#5: The Sacraments in Christianity

1. Baptism

2. Eucharist

3. Confirmation

4. Reconciliation

5. Anointing of the Sick

6. Marriage

7. Holy Orders

Using the list given above please fill in blanks for the items below.

1) In Baptism, God's very presence, enters into the human soul. 2) The Eucharist is the receiving of the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ in what appears to be bread and wine.

3) Confirmation provides a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit, which helps lead a mature Christian life. It "renders the bond with the Church more perfect."

4) In Reconciliation, which is also called Confession or Penance, a Catholicconfesses his or her sins to a priest in the spirit of true repentance and receives forgiveness. The priest acts as a visible representative of Christ, Who forgives sins through him.

5) Anointing of the Sick offers the comfort to those who are ill. The sacrament provides spiritual and sometimes physical healing, according to God's will, but also allows the sick person to join his or her sufferings to Christ and prepare for death.

6) Marriage, or Matrimony, joins a man and a woman together in a life-long covenant of self-giving love. The two spouses give their consent to join together in marriage as the Church defines it. (Not a sacrament in Protestantism).

7) In Holy Orders, men are ordained as bishops, priests, and deacons through a bishop's laying on of hands and prayer.