet to deliberate on matters
of faith and discipline

Enculturation- the adaptation of Christian liturgy to a non-Christian cultural

background.

Activating Prior Knowledge

What does the saying that goes “ the family that prays together stays together”, mean?
They means about those family who was so very faithful with god, that’s the family who
was always has a blessings, in bible said "Bear with each other and forgive one another if
any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you." Colossians 3:13.
the lord is always with us those family they don’t hate there own family blood, they keep
always the guidance of god, the family who was help each there is no hating and love is
always the main of them, expect that, that the pain and problems
trouble and pain are not attached to their family because the grace of God is withheld
from them

Scripture Reading: Acts 13:1-4, 13,14; 14:1-7

The First Mission Begins in
Cyprus

Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon
who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch,
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and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set
apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then after
fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off. 4 So, being sent out
by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a
way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed. 2 But the unbelieving Jews
stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. 3 So they
[a]

remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of
his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. 4 But the people of the
city were divided; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles. 5 When an
attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to
stone them, 6 they learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to
the surrounding country, 7 and there they continued to preach the gospel.
 ASSESSMENT:#1

1. How would you describe the missionary activity of Paul and Barnabas?
Paul and Barnabas is one of the servant of Jesus, now the people of Cyprus, they did
not allow the name of Jesus as there god, now the angel who sent by god to them to
give them a good message came from heaven, and they said that share the message
about new life, but the king or Emperor that days they did not allow the name of Jesus as
their god, that’s why in the name of Paul and Barnabas as their mission with god they
share about the life of Jesus, the new life and also about the new Jerusalem promise by
lord Jesus, there mission is to make them believed that god is real.
2. If you were Barnabas or Paul would you accept the mission or task given to you? Why
or why not?
Super yes, because I know what’s the reward given by god after that, and I know on that
mission god was always with me and I know that he will not forsake me every time I do what
he does, the power of lord are still the most.

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Lecturett

Like Paul and Barnabas, the Church in today’s world is also striving very hard to reach out
to people who are considered as Vatican 11 termed it as the “ unchurched” It is essential
that we have to dig deeper and know how the Second Plenary Council in the Philippines
stresses the need for the Church in the Philippines carry out its missionary mandate, the
need for a new evangelization. The faith that has been spread by the early missionaries
must be translated and felt at the grass root level. The Church must be a helping hand to
those who are suffering, the victims of injustices and the like and must challenge cultures
and structures that demean human dignity, bring newness of life and must be an agent
of change and renewal of their faith and life.

The Church and the Grassroots

The Church: The Filipino Experience in the Light of Second Plenary Council of the
Philippines (PCP II)
Confronted with such calling and the urgency to make the Gospel message relevant to
the lives and circumstances of the Filipino people, the Catholic Church in the Philippines
held its Second Plenary Council in Manila from January 20 to February 17, 1991,
attended by five hundred participants – ordained and lay, and rich poor sectors of
society.

Fourfold Dimensions of PCP II

While the Philippines has been so richly blessed with “450 years of Christianity,” we still
find so much reason to persist in our labor in the Lord’s vineyard in view of renewal and
conversion.

The Filipino culture as the context. We observe the increasing gap between the rich
and the poor, the culture of corruption, the need for further formation, the sustenance of
families and communities in and by the Word of God and the need for more vocations in
celibate loving.
The Spirit of the New Evangelization. Thus, we subscribe to Pope John Paul II’s call to
“New Evangelization….in order to revitalize the faith, give a new dynamism to the
building up of the Church, draw near to the unity Christ desires for his disciples and
respond to the expectations of the human person.”
Christ as Focus. We carry such spirit and mission with Christ as the center, transforming
and leading all our efforts towards him. We then seek to enrich the strong Filipino faith
in their “belief, worship and witness.”
Pastoral Orientation. We constantly remain to be pastoral in our orientation: responsive
to the needs and situations of the people, especially the poor and the marginalized in
our society. Rightly, then, the Church fulfills its mission, taking its inspiration from Jesus
himself, to be a Church of the Poor.

