St.

Anthony’s College
San Angel, San Jose De Buenavista, Antique
Christian Formation Ministry Office

STUDENT’S MODULE IN CHRISTIAN LIVING EDUCATION 3

The Sacrament of Baptism

Picture Reference: http://www.hisholychurch.net/sermon/baptismjura.php

INTRODUCTION

The Sacrament of Baptism is the first sacrament of the Church. According to the
Catechism of the Catholic Church 1213, it is considered as “the basis of the whole
Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit, and the door which gives access to the
other Sacraments. Through this sacrament, we are freed from sin and reborn as [children]
of God, we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made
sharers in her mission…”

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Doctrine: Students explain the Church teachings about the new life received in the
Sacrament of Baptism.

Moral: Students show respect for the dignity of life.

Worship: Students reflect on the grace of life they have received from God.
PROCEDURE:

Opening Prayer: Pause for a while and pray.

Sign of the Cross

PL: St. Anthony of Padua our Patron Saint.
R: Pray for us.
PL: Lead to know and love Jesus deeply,
R: and follow Him in the loving of our neighbors.
PL: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit
R: As it was in the beginning, now and ever shall be world without end.
All: Amen.
Sign of the Cross

Activity #1
Open the power point presentation and read the picture story about the Great Flood (Gen
6:5-8:22). Answer the given questions in the Google Form in your Google Classroom entitled
“Activity 1: The Great Flood.”
1. Why did God send the Great Flood?
2. How did the humanity reacted to Noah’s instruction?
3. How did humanity survived from the Great Flood?

In this class, you will be learning about the Sacrament of Baptism. This is to make you
know the importance of Baptism in our lives as Christians.

Activity #2
Open the video entitled The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River or open the video
through this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVVP_ONDY1Q.
In the Google Form provided in the Google Classroom entitled “Activity 2: Baptism of
Jesus” answer the following questions.

Questions to be answered:
1. Who are the characters in the story and where did the story happen?
2. What is John the Baptist proclaiming about?
3. Why did Jesus let John the Baptist baptized him?

CLASS TOPICS:
I. The Sacrament of Baptism

The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) 1213 explains that “Holy
Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit
(vitae spiritualis ianua), and the door which gives access to the other sacraments.
Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become
members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her
mission: ‘Baptism is the sacrament of regeneration through water in the word’.”

Furthermore, Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church (YOUCAT) 194

adds, “Baptism is the way out of the kingdom of death into life, the gateway to the
Church, and the beginning of a lasting communion with God. Baptism is the
foundational Sacrament and the prerequisite for all other sacraments. It unites us
with Jesus Christ, incorporates us into his redemptive death on the Cross, thereby
freeing us from the power of Original Sin and all personal sins, and causes us to
rise with him to a life without end…”
 Why is it called Baptism?
According to CCC 1214, “This sacrament is called Baptism, after the
central rite by which it is carried out: to baptize (Greek baptizein [βαπτίζειν])
means to “plunge” or “immerse”; the “plunge” into water symbolizes the
catechumen’s burial into Christ’s death, from which he rises up by resurrection
with him, as a “new creature.”

Who can receive the Sacrament of Baptism?

The CCC 1246 states that “Every person not yet baptized and only such a person is
able to be baptized.”

II. Baptism in the Economy of Salvation

Prefigurations of Baptism in the Old Covenant (CCC 1217-1222)

In the liturgy of the Easter Vigil, during the blessing of the baptismal
water, the Church solemnly commemorates the great events in salvation history
that already prefigured the mystery of Baptism:
Father, you give us grace through sacramental signs,
which tell us of the wonders of your unseen power.

In Baptism we use your gift of water, which you have made

a rich symbol of the grace you give us in this sacrament.

Since the [beginning of the world], water, so humble and wonderful a

creature, has been the source of life and fruitfulness. Sacred Scripture sees it as
“overshadowed” by the Spirit of God:
At the very dawn of creation your Spirit breathed on the waters,
making them the wellspring of all holiness.

The Church has seen in [Noah’s ark] a prefiguring of salvation by

Baptism, for by it “a few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water”:
The waters of the great flood you made a sign of the waters of Baptism,
that make an end of sin and a new beginning of goodness.

If water springing up from the earth symbolizes life, the water of the sea is
a symbol of death and so can represent the mystery of the cross. By this
symbolism Baptism signifies communion with Christ’s death.

But above all, [the crossing of the Red Sea], literally the liberation of
Israel from the slavery of Egypt, announces the liberation wrought by Baptism:
You freed the children of Abraham from the slavery of Pharaoh,
bringing them dry-shod through the waters of the Red Sea,
to be an image of the people set free in Baptism.

Finally, Baptism is prefigured in [the crossing of the Jordan River] by

which the People of God received the gift of the land promised to Abraham’s
descendants, an image of eternal life. The promise of this blessed inheritance is
fulfilled in the New Covenant

Christ’s Baptism (CCC 1223)

All the Old Covenant prefigurations find their fulfillment in Christ Jesus.
He begins his public life after [having himself baptized by St. John the Baptist in
the Jordan]. After his resurrection Christ gives this mission to his apostles: “Go
therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I
have commanded you.”
 Baptism in the Church (CCC 1226)
From the very day of Pentecost the Church has celebrated and
administered holy Baptism. Indeed St. Peter declares to the crowd astounded by
his preaching: “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy
Spirit.” The apostles and their collaborators offer Baptism to anyone who
believed in Jesus: Jews, the God-fearing, pagans. Always, Baptism is seen as
connected with faith: “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and
your household,” St. Paul declared to his jailer in Philippi. And the narrative
continues, the jailer “was baptized at once, with all his family.”

