We have created a Downloadable Guide with all of the articles and worksheets you will need for this module. Download the guide before you begin. We also provide worksheets in Word files to make them easy for you to write-on during the program.
Contents:
- A Sacramental People – Dr. Brennan Hill
- Sacraments Overview – OSV Curriculum
- Sacraments of Baptism and Confirmation – Dr. Maura Hagarty
- Sacrament of Eucharist – Dr. Maura Hagarty
- A Walk through the Mass – Saint Mary’s Press
- Sacrament of Reconciliation – Dr. Maura Hagarty
- Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick – Dr. Maura Hagarty
- Sacrament of Marriage – Dr. Owen Cummings
- Sacrament of Holy Orders – Rev. Richard Keolker
- Print Checklist for Module on Catholic Sacraments to help you navigate through the module.
- A journal or notebook will also be helpful to record your reflections as you work through this module.
To learn more about The Catholic Sacraments the following two books provides an easy-to-read introduction.
- Living the Sacraments: Finding God at the Intersection of Heaven and Earth – Joe Paprocki (Loyola Press, 2018)
- Liturgy and Catholic Identity (Essential Catechist’s Bookshelf) – Peg Bowman (Twenty-Third Publications, 2015)
Opening Prayer
Psalm 104 reminds us that all of creation is a sacrament revealing God’s gracious love and reminding us of God’s goodness.
Bless the Lord, my soul!
Lord, my God, you are great indeed!
You are clothed with majesty and glory,
robed in light as with a cloak.
You spread out the heavens like a tent;
your raised your palace upon the waters.
You make the clouds your chariot;
you travel on the wings of the wind.
You make the winds your messengers;
flaming fire, your ministers.
You fix the earth on its foundation,
never to be moved.
The ocean covered it like a garment;
above the mountains stood the waters.
At your roar they took flight;
at the sound of your thunder they fled.
They rushed up the mountains, down the valleys
to the place you had fixed for them.
You set a limit they cannot pass;
never again will they cover the earth.
You made springs flow into channels
that wind among the mountains.
They give drink to every beast of the field;
here wild asses quench their thirst.
Beside them the birds of heaven nest;
among the branches they sing.
You water the mountains from your palace;
by your labor the earth abounds.
You raise grass for the cattle
and plants for our beasts of burden.
You bring bread from the earth,
and wine to gladden our hearts,
Oil to make our faces gleam,
food to build our strength.
The trees of the Lord drink their fill,
the cedars of Lebanon, which you planted.
There the birds build their nests;
junipers are the home of the stork.
The high mountains are for wild goats;
the rocky cliffs, a refuge for badgers.
You made the moon to mark the seasons,
the sun that knows the hour of its setting.
You bring darkness and night falls,
then all the beasts of the forest roam abroad.
People go forth to their work,
to their labor till evening falls.
How varied are your works, Lord!
In wisdom you have wrought them all;
the earth is full of your creatures.
May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
may the Lord be glad in these works!
(Psalm 104:1-20, 23-24, 31)