The 7 Sacraments

The 7 Sacraments

1. Baptism

   • It is when our sin is washed away when the priest pours water on our head than anoint oil making the cross on our forehead and it is the cleansing of us and it means welcoming us to a Christian family.
   • Acts 2:38 in the bible say“Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.” This scripture encourages us that when we are baptized, we are given the gift of the Holy Spirit and he becomes part of us.
   • Water, Oil, White garment, Candle

2. Confirmation

   • It is to complete baptism and to bring us closer to the church and our faith. Also increasing the gifts of the Holy Spirit in us.
   • Cross, Oil,

3. Eucharist

   • In the bible John 6:53-54, Jesus tells us that unless one eats his body and drink his blood, we have no life. “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.” He adds in John 6:54-56 that his body is food and his blood, a drink.
   • It unites us Catholics with Christ’s sacrifice on the cross and the bread is the sign of Jesus’s body and the wine is the sign of his blood, whenever we going to church to get our communion it reminds us of Jesus.
   • Wine, Bread

4. Reconciliation

   • It is about Christ extending his hand to forgive our sins and to come closer to church and God it involves confessing your sins contrition means you are sorry for what you did wrong and absolution means that Christ forgives you for what you did wrong and satisfaction means to repair what we did wrong that made you sin. And it gives you counseling to someone.
   • Contrition, Confession, Absolution, Satisfaction

5. Marriage

   • Ephesians 5:25: "For husbands, this means love your wives, just as Christ loved the church. He gave up his life for her." 9. Genesis 2:24: "Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife and they shall become one flesh."
   • The symbols of the ring are marriage arrangement and eternity the second symbol is a candle this symbol represents God’s presence within the union.
   • Rings, Candles,

6. Holy Orders

   • it is when we welcome people who want to teach God’s word and serve him too and the bible says that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. From Luke 24:47
   • Decon-Book of the Gospel, Stole, and Dalmatic, Priest-Paten, and Chalice, Stole, and Chasuble, Bishop-Miter, Bishop’s Ring, Crozier, Book of the Gospel

7. Anointing of the Sick

   • It is when we pray for the person who is sick or when someone is going to have surgery so then we pray for them. James 5:14–15: "Is any man sick among you? Let him bring in the priests of the church and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith shall save the sick man.