The Church of the Poor

Jesus’ preference for the poor was made evident in his public ministry when he called
“the poor to be blessed,’ “frequented the company of those who sought him in their
poverty of spirit, the morally poor and those who were uninstructed in the law,” “showed
his love for children and women…considered “little’ in the society of his time.” and led a
striking life of poverty.
It is from such exemplary life of our Lord that PCP II emphasizes Jesus’ call that “he
wanted his disciples to imitate. In the end, he tells us, our eternal destiny depends on
how we treat the least of his brethren (Mt. 25:40, 45).”
In the Philippines, where “the poverty and the great destitution of the great mass of our
people are only too evident, contrasting sharply with the wealth and luxury of the
relatively few families, the elite top of our social pyramid” and the “power and control are
also elitist, lopsidedly concentrated on established families that tend to perpetuate
themselves in political dynasties,” the call to be the “Church of the Poor” is even made
more urgent and necessary.
Let us not be misled, however, in believing that poverty is desired by God, or think of it
as something desirable. On the contrary, PCP II re-affirms Vatican II’s claim proper to
every person which “teaches that every man has the right to possess a sufficient amount
of the earth’s goods for himself and his family.”

2.2. Church of the Poor Defined

And so we ask ourselves, then: What does it mean to be a “Church of the Poor?” After a
series of communal prayer, reflection and sharing, PCP II came up with striking insights
and objectives that redefined the Filipino Church in its preferential option for the poor:
The “ Church of the Poor” means a Church that embraces and practices the evangelical
spirit of poverty, which combines detachment from possessions with a profound trust in
the Lord as the sole source of salvation;
It is one whose members and leaders have a special love for the poor…[which] is not an
exclusive or excluding love in such a way that there is no room in a Christian’s heart for
those who are not poor;
It is one where, at the very least the poor are not discriminated against because of their
poverty;
It means that the pastors and other Church leaders will give preferential attention and
time to those who are poor and will generously share of their own resources in order to
alleviate their poverty and make them recognize the love of the Lord for them despite
their poverty; It is one that will be in solidarity with the poor…[and] does all in her power
to relieve their need and in them she strives to serve Christ;
It also means that the Church will not only evangelize the poor, but that the poor in the
Church will themselves become evangelizers;
Pastors and leaders will learn to be with, work with and learn from the poor;
Pastors and leaders of such a “Church of the Poor” will not compete for the most
prosperous parishes or offices and will not ambition for titles and honors;
It is one where the entire community of disciples especially the rich and better off sectors
of the community and its leaders and pastors, will have such a love or preference for the
poor;
It is one that is willing to follow Jesus Christ through poverty and oppression in order to
carry out the work of salvation.
PCP II must have been a life-changing experience for its participants because so much
attention, compassion and love were appropriated for the poor. It gave the Philippine
Church a renewed commitment its vision, it’s deal for all persons-starting from the
hierarchy down to the last person of every Basic Ecclesial Community, which shall be
discuss below.

Basic Ecclesial Community BEC Defined

PCP II describes Basic Ecclesial Communities:

They are small communities of Christians, usually of families who gather together around
the Word of God and the Eucharist. These communities are united to their pastors but
are ministered to regularly by lay leaders. The members know each other by name and
share not only the Word of God and the Eucharist but also their concerns both material
and spiritual. They have a strong sense of belongingness and responsibility for one
another.

In another definition, the late Bishop Francisco F. Claver (2009) states that :
A community of believers at the grassroots level which meets regularly under the
leadership of the lay minister to express their faith in common worship to discern on
their common living of the faith to plan and act on common decisions regarding the life
of faith in community as community.

