Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Orders
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Catechism of the Catholic Church Lesson 176
Ave Maria series
176 Which sacraments can be
received only once in a lifetime?
Baptism, Confirmation and Holy Orders. These sacraments
imprint an indelible mark on the soul of the Christian. Baptism and Confirmation make him once and
for all a child of God and Christlike.
Holy Orders similarly leaves an imprint on a Christian man. [1121]
The late Bishop Hamms of Superior
administers the Sacrament of Confirmation to my daughter Laurie Bragg (center)
with her aunt Margaret Racanelli (hand on Laurie’s shoulder) acting as sponsor.
.....176
Just as someone always is and remains a child of his parents
and not just “sometimes” or “a little bit”), so also through Baptism and
Confirmation one becomes forever a child of God, Christlike, and a member of
his Church. Similarly, Holy Orders is
not a “job” that a man does until retirement; rather, it is an irrevocable
charism (gift of grace). Because God is
faithful, the effect of these sacraments is maintained forever for the
Christian—as receptivity to God’s call, as a vocation, and as protection. Consequently these sacraments cannot be
repeated.
When the goodness and loving kindness of our Savior
appeared, he saved us…by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy
Spirit. Titus 3:4-5
This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and
stewards of the mysteries of God. 1 Corinthians 4:1
[1121]
THE SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
1121 The three sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and Holy
Orders confer, in addition to grace, a sacramental character or "seal" by which
the Christian shares in Christ's priesthood and is made a member of the Church
according to different states and functions. This configuration to Christ) and to the Church,
brought about by the Spirit, is indelible,( compare Council of Trent (1547:
Danzinger-Schönmetzer 1609.)40 it remains for ever in the Christian as a
positive disposition for grace, a promise and guarantee of divine protection,
and as a vocation to divine worship and to the service of the Church. Therefore
these sacraments can never be repeated. –Catechism
of the Catholic Church
Sacrament Confirmation
Bishop
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