Catechism index

1526 IN BRIEF "Is any among you sick? Let him call for the presbyters of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the …
1527 IN BRIEF The sacrament of Anointing of the Sick has as its purpose the conferral of a special grace on the Christian experiencing the difficulties inherent in the condition of grave illness or old …
1528 IN BRIEF The proper time for receiving this holy anointing has certainly arrived when the believer begins to be in danger of death because of illness or old age.
1529 IN BRIEF Each time a Christian falls seriously ill, he may receive the Anointing of the Sick, and also when, after he has received it, the illness worsens.
1530 IN BRIEF Only priests (presbyters and bishops) can give the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick, using oil blessed by the bishop, or if necessary by the celebrating presbyter himself.
1531 IN BRIEF The celebration of the Anointing of the Sick consists essentially in the anointing of the forehead and hands of the sick person (in the Roman Rite) or of other parts of the …
1532 IN BRIEF The special grace of the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick has as its effects: - the uniting of the sick person to the passion of Christ, for his own good …
1533 THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION 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 …
1534 THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION 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. …
1535 THE SACRAMENTS AT THE SERVICE OF COMMUNION Through these sacraments those already consecrated by Baptism and Confirmation 1 for the common priesthood of all the faithful can receive particular consecrations. Those who receive the sacrament of Holy Orders are …
1536 THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of time: thus it is the sacrament …
1537 I. Why Is This Sacrament Called "Orders"? The word order in Roman antiquity designated an established civil body, especially a governing body. Ordinatio means incorporation into an ordo. In the Church there are established bodies which Tradition, not without …
1538 I. Why Is This Sacrament Called "Orders"? Integration into one of these bodies in the Church was accomplished by a rite called ordinatio, a religious and liturgical act which was a consecration, a blessing or a sacrament. Today the …
1539 II. The Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Economy of Salvation The chosen people was constituted by God as "a kingdom of priests and a holy nation." 6 But within the people of Israel, God chose one of the twelve tribes, that of …
1540 II. The Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Economy of Salvation Instituted to proclaim the Word of God and to restore communion with God by sacrifices and prayer, 9 this priesthood nevertheless remains powerless to bring about salvation, needing to repeat its sacrifices …
1541 II. The Sacrament of Holy Orders in the Economy of Salvation The liturgy of the Church, however, sees in the priesthood of Aaron and the service of the Levites, as in the institution of the seventy elders, 11 a prefiguring of the ordained …
1542 and did not leave your sanctuary without ministers to serve you.... 12 At the ordination of priests, the Church prays: Lord, holy Father, . . . when you had appointed high priests to rule your people, you chose other men next to them in …
1543 the fullness of their father's power. 13 In the consecratory prayer for ordination of deacons, the Church confesses: Almighty God . . .. You make the Church, Christ's body, grow to its full stature as a new and greater …
1544 and gave them your blessing as their everlasting inheritance. 14 Everything that the priesthood of the Old Covenant prefigured finds its fulfillment in Christ Jesus, the "one mediator between God and men." 15 The Christian tradition considers Melchizedek, "priest of God Most …
1545 and gave them your blessing as their everlasting inheritance. 14 The redemptive sacrifice of Christ is unique, accomplished once for all; yet it is made present in the Eucharistic sacrifice of the Church. the same is true of the one priesthood of …