The Beginning of BEC in the Philippines

The BECs of the Philippines are expressions of the Second Vatican Council’s call for
renewal which was first organized in the island of Mindanao, particularly the Prelature
Nullius of Tagum, considered as the pioneer of BEC building in the year 1930s. It was
followed by the Prelature of Malaybalay in 1971 and the Prelatures of Iligan and Marbel
in 1971 and 1974 respectively.
Fe Mendoza (2005) narrates that the priests of the Foreign Mission Society of Quebec
(PME) were responsible for the establishment of Basic Ecclesial Communities. Then, the
Maryknoll missionaries took over. For the Maryknoll Fathers in the 1960s, under the
leadership of Bishop Joseph Reagan, MM of the Prelature Nullius of Tagum (1962s), “the
priorities were building up the Local Church, vocation recruitment for the diocesan clergy
and the development of lay leaders. These priorities converged in the emergency of BECs
in Tagum.”
Gagmay’ng Kristohanong Katilingban (GKK) became the name of each of the local,
organized communities in the Prelature of Tagum where the faithful meet together in
seminars and in the Kasaulogan sa Pulong (Celebration of the Word) under the guidance
of a kaabag or lay minister.
On the other hand, the Jesuits in the Prelature of Bukidnon, with Bishop Claver as its
shepherd , made a great difference in the formation of a “Christian Community in the
Barrio.” And as cited by Fe Mendoza, Bishop Claver writes about such community: The
people meet under the leadership of a trained minister. And they came together not only
for prayer and worship, but also for communal reflection on the Scripture readings of the
day at which invariably the question was. What is the Spirit telling us through the day’s
readings for our life today? And life included every aspect of human and social living, the
spiritual, the moral, the political, the economic, etc. Problems of the community were
looked into, decisions about them hammered out, resources assessed, responsibilities
assigned, all looking the good of the community.

Family as Domestic Church

The family can be seen as a domestic Church in two main ways, as explained in the
bishops’ pastoral letter Marriage: Love and Life in the Divine Plan (pp. 38ff). First, the family
is a community that is nourished by the Church, especially through the Sacraments.
Second, the family is a reflection of the life of the Church. It is called to be a place of faith,
hope and love, just like the larger Church. The love of Christ abides and “grows” in the
family, as Pope Francis said. In the domestic Church, spouses and children learn how to
share Christ’s love. The Catechism of the Catholic Church says, “Here [in the home] one
learns endurance and the joy of work, fraternal love, generous — even repeated —
forgiveness, and above all divine worship in prayer and the offering of one’s life” (no. 1657).
BECs are composed by families. The Church recognizes the essential role of the
family in its evangelizing mission. In line with. PCP II describes the indispensable and
essential role in the life of the Church.
The family is the Church in the home. It is the primary community of Christ’s disciples
whose members are bound together not only by flesh and blood but by the grace and
obedience to the Father’s will… The family plays a vital role in renewing Christian life
and in communities of the Lord’s disciples. The family is where the journey in faith – life
is initiated and guided towards maturity…. Called to reach out to its neighborhood and
beyond, the family becomes the true foundation of Basic Ecclesial Communities.” Also,
the Catechism of the Catholic Church clearly stresses such truth:
The Christian family constitutes a specific revelation and realization of ecclesial
communion and for this reason it can and should be called a domestic church.” It is a
community of faith, hope and charity; it assumes singular importance in the Church, as is
evident in the New Testament.
Every person born comes from and returns to his family. Experience can attest that
every living human being finds and lives in the family as the first school of life and love. It
is in the family that a child is born and welcome with so much smile and anticipation,
feels his/her embrace, receives the tender caress and sweet whisper of love from a
mother, learns the first crawl, the first walk, speaks the first word, hears the first cheers
and applauses, blows the first birthday candle and so many other ”firsts” in the life of
every person. As children grow and develop, the need for sustenance and guidance
increased as they start to be curious and ask question about the world and their
surroundings. Their minds are like tabula rasa (empty tablet) but eager to absorb,
knowledge and insight that will be impressed or given unto them by the family member
or parents.

Duties of Parents

Parents stand as crucial instruments for the proper education of their children. The
Catechism of the Catholic Church recognizes that “the fecundity of conjugal love cannot
be reduced solely on the procreation of children, but must extend to their moral
education and their spiritual formation. The right and the duty of parents to educate their
children are the primordial and inalienable.”
Furthermore, the late Pope John Paul II (1990) affirms the essential role of the parents
in the education of their childen; The family environment, enlightened by the parents’
timely teaching represents children’s best preparation for life and thus also for marriage.
The need for greater patience and understanding happen when adolescents are faced
with questions on self-identity and sense of purpose while at the same time confronted
with the lure of mundane ambitions and secularized culture. Hence, all are invited to
reflect on the following teaching:
Parents’ educational activity which at this point [adolescent stage] is expressed above
all in the guiding force of the example and discreet influence of a prudent attitude that
cultivates a deep bond with the young person suitable in form and style to his or her age
and personal characteristics. By dedicating to him or to her sufficient time and attention,
parents can make the young person aware of how much they love them in a which is
faithful , tenacious and respectful of the personality and freedom and always ready to
help
and welcome them especially in times in needs.

