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.
The
two sacraments 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.
What
happens in Holy Orders?
The
man who is ordained receives a gift of the Holy Spirit that gives him a sacred
authority that is conferred upon him by Christ through the bishop.
Being a priest does not mean just assuming an
office or a ministry. Through Holy Orders a priest receives as a gift a
definite power and a mission for his brothers and sisters in faith. (YOUCAT
questions 248 & 249)
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