1. Copyright © Harcourt Religion Publishers 1 Sacrament—Key Terms Efficacious Sign of grace Instituted by Christ Entrusted to the Church It has effects; it works. A sacrament is a concrete, visible sign of God’s saving power, God’s help and support for us. The sacraments were given form and meaning by Jesus during his life on earth; they didn’t just come from the imagination of the early Christians. Sacraments are part of the heritage of Jesus; the Church has not only passed on the sacraments for 2000 years, but continues to renew the practice of the sacraments in the community. 2:1

2. Copyright © Harcourt Religion Publishers 2 We receive the life of God Through the work of the Holy Spirit The life of God is grace, that power of God that draws us closer to him and makes us whole. God’s power is always with us, working, because through Jesus, God the Father sent the Holy Spirit to dwell with and in us, urging us to live the kind of good life that Jesus intended for all people. Sacrament—Key Terms 2:1

3. Copyright © Harcourt Religion Publishers 3 1 John 4:16 Exodus 3:13–14 Job 42:2 1 Peter 4:11 Isaiah 9:2 and John 8:12 Psalm 32:8 Isaiah 66:13 Psalm 22:9 Luke 15:8–10 Psalm 23 and Isaiah 40:11 God is love. I AM. all-powerful God who shares power with humankind light teacher and guide mother midwife women seeking out the lost shepherd Images of God in Scripture 2:2

4. Copyright © Harcourt Religion Publishers 4 Mark 14:36 Matthew 1:22–33 John 1:1, 14 John 14:5–7 John 13:13–15 John 15:14–15 Luke 22:19 John 14:16 Romans 8:26–27 Abba (affectionate term for Father) Emmanuel, God-with-us the Word of God the way teacher friend Bread of life Advocate the Spirit who intercedes for us Images of God in Scripture 2:2

5. Copyright © Harcourt Religion Publishers 5 CHAPTER 2 Vocabulary Review 2:3 symbol (page 20) symbolic action (page 20) sacrament (page 22) something visible or tangible that reminds us of and is able to put us in touch with a reality that is invisible and intangible but still real; something that communicates effective emotional or spiritual meaning an action that says more than words can express, that communicates what is in the heart and what we want someone to know as defined by the Catechism: an efficacious sign of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which we receive the life of God through the work of the Holy Spirit

6. Copyright © Harcourt Religion Publishers 6 CHAPTER 2 Vocabulary Review 2:3 sacramental (page 23) revelation (page 27) supernatural (page 27) a sacred sign that is similar to the sacraments in some ways, by which spiritual meanings and realities are signified or by which spiritual blessings are able to be obtained by God’s grace through the prayers of the Church anything that is revealed or disclosed; also, the act of revealing or disclosing; for Christians, God’s self-communication, realized by words and actions over time, and fully in Jesus above and beyond what is natural, usual, ordinary

7. Copyright © Harcourt Religion Publishers 7 CHAPTER 2 Vocabulary Review 2:3 Hebrew term for the anointed one; Christ is the Greek term (It is related to chrism, a type of oil used for anointing.) literally, enfleshment; used to describe how the Son of God, the second Person of the Blessed Trinity, became human in order to bring about the salvation of all people the community of the people of God that draws its life from Christ messiah (page 29) Incarnation (page 29) Church (page 31) gospel (page 31) the good news of God’s mercy and forgiveness revealed by Jesus in his life, death, and resurrection, and proclaimed by the Church to the whole world