This lesson, made us realized how blessed are we that our Church is concerned so
much with our pains, struggles and even our triumphs. She is there to guide us through
her teachings found in the documents ( e.g.Vatican II and PCP II). The Church continue
the task and mission mandated by Christ two thousand years ago through her committed
members who strive hard to produce new evangelizers. If we are sincere with our faith in
the Lord Jesus then there no way that we cannot commit ourselves to serve and love our
family which is the Church in the home, the poorest families in the community and the
entire people of God as a whole.

ASSESSMENT # 2 (for E-Modular students, answer the following in the activity sheet)
Explain the following concept in three sentences:
1. Basic Ecclesial Community
Basic Ecclesial community are defined formally as small Christian communities, like a
small bethlehem, where the place can help as an effective way of promoting communion
and participation in parishes and dioceses, and as a genuine force for evangelisation
and serves as a platform to become a ‘communion of communities, where the sakristans
practices to serve god, before they go in the city’s church or the main church of the city
the leader of this community, who was plan and conduct a program is mga GKK, they
remind the people In the small church kung anong mga event ng simbahan like that they
inform them to joined most of that is teenager or children na sa murang edad ay alam na
nila kung ano ang diyos, who is jesus and what is his role on the life people.
2. PCP 11 understanding of being a “Church of the Poor”

Church of the poor it is a kind of program from church where the poor or like mga batang
kalye na gustong mag silbi sa simbahan they help them by serving god and paa aralin
nila, home for the aged, the church was also help on this they sponsor like goods and
can, this can also a helpful event, para di naman mawalan ng hope ang mga homeless,
they still a human they need a food to eat they need a respect and help those person na
may kaya, hope for their children, children is the hope of future, paano magiging future is
they still as a poor ? without knowledge ?that’s why they help them to know god who is
god, para naman if they were to be adult may respeto alam ang tama at mali, that’s why
most the priest of this country is from homeless then nag aral ng mabuti they inspired
god as their strength until they come up and blessed by god and they serve the people
as a priest, that’s why it is so very helpful that kind of program of church.

3.The Family as a Domestic Church

The Christian home is the place where children receive the first proclamation of the faith.
family home is rightly called the domestic church a community of grace and prayer, a
school of human virtues and of Christian charity. Example of this, like “ mangadji” most
of this is our parents, If we imagine, we are in the age of 5 years old, our parents is our
first teacher, and also when we ask to our parents who Is jesus ? they answer that jesus
is our lord our saviour, our parents is the instruments of god to guide us in a moral
values or good values, that why our parents are so strictly when we doing something bad
like bad words, because ayaw ng magulang natin na lalaki tayong walang respeto. Kahit
wala sa simbahan basta alam mo yong diyos may matino talaga, because god never
teach us of doing wrong, god teach us to right the wrong and that’s called change. In the
house we need to honor god, mag dasal tuwing gabi, because the true temple na sa atin
hindi sa simbahan, in the bible said that our body is the temple of the holy spirit, that’s
why apply being good anytime hindi kay sa simbahan lang ina apply ang pagiging
mabuti apply it anytime.

Final Task

Direction: Recall a situation wherein you consider your family as a true domestic
Church. Act. #3 Write it on the space provided below.

For me I consider, the days when I was a kid, I am a bad boy on that days , I
was steal money worth of 10k , I lied, and also I don’t believed in Christ,
lalaban sa magulang, catting classes every day it almost 2 years na sigi kog
catting classes, in one day my tita was help me to change, they invite me to
church on that days I declined her offer to go on church, but she was add the
offer that they give me a 100 pesos mo adto lang gud ko silang simbahan, her
church is iglesia ni cristo, then I say yes I accept sayang 100 gud, even in the car
she was told me something about god, they share on me what would I do, or
doing good, then when I am church the walley start, I listen tungod kay bisaya
man naka sabot gud ko, mao tong na nagahan ko, when the pastor said about
life na igo gud ko, and when pastor said who was the new recruits, he say that
there is a doctrina every night at the church, 7 pm, that doctrina is 25 days to
finish, it is a bible study at night, and add 40 days of bible study, at night, but
all that days I attend because na habbit nanako ang maminaw sa pulong sa
diyos, most of that the bad boy is the favorite student of ministro sa church,
after few months and I got na bautismuhan gud ko, in the help of tita and also
to my parents is a big impact of my life, my sin has no longer on me because
the grace of god is now hold on me, I always put god as my center always on
my life, the instrument of god gives me another new life to start again into my
future. Now and forever the name of who change on me will stay in my heart
until to my death.
 Criteria: for act. 1 & 2

Content …………………………………. 7 pts.

