Essential Signs

• Each Sacrament has essential signs that must be present for the Sacrament to be valid

• Different Sacraments can be administered by different types of people

Draw up a table like this:Heading: “Sacraments and Signs”

Sacrament Essential Signs Ministers

Baptism

Sacrament Essential Signs Ministers

Baptism Washing with water, while saying “I baptise you in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit

Bishop, Priest, Deacon, or any person in the case of emergency

Confirmation

Sacrament Essential Signs Ministers

Confir-mation

Anointing with Chrism and laying on of hand to receive the Holy Spirit

A bishop, or a priest authorised by the bishop

Eucharist

Sacrament Essential Signs Ministers

Eucha-rist

Doing as Jesus did at the Last Supper – using bread and wine and his words and actions

Only a bishop or a priest can celebrate the Eucharist

Penance / Reconciliation

Sacrament Essential Signs Ministers

Pen-ance / Recon-ciliation

Confessing sins with true sorrow and receiving absolution and a penance

A bishop, or a priest author-ised to hear confessions

Anointing of the Sick

Sacrament Essential Signs Ministers

Anoint-ing of the sick

Anointing with the holy oil during a prayer asking for forgiveness and healing

A bishop or priest

Marriage

Sacrament Essential Signs Ministers

Mar-riage

Mutual consent of a man and a women to live together forever with the intention of raising a family

A baptised man and a baptised women

A priest or a Bishop

Holy Orders

Sacrament Essential Signs Ministers

Holy Orders

Laying on of hands, with a prayer asking for God to give the powers of ministry of a bishop, priest or deacon

A bishop