The Sacraments In General
A Sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace
There are 7 Sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Eucharist or Communion, Penance or Confession, Extreme Unction or Anointing of the sick, Holy Orders and Holy Matrimony
The Sacraments have the power of giving grace from the merits of Jesus Christ
The Sacraments have the power of giving grace from the merits of Jesus Christ
Some of the sacraments give sanctifying grace and others increase it in our souls
The Sacraments that give sanctifying grace are Baptism and Penance or Confession and they are called the Sacraments of the dead
Baptism and Penance or Confession are called Sacraments of the dead because they take away sin, which is the death of the soul and give grace which is its life.
The Sacraments that increase sanctifying grace in our soul are: Confirmation, Holy Eucharist or Communion, Extreme Unction or Anointing of the sick, Holy Orders, and Holy Matrimony and they are called Sacraments of the living
Confirmation, Holy Eucharist or Communion, Extreme Unction or Anointing of the sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony are called Sacraments of the living, because those who receive them worthily are already living the life of grace
He who receives the Sacrament of the living in mortal sin commits a sacrilege, which is a great sin, because it is an abuse of sacred thing
Besides sanctifying grace the Sacraments give another grace, called sacramental
Sacramental grace is special help which God gives, to attain the end for which He instituted each Sacrament.
The Sacrament always give grace, if we receive them with the right dispositions
We can receive Sacraments more than once, except Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Orders
We cannot receive Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Orders more than once because they imprint a character in the soul
The character which these sacraments imprint the soul is a spiritual mark which lives forever
This character remains in the soul even after death: for the honor and glory of those who are saved; for the shame and punishment of those who are lost
Copyright © Jacqueline R. Mendoza | Year Posted 2022
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