Connection to readings …....….. (3 pts.)
Connection to self experience… (4 pts.)
Neatness ………………………………… 2 pts.

Conciseness ………………………………… 3 pts.

10 pts

Criteria for # 3 Final task

Content ………………………………………………. 7pts.

Conciseness ………………………………………… 3 pts.

10pts.

References:
References / Instructional Materials: Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC)
Kenosis: The life-Giving Sacrifice of Jesus Del Castillo et al, Catechism for the Filipino
Catholic (CFC), Holy Bible, Plenary Council of the Philippines (PCP-II), Enjoying our Life
in the Church Bocar et al, Jesus Christ Roawie Quimba et al.

ONLINE SOURCES
http://wwvatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s1c1a2.htm
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s1c1a2.htm
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Prepared by:

EVELINDA B. LAZAGA, LPT. MARE ED

Instructor

Checked by:

Raymond W. Dela Cuesta, LPT. MAED

SHS Academic Coordinator

Noted by:

Eleanor C. Aguillon, MAED

SHS Focal Person
 Competency Explain the sacrament as the efficacious sign of the love of God
to His people

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The learners in the long run and on their own will be able to commit to live out the values
of the disciples as members of the Church.

At the end of this module, you will be able to:

c. explain the sacrament as a sacrament of salvation
d. describe the Family as a Domestic Church

Initial Task
Direction: Explain briefly the images of the following: Choose three out of the seven
sacraments.

1. First is the baptism, because this is the most important things of people that
those person who came from sins, every people’s needs this because in the
bible baptism is one of the following requirements before you enter into the
kingdom of god, because they wash you from your sin, they buried into the
water when you baptism, rise up like a sun that new day into you is a new life.

2. Second is confirmation,in the catholic church confirmation it a sacraments

which Catholics receive a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit, holy spirit gives
them the increased of ability to practice their faith in every aspect of their lives
and witness Christ in every situation, they allow to share to anyone as a
witness of Christ in heaven.
3. Last is the holy orders,The sacrament of holy orders in the Catholic Church
includes three orders,bishop, priest, and deacon, In the phrase "holy orders",
the word holy simply means set apart for some purpose, minister, pastor, those
order to share the words of god into people, but the true order is it in the bible,
because god’s words written in the bible and not came from the mouth of
people, the true orders of god is to love, use our heart to love follow your hearts
because that is the true orders that we need to follow.

Unlocking of Difficulties

Sacraments- a religious ceremony or ritual regarded as imparting divine grace, such as

baptism, the Eucharist and (in the Roman Catholic and many Orthodox Churches)
penance and the anointing of the sick
Efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which
divine life is dispensed to us.This means that Christ established them and directed his
Church to make use of the Sacraments. The Church is the caretaker or steward of his
Sacraments an assembly of bishops and Church leaders who meet to deliberate on
matters of faith and discipline.
Transubstantiation- the conversion of the substance of the Eucharistic elements into
the body and blood of Christ at consecration, only the appearances of bread and wine
still remaining.

Activating Prior Knowledge

1. When we say the Church is a sacrament what does it mean?

Holy, and they follow the Christ, After all, in being a full and powerful sign of eternal
redemption and life, the sacrament refers to the divine human reconciliation of Jesus Christ.
This is true of the Church as a sacrament as well.

