Chapters 14,12,

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Chapters 14,12, 11

• Catholic Rituals and Customs

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Death Notifications

• Death Notice
• A paid notice in a newspaper announcing the death
  and funeral arrangements of a person
• Obituary
• A newspaper column containing a biographical
  sketch of someone who has recently died

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Prayers for the Dead

• Custom dating back to Jewish peoples
• 2 Maccabees 2339-45
• Early Christians anniversary prayers for the
  dead
• 1274 Council of Lyons
• Dead could be assisted with intercessory prayers
  at Mass, almsgiving, prayers in general
• Pope Sixtus IV (1476)
• Granted first plenary indulgence
• The remission before God of temporal punishment
  due for sins, remission that a person acquires
  through the intervention of the Church
• 1840 Revision
• Indulgences can free a person from their sins,
  but God still is in control

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Catholic Cemeteries

• Desire for people to be buried near their family
  or friends
• Refers back to early Christians desire of
  wanting to be buried near the saints and martyrs
• Early Cemeteries were adjacent to church
  buildings
• Connection to the Church
• Vital part of the Churchs mission
• Corporal work of mercy to bury the dead
• Three key aspects of Catholic cemeteries
• Witnesses to the membership of all in the
  Communion of Saints
• Witnesses to social justice
• Witnesses to belief in the Resurrection

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Catholic Customs

• Starting point
• Christs resurrection
• Event that conquered sin and death forever
• Gives us hope in the face of suffering
• Themes
• New life, rejoicing
• Purpose
• Consolation, strength, healing

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Triduum

• Holiest time of the Christian year
• The celebration of Christs passing from death to
  life
• Tres (Three) dies (days)
• Thursday evening Sunday evening
• Evening evening / reflect Jewish days
• In between Lent and Easter seasons

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Paschal Mystery

• Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday
• Christian Passover / Paschal Mystery
• Center of Christian faith
• Christs passing over from death to life
• Occurred around time of Jewish Passover,
  recalling the Exodus event

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Holy Thursday

• Beginning of the Triduum
• Mass of the Lords Supper
• 2 major aspects
• Institution of the priesthood (service)
• Institution of the Eucharist

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Good Friday

• Recalls Christs crucifixion
• The only day that Mass is never celebrated
• Liturgy of the Lords Passion
• 3 parts
• Liturgy of the Word
• Suffering Servant
• Johns Passion
• Veneration of the Cross
• Communion Service

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Holy Saturday

• Day kept in meditation
• Commemorates time Jesus spent in the tomb
• Eerie feeling Church empty (no AM Mass)
• Preparing for Vigil
• Death seems to have won darkness dominates
  until

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Easter Vigil

• The Service of Light
• Darkness gives way to light death gives way to
  life
• The Great Vigil the holiest night of the year

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Service of Light

• Service of Light
• Paschal Candle lit from a blessed fire outside
• Entering the church in darkness
• All sing Christ our Light
• Individual candles lit light spreads
• Easter Proclamation

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Liturgy of the Word

• Several up to 7 OT readings followed by New
  Testament and Gospel
• Gloria after last OT reading lights come on
  slowly
• Alleluia
• Gospel about Resurrection

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Liturgy of Baptism

• Begins with the Litany of Saints
• Catechumens
• The unbaptized who are taking part in the process
  that leads to Baptism
• Paschal Candle into water
• Neophytes
• Newly baptized
• Renewal of Baptismal Promises

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Liturgy of the Eucharist

• Continues as usual
• EASTER PREFACE I
• Scripture
• Romans 6 3-11
• Mass finishes with a blessing

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Order of Christian Funerals

• 3 parts each reflecting the paschal character of
  Christian death
• Similar in structure to the Triduum
• 3 parts ? 1 liturgy (Mass)
• Vigil Service
• Funeral Liturgy
• Committal Right

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Vigil Service

• Usually celebrated in the Funeral Home
• Priest, deacon, or lay person
• Initial Sign of the Cross
• The beginning of the Order of Christian Funerals
• 3 Parts to the Vigil
• Introductory Rights
• Liturgy of the Word
• Prayers of Intercession

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Funeral Liturgy

• Not Begun with the sign of the Cross
• Continuation from vigil
• Color of vestments ? white
• Liturgy celebrates life
• Reception of the Body
• Liturgy of the Word / Liturgy of the Eucharist
• Themes of Resurrection and new life
• Final Commendation and Farewell
• Incensation and prayers for the deceased

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Funeral Liturgy (cont)

• Celebration of life
• Major Symbolism connected with Baptism
• White vestments
• Life conquering death
• Use of the Paschal Candle
• Referring to Christ as the Light of the World
• Sprinkling with Holy Water
• Recalling our baptism
• Funeral Pall
• Recalling our baptism, being clothed in Christ
• In Baptism we die with Christ, in death we rise
  with him into glory

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Rite of Committal

• Usually performed at the cemetery
• Grave site or internment chapel
• Priest, deacon, or lay person
• Does not begin with sign of the cross
• Scripture reading
• Prayers of the faithful
• Final blessing of casket and the people
• The end of the Order of Christian Funerals

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Baptism

• The way into our Church
• Performed by priest or deacon
• Matter
• Water
• Form
• Words of baptism
• 5 major aspects from CCC

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Major aspects of Baptism

• Foundation of Christian Life (1213)
• Baptism is the basis for Christian life and the
  door which gives access to the other sacraments
• Original Sin (405)
• Baptism removes the original sin caused by Adam
  and Eve turns us back to God leaving
  concupiscence

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Aspects (cont)

• Indelible Character (1272)
• Baptism seals the Christian with an indelible
  spiritual mark of belonging to Christ
• Allows us to spend our lives in service to God
  through our lives in the Church
• Sacrament of Faith (1253)
• It is only within the community of the Church
  that the faithful can believe
• Incorporation into the Church (1267)
• Baptism makes us members of the Body of Christ

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2 Rites of Baptism

• Infant Baptism RCIA
• Celebrate dying to sin and rising to new life in
  Christ
• Baptism of Desire
• Those who want to be baptized and die before are
  considered to be baptized by their desire
• Key parts
• Exorcism
• A rite in which evil spirits are driven out of a
  person or place by the authority of God and with
  the prayer of the Church
• Anointing with the Oil of the Catechumens
• Profession of Faith

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Key parts (cont)

• Baptism
• Immersion or infusion
• Trinitarian formula
• Anointing with Chrism
• Also used at Confirmation and Holy Orders
• Opening of the Ears and Mouth
• To hear the teaching of Christ and preach the
  Good News