YOUCAT Lesson 248
YOUCAT the catechism for Catholic
youth
Chapter 3 The Sacraments of Communion and Mission
248 What are the names of the sacraments that
serve to build up communion in the Church?
Someone who is baptized and confirmed can receive moreover a special mission in the Church in two special sacraments and thus be enlisted in the service of God: Holy Orders and Matrimony. [1533-1535]
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The two sacraments of Matrimony and Holy Orders have something in common: They are directed to the good of others. No one is ordained just for himself, and no
one enters the married state merely for his own sake. The sacrament of Holy Orders and the sacrament
of Matrimony are supposed to build up the People of God; in other words, they
are a channel through which God pours out love into the world.
“I will bless you…so
that you will be a blessing.” Genesis 12:2b
“Only Christ (is) truly priest. But the others are his ministers.” St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
“Priestly ordination is administered as a means of
salvation, not for an individual man, but rather for the whole Church.” St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)
PART TWO
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
THE CELEBRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN MYSTERY
SECTION TWO
THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
THE SEVEN SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
CHAPTER THREE
THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION
THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION
…….1533 Baptism,
Confirmation, and Eucharist are sacraments of Christian initiation. They ground
the common vocation of all Christ's disciples, a vocation to holiness and to
the mission of evangelizing the world. They confer the graces needed for the
life according to the Spirit during this life as pilgrims on the march towards
the homeland. –Catechism of the Catholic
Church, Second Edition
…….1534 Two
other sacraments, Holy Orders and Matrimony, are directed towards the
salvation of others; if they contribute as well to personal salvation, it is
through service to others that they do so. They confer a particular mission in
the Church and serve to build up the People of God. –CCC
…….1535 Through
these sacraments those already consecrated by Baptism and Confirmation(Compare Lumen Gentium 10.)1 for the
common priesthood of all the faithful can receive particular consecrations. Those
who receive the sacrament of Holy Orders are consecrated in Christ's name "to feed the Church by the word and grace
of God."(Lumen Gentium 11 § 2.)2 On
their part, "Christian spouses are fortified and, as it were, consecrated for the duties and dignity of their state by a special
sacrament."(Gaudium
et Spes 48 § 2.)3 --CCC
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