2. Did Jesus really give the apostles and the Church an explicit and detailed instructions of
the seven sacraments?
In the Bible, Christ provides specific guidance to his followers
as to how to administer and receive each of the sacraments.
This is seen in his service with the Apostles, healing the sick,
offering his body and blood to feed our souls and to forgive
sinners. The Church administers these holy sacraments as
commanded, so that all can worship God and receive His
salvation.
 Scripture Reading: Matthew 26: 26-28

While they were eating, Jesus took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and giving
this to His disciples said, ‘take and eat; This is my body.” Then He took the cup, gave
thanks, and gave it to them, saying,” Drink from it, all of you for this is my blood of the
covenant, which will be shed on behalf of many for the forgiveness of sins.

1. What sacrament did Jesus institute when He said this words (Mt. 26: 26-28) to His
apostles? The Eucharist or the holy communion

Lecturette

Sacrament Defined
Let us now formally define sacrament as "a sensible sign, instituted Christ in order to give grace.
In a more updated definition, Catechism for the Filipino Catholics clearly states that sacrament are
saving symbolic acts or visible signs, arising from the ministry of Jesus Christ and continued in, by
and for the Church , which when received in faith, fashions us into likeness to Christ in Paschal
Mystery, through the power of the Holy Spirit

The Church as a Sacrament of Salvation

When we hear the word sacrament we usually with the seven ritual sacraments Baptism,
Confirmation or Chrismation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders,
and Matrimony. But hardly do we realized that the Church too is a sacrament. The
Church is a sacrament because she is the visible and efficacious sign of God’s presence
and grace that brings salvation to humankind. We can better grasp the Church’s nature
as sacrament by understanding how God makes use of finite, tangible and sensible
instruments in communicating in effecting our salvation.

Jesus as the Primordial Sacrament based on the following reasons.

1. As the Source/Originator, Jesus is the one whom all the sacraments are rooted and
from whom they derive their efficacy;
2. As Primary Agent, he is the one who, through the actions and words of the minster
celebrating the various sacraments, baptizes, confirms, forgives, and reconciles, heals,
offers himself in sacrifice, binds in faithful love, and consecrates for service; and 3. 3. As
Goal of all Sacraments, Christ is the perfection toward which our life on earth tends.
Church as the Foundational/Basic Sacrament But how can Christ continue his ministry of
loving, and saving souls if he is no longer physically around? In the communal
celebration of the sacraments, the Church utters the Epiclesis wherein the Church
invokes the presence and power of the Holy Spirit in order to make the signs effective
and efficacious as they are intended to be, and celebrate the redemptive acts of Jesus,
thereby making present and active the person of Jesus Christ and his saving grace to
the community. And it is this sense that the Church is considered as the
Foundation/Basic Sacrament.
 God the Father

Jesus Christ the Primordial Sacrament

The Church the Basic/Foundational Sacrament

Baptism Confirmation Eucharist Reconciliation Matrimony Holy Order Anointing of the sick

ASSESSMENT:

1. In what way is Jesus the primordial sacrament?

In the invisible love of God is made tangible by him and is the earthly root of all the
graces that come from God. For there is one King. Between God and the human race,
there is one mediator, Christ Jesus, human himself, who offered himself as ransom for
everything.

2. Why is the Church considered the foundational or the basic sacrament?

The Church is a fundamental sacrament, and the Church prepares for the reception of
Christ through remembering the mystery of Christ and striving to render the mystery
visible in the world today by and through the activity of the Holy Spirit.
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Lecturett

The whole liturgical life of the Church revolves around the Eucharistic
sacrifice and the sacraments.29 There are seven sacraments in the Church:
Baptism, Confirmation or Chrismation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the
Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony.

THE SACRAMENTS OF SALVATION

Celebrated worthily in faith, the sacraments confer the grace that they signify.48 They are
efficacious because in them Christ himself is at work: it is he who baptizes, he who acts in his
sacraments in order to communicate the grace that each sacrament signifies. The Father
always hears the prayer of his Son's Church which, in the epiclesis of each sacrament,
expresses her faith in the power of the Spirit. As fire transforms into itself everything it
touches, so the Holy Spirit transforms into the divine life whatever is subjected to his power.

This is the meaning of the Church's affirmation49 that the sacraments act ex opere operato
(literally: "by the very fact of the action's being performed"), i.e., 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."50 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.

