SACRAMENTOLOGY III
Oral Examination
Part A – Obligatory - Say the prayers the priest says when he is anointing the sick person (4).
Part B – In this section, the Student is required to answer only two questions from the following.
1 Elaborate the chief elements in the rite of individual reconciliation (14).
2 Explain briefly the following: Order of Penitents, Corporate Repentance, Indulgences, Communal Reconciliation with Individual Confession (14).
3 Explore the main points in the healing ministry of Jesus (14).
4 Discuss the following terms: ‘wounded healer,’ the significance of James 5.14-15, symbol of oil, laying on of hands and Viaticum (14).
5 What reforms did the Second Vatican Council make in relation to the Sacrament of Anointing? (14)
6 Elaborate the chief elements in the rite of anointing of the sick (14).
7 What graces and responsibilities does this sacrament facilitate for the sick person? (14)
Part C – The lecturer will ask two of the following questions.
1 Name five strands of thinking in regard to sickness and healing in the Old Testament (9).
2 Explain the importance of James 5.14-15. Give some reasons why anointing of the sick developed into a deathbed ministry in the Middle Ages (9).
3 Name some reforms made by the Second Vatican Council in relation to the Sacrament of Anointing (9).
4 Who may receive the sacrament of anointing? How does it reveal Jesus Christ? (9)
5 Explain briefly what indulgences are (9).
6 What graces and responsibilities does the sacrament of anointing facilitate for the community? (9)
7 What responsibilities does this sacrament facilitate for the sick person? (9)
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Rite for Individual Reconciliation
Basic Rite for Reconciliation of an Individual
Once the penitent enters the confessional or reconciliation room, the minister greets the penitent, who then makes the sign of the cross. The minister invites the penitent to trust in the mercy, compassion and forgiveness of God, in words like, ‘may God, who has enlightened every heart, help you to know your sins and trust in his mercy’. Then he proclaims a short passage from the scriptures which proclaims God’s mercy and calls people to conversion. The penitent then describes to the minister the sins for which he or she is sorry, making sure to give the number and kind of all serious, mortal sins. After this the minister offers helpful counsel and encouragement to the penitent and proposes an act of penance, appropriate to the penitent and the sins confessed. The penitent then expresses sorrow for sin by praying one of several prayers appropriate for this. After this prayer, the minister extends hands over the penitent and prays the prayer of absolution. The confession is concluded as the minister proclaims praise for God and dismisses the penitent with words like, ‘Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. Response – His mercy endures for ever. The Lord has freed you from sin. Go in peace.’ Or ‘The Lord has freed you from sin. May he bring you safely to his Kingdom in Heaven. Glory to him for ever.’
The above is what is stated in the Rite of Reconciliation. So, in practice, the following steps are to be taken:
1 Greeting & Welcome of Priest
2 Reading of Short Passage from Scripture.
3 The Penitent says: ‘Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.’ Then he or she states how long since the last confession and confesses the sins for which he or she is sorry, making sure to give the number and kind of all serious, mortal sins.
4 The minister offers helpful counsel and encouragement to the penitent and proposes an act of penance, appropriate to the penitent and the sins confessed.
5 The penitent then expresses sorrow for sin by praying the Act of Contrition or another prayer appropriate for this.
6 The minister extends hands over the penitent and prays the prayer of absolution.
7 The confession is concluded as the minister proclaims praise for God and dismisses the penitent with words like, ‘Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. Response – His mercy endures for ever. The Lord has freed you from sin. Go in peace.’ Or ‘The Lord has freed you from sin. May he bring you safely to his Kingdom in Heaven. Glory to him for ever.’
Once the penitent enters the confessional or reconciliation room, the minister greets the penitent, who then makes the sign of the cross. The minister invites the penitent to trust in the mercy, compassion and forgiveness of God, in words like, ‘may God, who has enlightened every heart, help you to know your sins and trust in his mercy’. Then he proclaims a short passage from the scriptures which proclaims God’s mercy and calls people to conversion. The penitent then describes to the minister the sins for which he or she is sorry, making sure to give the number and kind of all serious, mortal sins. After this the minister offers helpful counsel and encouragement to the penitent and proposes an act of penance, appropriate to the penitent and the sins confessed. The penitent then expresses sorrow for sin by praying one of several prayers appropriate for this. After this prayer, the minister extends hands over the penitent and prays the prayer of absolution. The confession is concluded as the minister proclaims praise for God and dismisses the penitent with words like, ‘Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. Response – His mercy endures for ever. The Lord has freed you from sin. Go in peace.’ Or ‘The Lord has freed you from sin. May he bring you safely to his Kingdom in Heaven. Glory to him for ever.’
The above is what is stated in the Rite of Reconciliation. So, in practice, the following steps are to be taken:
1 Greeting & Welcome of Priest
2 Reading of Short Passage from Scripture.
3 The Penitent says: ‘Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.’ Then he or she states how long since the last confession and confesses the sins for which he or she is sorry, making sure to give the number and kind of all serious, mortal sins.
4 The minister offers helpful counsel and encouragement to the penitent and proposes an act of penance, appropriate to the penitent and the sins confessed.
5 The penitent then expresses sorrow for sin by praying the Act of Contrition or another prayer appropriate for this.
6 The minister extends hands over the penitent and prays the prayer of absolution.
7 The confession is concluded as the minister proclaims praise for God and dismisses the penitent with words like, ‘Give thanks to the Lord for he is good. Response – His mercy endures for ever. The Lord has freed you from sin. Go in peace.’ Or ‘The Lord has freed you from sin. May he bring you safely to his Kingdom in Heaven. Glory to him for ever.’
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