Our Sacramental Life : Living and Worshiping in Christ Book

As the Catechism of the Catholic Church instructs:

Liturgical catechesis aims to initiate people into the mystery of Christ ("It is mystagogy.") by proceeding from the visible to the invisible, from the sign to the thing signified, from the "sacraments" to the "mysteries."

Drawing on the above instruction, the unifying theme of OUR SACRAMENTAL LIFE: Living and Worshiping in Christ is centered in an emphasis on mystery and mystagogy.

In exploring sacramental life, as communicating the mystery of God, the inaccessible and incomprehensible are both made accessible and comprehensible for teenage students.

Using OUR SACRAMENTAL LIFE: Living and Worshiping in Christ, students will gain a greater appreciation that through the sacramental life of the church:

we are given a "language" which enables us to participate in the life of the Trinity

making it possible for us to communicate the mystery of God

and thus to participate in Christ's work of restoring and renewing the world.

Chapters 1 & 2 introduce what the sacraments reveal about God and how the sacraments enable our participation in God's divine plan. Chapters 3 to 9 explore the particulars of each of the seven sacraments and what it means to live the sacraments individually and communally. Chapter 10 offers a comprehensive review of this course.

Student text Table of Contents: Introduction 1 Drawn to the Mystery 2 Living the Paschal Mystery: The Liturgy of the Church 3 Holding Life's Answers: The Sacrament of Baptism 4 Power of the Spirit: The Sacrament of Confirmation 5 The Source and Summit: The Sacrament of Eucharist 6 Hope in Brokenness: The Sacrament of Penance of Reconciliation 7 Showing a Preferential Love: The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick 8 Making God Present: The Sacrament of Holy Orders 9 An Intimate Communion: The Sacrament of Matrimony 10 Participating in the Mystery: A Review of the Sacraments

Author Biography: Patricia (Pam) Morrison Driedger. She has a bachelor's degree in politics from Princeton University, a graduate certificate in youth ministry from LaSalle University, and a Masters of Divinity from Yale University.

Mrs. Morrison Driedger has worked in youth ministry and campus ministry. Most recently she worked for the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops as Project Specialist in the Youth Portfolio of the National Office of Religious Education. She is the primary author of Believe in Me, Stand by Me, and Be with Me, the texts for grades seven, eight, and nine in the We Are Strong Together series published by the Canadian Conference. She is also the author of The Church: Our Story, a high school text in the area of ecclesiology (Ave Maria Press, 1999).