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ABOUT THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS
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"The whole liturgical life of the Church revolves around the Eucharistic sacrifice and the sacraments.29 There are seven sacraments in the Church: Baptism, Confirmation or Chrismation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony. Sacraments are "powers that comes forth" from the Body of Christ,33 which is ever-living and life-giving. They are actions of the Holy Spirit at work in his Body, the Church. They are "the masterworks of God" in the new and everlasting covenant."
- Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1113, 1116
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THE CATECHISM CATEGORIZES THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS INTO THREE GROUPS:
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the sacraments of initiation
"The sacraments of Christian initiation—Baptism, Confirmation, and the Eucharist—lay the foundation of every Christian life. The sharing in the divine nature given to men through the grace of Christ bears a certain likeness to the origin, development, and nourishing of natural life. The faithful are born anew by Baptism, strengthened by the sacrament of Confirmation, and receive in the Eucharist the food of eternal life. By means of these sacraments of Christian initiation, they thus receive in increasing measure the treasures of the divine life and advance toward the perfection of charity." - Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1212.
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THE SACRAMENTS OF HEALING
"The Lord Jesus Christ, physician of our souls and bodies, who forgave the sins of the paralytic and restored him to bodily health, has willed that his Church continue, in the power of the Holy Spirit, his work of healing and salvation, even among her own members. This is the purpose of the two sacraments of healing: the sacrament of Penance and the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick." - Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1421
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THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION
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For more information about the Sacraments at St. Anne's, please contact the Parish Office.
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