The Seven Sacraments

SACRAMENTS

Sarah Allen

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Baptism: Pg. 3

Confirmation: Pg.

4

Holy Eucharist:

Pg. 5

Penance: Pg. 6

Extreme Unction:

Pg. 7

Orders: Pg. 8

Matrimony: Pg. 9

Baptism is the

purification of the soul

by being dipped in

water. It cleans the

person being baptized

and allows him or her to

be anointed with sacred

chrism.

BAPTISM

During confirmation, the Holy

Spirit is sent by Jesus to lay a

hand upon the forehead of the

recipient and give to them the

seven gifts of the Holy Spirit:

wisdom, understanding,

counsel, fortitude, knowledge,

piety, and fear of the Lord.

CONFIRMATION

The Eucharist is the

symbolic Last Supper of

Jesus Christ. Those

participating in it eat

wheat bread and drink

grape whine, which the

priest consecrates so

that they become the

body and blood of Christ.

HOLY EUCHARIST

Also known as

Confession, it involves

three steps: the

penitent's contrition or

sorrow for his sins, the

actual confession to a

priest and absolution,

and then penance or

restitution for his sins.

PENANCE

Otherwise known as the

Anointing of the Sick, this is

a ritual given to seriously ill

Christians to help them to

accept sickness as a

purifying cross sent by God

and give them the grace

even to accept death if that

is God's will.

EXTREME UNCTION

The Holy Orders are

when someone devotes

their life to God by

becoming a brother, nun,

deacon, priest, bishop,

cardinal, or even the

pope.

ORDERS

Matrimony, or marriage,

is the holy, natural union

between two (or more)

people. The basic goal

of marriage is to create

children and, in some

cases, create a political

or social alliance.

MATRIMONY

WORK CITED

"The Seven Sacraments." jesuschristsavior.net. N.p.,

n.d. Web. 24 Oct

2011.

<http://www.jesuschristsavior.net/Sacraments.html>

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