Category: Sacraments

THE CATHOLIC SACRAMENT OF ANOINTING OF THE SICK, FORMERLY KNOWN AS LAST RITES OR EXTREME UNCTION, IS A RITUAL OF HEALING APPROPRIATE NOT ONLY FOR PHYSICAL BUT ALSO

AS CATHOLICS WE BELIEVE THE EUCHARIST, OR COMMUNION, IS BOTH A SACRIFICE AND A MEAL. WE BELIEVE IN THE REAL PRESENCE OF JESUS, WHO DIED FOR OUR SINS.

FOR CATHOLICS, THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE, OR HOLY MATRIMONY, IS A PUBLIC SIGN THAT ONE GIVES ONESELF TOTALLY TO THIS OTHER PERSON. IT IS ALSO A PUBLIC STATEMENT

IN THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS, OR ORDINATION, THE PRIEST BEING ORDAINED VOWS TO LEAD OTHER CATHOLICS BY BRINGING THEM THE SACRAMENTS (ESPECIALLY THE EUCHARIST), BY PROCLAIMING THE

CONFIRMATION IS A CATHOLIC SACRAMENT OF MATURE CHRISTIAN COMMITMENT AND A DEEPENING OF BAPTISMAL GIFTS. IT IS ONE OF THE THREE SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION FOR CATHOLICS. IT IS