Genuflections and Bows: THE 10 COMMANDMENTS HOW MANY KINDS OF SIN ARE • All who pass before the Most Blessed I. I am the Lord, your God, you THERE? Sacrament (Jesus in the Tabernacle or

shall not have strange gods There are two kinds of personal sin Monstrance) genuflect (bending the (actual sin that we ourselves freely right knee to the ground) as a sign of before Me. Adoration. II. You shall not take the name of commit) – mortal and venial. • A bow of the head is made when the

the Lord your God in vain. three Divine Persons are named together WHAT IS VENIAL SIN? III. Remember to keep holy the (as in the Glory Be), and at the names of Personal sin that weakens but does Lord’s Day. Jesus, the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the not kill our relationship with God. Saint in whose honor the is being IV. Honor your Father and your celebrated as a sign of reverence and Mother. WHAT IS MORTAL SIN? honor. V. You shall not kill. Mortal sin is a serious violation of • A bow of the body (a profound bow) to VI. You shall not commit adultery. God’s law. Personal sin that totally the Altar is made during the at the VII. You shall not steal. rejects God and alienates one from words: and by the Holy Spirit was VIII. You shall not bear false Incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and Him, causing a loss of love and became man. witness against your neighbor. sanctifying grace.

IX. You shall not covet your THE REAL PRESENCE OF CHRIST neighbor’s wife. WHY GO TO ? IN THE EUCHARIST X. You shall not covet your THE GOSPEL OF SAINT JOHN 20:23 STATES: neighbor’s goods. The Mass is a true sacrifice. The sacrifice 23Whose sins you forgive are forgiven of Jesus on the Cross is offered in the Holy

them, and whose sins you retain are Eucharist in an unbloody and sacramental WHAT IS THE SACRAMENT OF retained.” way. It is a memorial (past, present and ? future). For those sins committed after Act of Contrition WHAT IS THE HOLY EUCHARIST? Baptism, a person is reconciled with My God, I’m sorry for my sins with God and with the Church through the The Holy Eucharist is the Sacrament all my heart. In choosing to do in which Jesus Christ is really and . wrong and failing to do good, I physically present in body, blood, (CCC, 984-985) soul and divinity, under the have sinned against You whom I WHAT IS SIN? should love above all things. I appearances of bread & wine. firmly intend with your help to do Sin is any thought, word, desire, or THE GOSPEL OF SAINT JOHN 6:53 action that destroys or damages our penance, to sin no more, and to 53Jesus said, “. . . unless you eat the flesh union with God. avoid whatever leads me to sin. of the Son of Man and drink his blood, Amen. you do not have life within you.

THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS Prayer Before Meal Bless us, O Lord, and these REQUIRED your gifts, which we are about The Sacraments of Initiation to receive from the bounty of MEMORIZATION Baptism Christ our Lord. Amen. FOR Confirmation Eucharist NAME OF THIS PARISH Our Lady of the Assumption Church FIRST HOLY Sacraments of Healing Reconciliation NAME OF MISSION The Anointing of the Sick OF THIS PARISH COMMUNION Sacraments of Service St. Philip Neri Holy Matrimony (Marriage) Note to Parents: Holy Orders THE SUNDAY OBLIGATION

MYSTERIES OF THE The faithful are obliged to Joyful Mysteries; Luminous participate in the Sunday Eucharist and on Holy Days of Obligation. Those Mysteries; Sorrowful Mysteries; who fail in this obligation commit a Glorious Mysteries grave sin. (CCC 2181)

Parents who do not bring THE FOUR GOSPELS their children to Mass on Matthew, Mark, Luke & John Sunday commit grave sin.

Our Lady of the Assumption Name of our Bishop Fr. Ruben Delgado, Pastor Reverend 1313 W. Buchanan Ave. Daniel E. Flores Harlingen, Tx. 78550 2018 – 2019 Revised: 7/18/2018 Mary Martinez, Director of Religious Education The family is where the child will learn Continuing Catholic Education (CCE) Name of our Pope about God. The Church is the second Pope Francis I CCE Office: (956) 423-1765 teacher of the faith; we are here to “assist” the parents in continuing to Fax: (956) 423-5970 teach. (National Catechetical Directory, para. 212)