Over the centuries the Church has discerned that our Lord Jesus Christ instituted and entrusted seven sacraments, which can be split into three categories: sacraments of initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist); sacraments of healing (Confession and Anointing of the Sick); sacraments at the service of communion (Marriage and Holy Orders)
Sacraments
The Sacrament of Baptism is the gateway to all the other sacraments, and as such is the first step of becoming a Christian. Jesus taught His Disciples to baptize with water in the Name of the...
As the Catechism of the Catholic Church explains, the forgiveness of sins committed after Baptism is conferred by the Sacrament of Reconciliation (also commonly referred to as “Penance” or...
Catholics worship Holy Communion (or the Eucharist) as the real and living presence, body and blood, soul and divinity, of Jesus Christ. In John Chapter 6, Jesus tells the crowd that unless one eats...
The Sacrament of Confirmation is a strengthening of the grace we receive at Baptism, and can be thought of as “deputization” in the Faith, being given the power of adulthood as a Catholic Christian....
As people of faith, we hold that God is the author of marriage and that Jesus elevated this lifelong union of one man and one woman to the dignity of a sacrament. As such, divine grace is bestowed...
As the Catechism of the Catholic Church explains, “Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of...
The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick is intended to strengthen those who are being tried by illness or old age, imparting grace to unite one’s own sufferings to the sufferings of Jesus, and to...