Seven Sacraments

The Sacraments are sacred signs of divine origin, instituted by Jesus Christ, that reveal and communicate grace.

The Catholic Church accepts seven Sacraments which ‘touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life’ (Catechism of the Catholic Church 1210) and can be grouped in this way:

Sacraments of Initiation:
1) Baptism 2) Eucharist 3) Confirmation

Sacraments of Healing:
1) Reconciliation 2) Anointing of the Sick

Sacraments at the Service of Communion:
1) Holy Orders 2) Holy Matrimony

The Sacrament of Baptism

Sacrament of Baptism is the first step in a lifelong journey of commitment and discipleship. Baptism is the first sacrament of Christian initiation. Through Baptism we are freed from sin, we become adopted sons and daughters of God and are embraced into the family of the Church. Baptism transforms us. It marks our soul for life and eternity. In baptism, the Holy Spirit moves us to answer Christ’s call to holiness. In baptism, we are asked to walk by the light of Christ and to trust in his wisdom. We are invited to submit our hearts to Christ with ever deeper love.
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The Sacrament of the Eucharist (or Holy Communion)

Eucharist is ‘the source and summit of the Christian life.’ The other sacraments are bound up with the Eucharist and are oriented toward it. For in the blessed Eucharist is contained the whole spiritual good of the Church, namely Christ himself’.
Reception of the Eucharist for the first time completes a person’s reception of the Sacraments of Initiation into the Christian life. The Eucharist brings about our intimate union with Jesus Christ because it is a sacrament of love, with his Church because it is a sign of unity and with the very presence of the risen Christ who shares his life with us. As Jesus announced, ‘Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them’ (John 6:56).

The Sacrament of Reconciliation (or Confession)

Reconciliation (officially called the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation or Confession) is the Sacrament in which we receive forgiveness from Christ. We repent and confess our sins, and are absolved of sin through the ministry of a priest, who acts in the person of Christ when he pronounces the words ‘I absolve you from your sins in the name of Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit’.

The Sacrament of Confirmation

Sacrament of Confirmation, the baptised are more perfectly bound to the Church and are enriched with a special strength of the Holy Spirit. Hence, they are, as true witnesses of Christ, more strictly obliged to spread and defend the faith by word and deed.
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The Sacrament of Marriage

Sacrament of Matrimony signifies the union of Christ and the Church. It gives spouses the grace to love each other with the love with which Christ has loved his Church; the grace of the sacrament thus perfects the human love of the spouses, strengthens their indissoluble unity, and sanctifies them on the way to eternal life.
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The Sacrament of Holy Orders / Priesthood

Through Holy Orders, the Church hands down from century to century the ministry entrusted by Jesus Christ to his apostles, until the end of time.
Three Degrees of Holy Orders: There are three orders of the Sacrament of Holy Orders namely: Episcopate (Bishop), Presbyterate (Priest) and Diaconate (Deacon).

The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick

Illness can lead to anguish, self-absorption, sometimes even despair and revolt against God. It can also make a person more mature, helping him discern in his or her life what is not essential so that he or she can turn toward that which is.
Very often illness provokes a search for God and a return to him.