What Is It? The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick is exactly what it says. It is a prayerful celebration for someone or for a group of people who are ill and are blessed by the priest with Holy Oil. It is not a sign that someone is dying as it was perceived in [...]
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Ordination
What is it? The sacrament of Holy Orders, which is often called ordination, is the sacrament by which the Church confers the grace to administer the sacraments on a particular person. During the celebration of the sacrament the bishop places his hands on the head of the candidate who is to be ordained and prays [...]
Marriage
What is it? Marriage, as a Christian sacrament, is a lifelong and faithful union of a man and a woman mutually committed to sharing their life and love together. Modeled after and strengthened by God’s own love for his people, it’s an intimate partnership in which each person gives the other freedom to grow and [...]
Confirmation
What is it? Confirmation celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit. In the Acts of the Apostles chapter 2, verses 1 to 13, we read of the Apostles receiving the Holy Spirit. They had been hiding after Jesus’ death, afraid and uncertain. The coming of the Holy Spirit with his gifts inspired them and enabled [...]
Eucharist
What is it? The Sacrament of Eucharist or Communion is a Sacrament by which the believer partakes in the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ, present in the Bread and Wine. We believe that the Lord Jesus instituted the Eucharist in a Passover meal with his disciples when he “He took bread, blessed it and [...]
Penance
What Is It? The Sacrament of Penance is also known as the ‘Sacrament of Reconciliation’ or traditionally called ‘Confession’. It is the rite by which sins are confessed and forgiven. Sin is failure to recognise and love God in the way we think or act. Sin is also not just a failure to love God [...]
Baptism
What is it? Baptism is the first of the seven sacraments, and it is one that all the Christian denominations share in common, even though each religion baptizes at different ages and some in different ways. As baptism leaves an indelible mark on a person, they can only be baptized once in their lives. In [...]
