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Sacraments
Sacrament of Baptism
Baptism incorporates us into Christ and forms us into God’s people. This first sacrament pardons all our sins, rescues us from the power of darkness, and brings us to the dignity of adopted children, a new creation through water and the Holy Spirit. Hence we are called and are indeed the children of God.
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Our Savior Jesus Christ, when he gave to his apostles and their successors power to forgive sins, instituted in His Church the sacrament of penance. Thus the faithful who fall into sin after baptism may be reconciled with God and renewed in grace. In the sacrament of penance the faithful obtain from the mercy of God pardon for their sins against him; at the same time they are reconciled with the Church which they wounded by their sins and which works for their conversion by charity, example, and prayer.
Holy Communion
Coming to the table of the Eucharist, we eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man so that we may have eternal life and show forth the unity of God’s people. By offering ourselves with Christ, we share in the universal sacrifice, that is, the entire community of the redeemed offered to God by their High Priest, and we pray for a greater outpouring of the Holy Spirit, so that the whole human race may be brought into the unity of God’s family.
Sacrament of Confirmation
By signing us with the gift of the Spirit, Confirmation makes us more completely the image of the Lord and fills us with the Holy Spirit, so that we may bear witness to him before all the world and work to bring the Body of Christ to its fullness as soon as possible.
Sacrament of Marriage
Married Christians, by virtue of the sacrament of Matrimony, signify and share in the mystery of that unity and fruitful love which exists between Christ and His Church; they help each other to attain to holiness in their married life and in the raising and education of their children. Marriage arises in the covenant of matrimony, an irrevocable consent, which each partner freely bestows on and accepts from the other. This intimate union and the good of the children impose total fidelity.
Anointing of the Sick
This sacrament can be received throughout life whenever people need the Lord’s strength and healing because of illness or advancing age: e.g., when experiencing a chronic illness (such as heart disease, cancer, respiratory ailments, or diabetes), when facing surgery, when suffering from addiction, when struggling with mental illness, or when experiencing the limitations and anxiety that accompany aging.
