YOUCAT: Youth Catechism of the Catholic Church by Christoph Schonborn

Author:Christoph Schonborn
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Religion, Catholicism, Catechesis, Christianity
ISBN: 9781586175160
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 2011-06-15T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THREE

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]

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.

I will bless you . . . so that you will be a blessing.

Gen 12:2b

Only Christ [is] truly priest. But the others are his ministers.

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

(1225-1274)

Only Christ is the true priest, the others being only 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)

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