Confirmation Preparation
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The document outlines a preparation lesson for confirmation at St. Joseph's Cathedral, focusing on understanding one's purpose in life, God's love, and the importance of grace in building a relationship with Jesus. It highlights the significance of the Holy Spirit, original sin, and the necessity of redemption through Jesus Christ, along with the spiritual practices of confession and adoration. Participants are encouraged to reflect on their faith journey and the aim of achieving eternal happiness with God in heaven.
Confirmation Preparation
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- 3. “Come Holy Spirit” ~ Prayer Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And You shall renew the face of the earth. O, God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant that by the same Holy Spirit we may be truly wise and ever enjoy His consolations, through Christ Our Lord, Amen. Goal : To receive a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit
- 4. Reflect on what you see... *New ideas Jot it down ! *Ah-ha's! *Reflect and Connect. Discussion Guide M - Moment-to-moment attention I - In the here-and-now N - Non-judgmental attitude D - Detach from unhelpful thoughts F - Forgive and be grateful U - Unconditional acceptance L - Learn with beginner’s mind
- 5. Lesson 1 – Learning Objectives Gain a better understanding of who we are. What is our purpose in life? God’s love for us! GRACE ~ allows us to participate in a life of harmony with Christ.
- 6. Talk to your partner – discuss the answer Why are we here? What do you think is your purpose in life? Report out to the group:
- 7. Video of the Creation Creation of Humanity & Image and Likeness
- 8. Why Did God Create Us? Created by God out of His Radical Love for us Created for happiness, which we find in a relationship with Jesus Natural inclinations As humans we are made with a natural inclination to truth, goodness, beauty, health. happiness… These desires cannot be satisfied outside of a relationship with Jesus Christ God has placed in man a longing for truth and goodness that only he can satisfy The promises of “eternal life” respond, beyond all hope, to this desire
- 9. Beginning & End Watch video – Our Heavenly Father’s Plan How can we set our destination as heaven, and create a plan to get there? Report out to the group
- 10. How are we like God? Endowed with an immortal soul, a rational intellect, and a free will Human relationship are to reflect the Blessed Trinity as a “community of persons” – Father, Son and the Holy Spirit Adam and Eve were created Matrimony – two become one flesh – resultant – new human life created with love We all are one human family
- 11. God is…
- 12. God is… Infinite, All Knowing, All Loving God is pure act or actuality Where we have the potential to love, God is Love God is omniscient - having total knowledge As humans we are created with the ability to know and love (our intellect and our will) God’s love is pure and unconditional
- 13. God is a Trinity
- 14. God is a Trinity One Essence/Substance Father is God, Son is God, Holy Spirit is God All three are Fully God, possess fullness of Divine Nature 3 Persons Father is not Son/HS, Son is not Father/HS, HS is not Father/Son Distinct by their relations God is a Community of Persons We are called to imitate this by entering into loving relationships with God and other, to enter into that community
- 15. Original Harmony We are created with the ability to know and love God We are called holy and set apart with the Lord (Eph. 1:3)
- 16. Original Sin
- 17. Original Sin God created our first parents and blessed them Go made gave them free will so they could choose to return his love. Example – A person w/o free will is a slave (Slaves can’t love the master b/c they aren’t free) Adam and Eve chose used their freedom to sin and lost communion and friendship with God Man’s Original Harmony with God is destroyed We inherit sin through our human nature Video - Creation
- 18. Concupiscence We now have the inclination to sin Our intellect or knowledge is clouded and darkened Our will, which helps us love and choose the good, is now unruly We need the help of God to be perform our proper action and to truly know and love God and others
- 19. Concupiscence
- 20. God Sends Help Nothing humans try to offer can repay this God does not leave us, but promises to send a Messiah God sends his own son, Jesus Christ, who is fully God offered the sacrifice and paid the price of this sin and own sins opened the gates of Heaven We participate in this offering every Mass in the Eucharist Christ has redeemed us so that we can be eternally happy
- 21. God Sends Help
- 22. CCrreeaattiioonn,, CChhaarriissmmss,, && HHoolliinneessss Because we are all created in the image and likeness of God, we have been given charisms (Graces and Gifts fo the Holy Spirit) that enables us to build of the Body of Christ. The Church helps us cooperate with God’s grace to use these gifts and by doing so we become holy.
- 23. Where is Heaven and how do we get there? We received God through Grace
- 24. Where is Heaven and how do we get there? Why Grace? Because of our fallen nature we need God’s help He gives us His gift of grace This is a free gift from God God’s free initiative demands man’s free response God has created man in his own image by conferring on him, along with freedom, the power to know him and love him The soul only enters freely into the communion of love When the soul enters into this communion, God immediately touches and directly moves the heart of man
- 25. Where is Heaven and how do we get there? Grace is participation in the life of God It introduces us into the intimacy of Trinitarian life (CCC 1997) The Grace of God begins the healing of human nature For humans to attain perfect happiness, their nature must not only be healed, but elevated through participation in divine nature, the life of God This participation is called sanctifying grace Video – sanctifying grace
- 26. Invitation to Adoration and Confession You are invited to grow in faith and love of our Lord Attend the Eucharistic Adoration at the Cathedral Experience the quiet and peace of praying before our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament
- 27. PPeennaannccee Due to concupiscence, our tendency toward sin, we frequently need the grace of God for the forgiveness of our sins. Principle purpose of Christ’ mission is Redemption for sin Christ gave the authority to forgive sins to the Apostles, his first bishops and priests. We must have true contrition (sorrow) for our sins and resolve to avoid future sin. The priest gives us absolution and we are required to an act of penance.
- 28. Invitation to Adoration and Confession experience God’s forgiveness and our reconciliation with the church experience great peace and spiritual consolation after making a good confession. powerful way to get rid of our weaknesses, grow in holiness, and lead a balanced and virtuous life. Photo by carlosoliveirareis - Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License https://www.flickr.com/photos/54218923@N00 Created with Haiku Deck
- 29. Sacramental Grace that comes from going to confession… The spiritual effects of the sacrament of Penance are: reconciliation with God by which the penitent recovers grace; reconciliation with the Church; remission of the eternal punishment incurred by mortal sins; remission, at least in part, of temporal punishments resulting from sin; peace and serenity of conscience, and spiritual consolation; an increase of spiritual strength for the Christian battle. ~CCC-1496 Sacramental Grace
- 30. CCooooppeerraattiinngg wwiitthh GGrraaccee We are all created in the image and likeness of God We have been given charisms (Graces and Gifts of the Holy Spirit) Charisms enables us to build of the Body of Christ. The Church helps us cooperate with God’s grace to use these gifts and by doing so we become holy.
- 31. CCooooppeerraattiinngg wwiitthh GGrraaccee The lifelong challenge and goal of every Christian to know, love, and serve God in this life in order to live happily forever with him and all his friends (saints) in heaven.
- 32. Questions to Ponder… What do I see as my purpose in life? Do I have a relationship with Jesus Christ or do I desire to know Jesus Christ? What is it that will make me truly happy Report out to the group
- 33. HHeeaavveenn State of everlasting life with God in eternal happiness. (Happiness is what we all want from life and it is found in Christ and ultimately with him in heaven).
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- 35. CCoonnffiirrmmaattiioonn EExxppeeccttaattiioonn Participate in Sunday Mass each week Attendance at the Confirmation classes is extremely important The confirmation sponsor strong role- model is a faith-filled Roman Catholic Choose a Confirmation name and write a biography about that saint
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Editor's Notes
- #7: “The kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:21).we ought to experience in all aspects of our earthly life,