Sacraments

The Sacraments

Of The Roman Catholic Church

The seven sacraments are drawn from the love that Jesus has for all of us as shown by his life, passion, death, and resurrection. This love is extended to us by the Holy Spirit through human ceremonies instituted by Christ. They offer union with God during seven significant life stages. As our liturgy tells us, our God “always walk[s] with us on the journey of life” (cf. Eucharistic Prayer for Use in Masses for Various Needs).


Each sacrament is formed by words and gestures that explain what God is doing for us. The materials that we use (water, bread, wine, oil) point to the divine love of our God, who freely chooses to share his grace with us through them. Just as Christ is fully human and divine, so the sacraments have a human and a divine aspect. The sacraments are about God’s loving involvement in our lives.


Confirmation

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. - Acts 2:4

Marriage

Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. - Genesis 2:24

Holy Orders

And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fish for people. - Matthew 4:19

Baptism

And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. - Mark 1:10

Communion

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh. - John 6:51

Reconciliation

All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation - 2 Corinthians 5:18

Anointing

Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord. - James 5:14

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God lovingly touches all of the stages of life through the seven sacraments. Pope Francis talks about the sacraments and their meaning in our everyday lives as Christians.

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