III. The Grace of the Sacrament of Baptism

The CCC 1262 explains that “the different effects of Baptism are signified
by the perceptible elements of the sacramental rite. Immersion in water
symbolizes not only death and purification, but also regeneration and renewal.
Thus the two principal effects are purification from sins and new birth in the Holy
Spirit.”

Furthermore, YOUCAT 200 explains that “in Baptism we become

members of the Body of Christ, sisters and brothers of our Redeemer, and
children of God. We are freed from sin, snatched from death, and destined from
then on for a life in the joy of the redeemed.

For the forgiveness of sins… (CCC 1263)

By Baptism all sins are forgiven, original sin and all personal sins, as well
as all punishment for sin. In those who have been reborn nothing remains that
would impede their entry into the Kingdom of God, neither Adam’s sin, nor
personal sin, nor the consequences of sin, the gravest of which is separation from
God.

“A new creature” (CCC 1265)

Baptism not only purifies from all sins, but also makes the neophyte “a
new creature,” an adopted son of God, who has become a “partaker of the divine
nature,” member of Christ and co-heir with him, and a temple of the Holy Spirit.

Incorporated into the Church, the Body of Christ (CCC 1267)

Baptism makes us members of the Body of Christ: “Therefore… we are
members of one another.” Baptism incorporates us into the Church. From the
baptismal font is born one People of God of the New Covenant, which transcends
all the natural or human limits of nations, cultures, races and sexes: “For by one
Spirit we were all baptized into one body.”

An indelible spiritual mark (1272)

Incorporated into Christ by Baptism, the person baptized is configured to
Christ. Baptism seals the Christian with the indelible spiritual mark (character) of
his belonging to Christ. No sin can erase this mark, even if sin prevents Baptism
from bearing the fruits of salvation. Given once for all, Baptism cannot be
repeated.

Summary/Generalization: You have learned today the Catholic teaching about the new life
received in Baptism as well as its biblical and historical basis. Since the beginning of early
Church, the Sacrament of Baptism served as the gateway towards being a member of Christ’s
body. Through baptism, we are washed from our sinfulness and are born again into the newness
of life in Christ.
Personal Activity:
Try to make a summary of your learnings about the Sacrament of Baptism.

Activity #3
Write a poem expressing respect on the dignity life. Write it in the Google Form provided in the
Google Classroom.

Answer in the Google Form is provided in the Google Classroom entitled “Activity 3: Poem On
the Dignity of Life”

QUIZ WEEK 1
Direction: Answer the following questions correctly in not less than 5 sentences and not more
than 10 sentences. Write it in the Google Form provided in the Google Classroom entitled “Quiz
Week 2 – The Sacrament of Baptism”
1. What is the Sacrament of Baptism? (10pts.)
2. How is the Sacrament of Baptism Instituted? (10pts.)
3. In what way did Christ entrust to the Church the Sacrament of Baptism? (10pts.)

HOME-LEARNING ACTIVIES

Home-Learning Activity #1
In a short bond paper, make a historical timeline of the institution of the Sacrament of
Baptism (from the institution of the Sacrament until the present day practice of the Sacrament of
Baptism). Take a picture of it and submit it in the Google Classroom. “Assignment Week 2:
History of Baptism.”

Home-Learning Activity #2: Baptism

Write your reflection on the Microsoft Word about the grace of life you have received
from God. Copy the format given in the Google Classroom and write your reflection using that
format.
Guide questions for reflection:
a. In what way have you experienced the grace of life from God? Cite particular
instances.
b. How would you treasure the grace of life you have received from God as well
as the grace of life received by other people?
c. In what way would you express your gratitude to God for the life He has given
you?

Submit your reflection at the end of 1st Quarter together with other reflections you will be
making in the future. Instructions will be given at the end of the Quarter.

Home-Learning Activity #3: Records of Your Daily Prayer and Weekly Mass Attendance
Create a Daily Time Table and specify the time you allot for prayer, include your weekly
attendance for Sunday Mass. Copy the format given in the Google Classroom and submit the
answered form when finished. Submit weekly your Weekly Sunday Mass Attendance for
checking.

Take note of the following for your weekly attendance for Sunday Mass:
a. The Gospel Reading of that particular Sunday Mass celebration
b. The main theme of the homily delivered by the homilist of the Mass
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Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994). Definitive Edition. Vatican: Libreria Editrice
Vaticana, pp. 343-360.

Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). Catechism for Filipino Catholics
(2005). Manila, Philippines: Claretian Publications, pp. 388-401.

Christian Community Bible (2015). Claret Publishing Group: Quezon City, Philippines, Gen
6:5-8:22

Pirlo, Paolo O. (2018). The Seven Sacraments. Parañaque City, Philippines: Sons of Holy Mary
Immaculate, Quality Catholic Publications, pp. 12-21.

The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVVP_ONDY1Q Retrieved: June 1, 2020

Youth Catechism (2011). San Francisco: Ignatius Press, p. 116-120.