1129The Church affirms that for believers the sacraments of the New Covenant are necessary
for salvation.51 "Sacramental grace" is the grace of the Holy Spirit, given by Christ and proper
to each sacrament. The Spirit heals and transforms those who receive him by conforming
them to the Son of God. The fruit of the sacramental life is that the Spirit of adoption makes
the faithful partakers in the divine nature52 by uniting them in a living union with the only
Son, the Savior.

V. THE SACRAMENTS OF ETERNAL LIFE

The Church celebrates the mystery of her Lord "until he comes," when God will be
"everything to everyone."53 Since the apostolic age the liturgy has been drawn toward its goal
by the Spirit's groaning in the Church: Marana tha!54 The liturgy thus shares in Jesus' desire:
"I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you . . . until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of
God."55 In the sacraments of Christ the Church already receives the guarantee of her
inheritance and even now shares in everlasting life, while "awaiting our blessed hope, the
appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus."56 The "Spirit and the Bride
say, 'Come . . . Come, Lord Jesus!'"57 CCC 1127-1130

Assessment
Explain the following concepts in the diagram below:
Jesus Christ is the sacrament because of his love to people he is god but he choose to
be a human for us to change from our sin, the only beloved son of god they give to us to
love us, and forgive to our sins that we made, holy his name, prays him as our king like
David, and worship him as our lord, follow his law, to love like we follow to moses before
accept him as our saviour, because at the new days only the name of Jesus will rise at
the end of the days, only name of Jesus we need to prays because as he said, there no
one comes to the father except him, nor religion, rituals or others all they need to us is
faith for him, love as one another, because the main words of the bible is love is there no
other words that we need to keep now a days only love. Love your neighbors as what
you love god, because what love did you apply to your neighbor that’s the true love that
you aplly also to god.

3. PCP 11 understanding of being a “Church of the Poor”

Church of the poor it is a kind of program from church where the poor or like mga batang
kalye na gustong mag silbi sa simbahan they help them by serving god and paa aralin
nila, home for the aged, the church was also help on this they sponsor like goods and
can, this can also a helpful event, para di naman mawalan ng hope ang mga homeless,
they still a human they need a food to eat they need a respect and help those person na
may kaya, hope for their children, children is the hope of future, paano magiging future is
they still as a poor ? without knowledge ?that’s why they help them to know god who is
god, para naman if they were to be adult may respeto alam ang tama at mali, that’s why
most the priest of this country is from homeless then nag aral ng mabuti they inspired
god as their strength until they come up and blessed by god and they serve the people
as a priest, that’s why it is so very helpful that kind of program of church.

3. The Family as a Domestic Church

Catholic parents need to learn to shape their family as a domestic church, a home
church as it were, where God is revered, his rule is respected, worship is a natural
activity, virtue is expressed by word and example, and everybody shares everyone
else's dreams, troubles, and sufferings.same what I said lately about to my past
parents is a instruments of god for their child to teach some good information
until to his grow, to give them a good life.

Criteria:

Content …………………………………. 7 pts.

Connection to readings …....….. (3 pts.)
Connection to self experience… (4 pts.)
Neatness ………………………………… 2 pts.

Conciseness ………………………………… 3 pts.

10 pts

Final task

Conduct a virtual interview of your Church Pastor/ GKK leader, Kaabag or lay minister or
parish Priest about the sacraments. This consists of at least a minimum of five questions
 Criteria:

Format ……………………………… 10 pts

Content………………………………..10 pts.
Problem indetification……………… 10 pts
30 pts

References:

References / Instructional Materials: Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC)

Kenosis: The life-Giving Sacrifice of Jesus Del Castillo et al, Catechism for the Filipino
Catholic (CFC), Holy Bible, Plenary Council of the Philippines (PCP-II), Enjoying our Life
in the Church Bocar et al, Jesus Christ Roawie Quimba et al.

ONLINE SOURCES
http://wwvatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s1c1a2.htm
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s1c1a2.htm
https://www.123rf.com/stock-photo/confirmation.html?sti=mv4hk4imxd21upspsc|
https://www.foryourmarriage.org/retreat-pope-francis-day-three-family-domestic-church/
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Prepared by:

EVELINDA B. LAZAGA, LPT. MARE ED

Instructor

Checked by:

Raymond W. Dela Cuesta, LPT. MAED

SHS Academic Coordinator

Noted by:

Eleanor C. Aguillon, MAED

SHS Focal Person