1. The Seven Sacraments
An overview

2. SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION

3. BAPTISM To baptize means to be immersed in water.
Once we were baptized, we are immersed and die with our sins, rise from the water together with the new life with Christ.
Baptism started during Pentecost, it is the day where Jesus commanded the apostles to baptize in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

4. The deacons, priests, and bishops can baptize
The deacons, priests, and bishops can baptize. In extraordinary cases, anyone can baptize as long as he has the intention to save the soul of a person as how the Church does.
Baptism is necessary for salvation of those who have heard the Gospel and those who are willing to receive it.
There are also other types of baptism: The Baptism of Blood for those who are not yet baptized but died for faith; and the Baptism of Desire for those who are willing to receive it but never have the chance to have it.

5. The effects of baptism are:
Children who died and are not baptized are entrusted by the Church to the Mercy of God.
The effects of baptism are:
Taking away the original sin
Becoming part of the divine life with the Trinity
Sharing in the priestly, prophetic, and kingly offices of Christ and communion with all the Christians
It bestows the theological virtues and the gifts of the Holy Spirit
An indelible mark which can never be taken away from a baptized person. Forever Christian.

7. CONFIRMATION
It is also called Chrisimation because of the act of the anointing of the Holy Chrism.
It is called Confirmation because it confirms and strengthens the baptismal grace we already received.
Those who are already baptized can receive this sacrament. The candidate must also be in the state of grace.

8. The effects of confirmation are:
Special outpouring of the Holy Spirit
Reinvigorates the gifts of the Holy Spirit
Special strength to witness to the Christian Faith
The minister of the sacrament is only the Bishop. In some cases, priests who are delegated by the Bishop can minister it.

10. EUCHARIST
The Eucharist is the very sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
It is a sign of unity, a bond of charity, a paschal banquet, in which Christ is consumed, the mind is filled with grace, and a pledge of future glory is given to us.
Christ instituted the Eucharist during the Last Supper, Maundy Thursday.
Eucharist is the source and summit of all Christian life.
The Eucharist unfolds in two great parts: The Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist.

11. The minister of the Eucharistic Celebration is a validly ordained priest or bishop who acts in persona Christi and in persona Christi capitis.
The essential elements of the Eucharist are the wheat bread and the grape wine.
Jesus’ sacrifice at the cross and the celebration of the Eucharist are one and the same. We make present the sacrifice of Christ through the Eucharist as how he said, “Do this in memory of me”.

12. Christ is present in the Eucharist sacramentally
Christ is present in the Eucharist sacramentally. It was made possible through the doctrine of Transubstantiation which hanged the whole substance of the bread and wine into the true substance of the body and blood of Christ through the consecratory prayers.
We can receive the Eucharistic communion when we are in the state of grace, by confessing our sins. For those who are baptized in an adult age, they can already receive the Eucharist even without confessing their sins because baptism takes away all sins, not just the original sin.

13. SACRAMENTS OF HEALING

14. PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION
This sacrament is also called confession, forgiveness, and conversion.
Christ instituted this sacrament and we receive it after baptism because we still commit sin and become far from God. This heals us from our sinfulness.
Christ instituted this sacrament on the evening of Easter when he appeared to his disciples saying, “Receive the Holy Spirit, if you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained” (John 20:22-23).

15. There are two essentials elements in this sacrament: (1) The acts of the penitent who comes to repentance through the action of the Holy spirit; and (2) the absolution of the priest who in the name of Christ grants forgiveness and determines the ways of making satisfactions.
The acts of the penitent in this sacrament are: the examination of conscience, contrition, confession, and the satisfaction or carrying out of the penance.

16. All sins that are not yet confessed should be confessed, both venial and mortal sin.
All the faithful having reached the age of reason should confess their sins at least once in a year.
Only priests and Bishops can forgive sins through the sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.

18. ANOINTING OF THE SICK
In the Old Testament, sickness is always related to sinfulness.
Jesus’ acts towards the sick is a manifestation of His willingness to heal not only their bodily sickness, but most of all their spiritual sickness.
This sacrament is instituted by Christ during his ministry and was attested by James: “Is anyone among you sick? Let him call in the presbyters of the Church and let them pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of our Lord” (James 5:14-15).

19. All members of the Church can receive this sacrament as long as he is in the danger of death due to sickness. It can be done many times to a sick person, and if possible confess his sins.
Only the priests and bishops can administer this sacrament.
Viaticum, the administering of the Holy Eucharist to the sick, is done if the sick person can still take it in as a communion with Jesus sacramentally.

21. SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION AND MISSION

22. HOLY ORDERS
Through this sacrament, the mission entrusted by Christ to the apostles is continued.
Orders designates an ecclesial body into which one enters by means of a special consecration – ordination.
The Sacrament of the Holy Orders is composed of three degrees: The Episcopate (Bishop), the Presbyterate (Priest), and the Diaconate (Deacon).
Episcopal ordination confers the fullness of the Holy Orders. It makes the bishop a legitimate successor to the apostles.

23. A bishop fulfills the office of shepherd and is assisted by his own priests and deacons.
A priest carries out the duty of shepherding a community or parish entrusted to him by the bishop.
A deacon, is ordained for service of the Church. He is tasked to the ministry of the Word, Divine Worship, pastoral care and of charity.
This sacrament is celebrated by means of the imposition of the hands on the head of the ordained by the Bishop who pronounces the solemn prayer of consecration.

24. Only the Bishop can confer this sacrament to a person, who undergone formation and is judged by the Church as worthy of receiving it. No one can demand for this sacrament.
Consecrated lay people are the religious brothers and nuns. They are not ordained nor part of the Holy Orders. They chose to live in service with the Lord through their chosen vocation.

26. HOLY MATRIMONY
God planned that man and woman be together and pro-create.
Sin threatens marriage by discord and infidelity.
Matrimony is not an obligation. Any one wishes to remain single can do so, and thus live in single blessedness.
This sacrament should be a public celebration, with the priest as the witness of the Church and other witnesses chosen by the couple.

27. The matrimonial consent is a necessity in this sacrament
The matrimonial consent is a necessity in this sacrament. It is the giving of themselves to one another faithfully and truthfully, without being forced by any other person.
A mixed marriage can be accepted only if it is approved by the Church authority. If one of the couple did not converted in to Catholicism, they should be obliged and are advised to raise their children with the Catholic faith, baptized, and has a catholic education.

28. This sacrament gives a perpetual and exclusive bond between the spouses as God seals their matrimony through their consent of loving one another.
Adultery and polygamy are gravely opposed to the sacrament of matrimony for it contradicts the vows of loving one another faithfully.
A physical separation is allowed by the Church if they are no longer fitted to live together. But, one is not allowed to enter another contract unless the previous marriage is declared by the Church authority as null and void.