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    The document summarizes the 7 sacraments of the Catholic Church: Baptism is the first sacrament and gateway to others, incorporating recipients into the Church. Confirmation enriches the baptized with the Holy Spirit. The Eucharist contains Christ and is the source of Christian life. Penance provides pardon for sins through God's mercy and reconciliation. Anointing of the Sick strengthens those who are ill. Matrimony establishes a lifelong partnership between spouses for their good and to procreate. Holy Orders ordains bishops, priests, and deacons to perform sacred duties through ordination.

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    The document summarizes the 7 sacraments of the Catholic Church: Baptism is the first sacrament and gateway to others, incorporating recipients into the Church. Confirmation enriches the baptized with the Holy Spirit. The Eucharist contains Christ and is the source of Christian life. Penance provides pardon for sins through God's mercy and reconciliation. Anointing of the Sick strengthens those who are ill. Matrimony establishes a lifelong partnership between spouses for their good and to procreate. Holy Orders ordains bishops, priests, and deacons to perform sacred duties through ordination.

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    The document summarizes the 7 sacraments of the Catholic Church: Baptism is the first sacrament and gateway to others, incorporating recipients into the Church. Confirmation enriches the baptized with the Holy Spirit. The Eucharist contains Christ and is the source of Christian life. Penance provides pardon for sins through God's mercy and reconciliation. Anointing of the Sick strengthens those who are ill. Matrimony establishes a lifelong partnership between spouses for their good and to procreate. Holy Orders ordains bishops, priests, and deacons to perform sacred duties through ordination.

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    Part I: Information About the 7 Sacraments

    The Catholic Church has 7 sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Anointing of
    the Sick, Matrimony, and Holy Orders. Baptism is the first and fundamental sacrament. It is the gate to
    the other sacraments. It is also the purifying sacrament of rebirth. It is the means by which its recipients
    are incorporated into the church in a sacramental bond of unity. By a signing with the gift of the Spirit,
    confirmation enriches the baptized with the Holy Spirit, binding them more perfectly to the Church, and
    strengthening them in their witness to Christ by word and deed and in their work to bring to its fullness
    the Body of Christ. Confirmation is conferred through anointing with chrism and the laying on of hands.
    The Eucharist is the most august sacrament, in which Christ himself is contained, offered and received,
    and by which the Church constantly lives and grows. The Eucharistic Sacrifice, the memorial of the death
    and resurrection of the Lord, in which the sacrifice of the cross is perpetuated over the centuries, is the
    summit and source of all Christian life and worship; it signifies and effects the unity of the people of God
    and achieves the building up of the Body of Christ. Through penance, the faithful receive pardon through
    God's mercy for the sins they have committed. At the same time, they are reconciled with the Church
    community. The confession, or disclosure, of sins frees us and facilitates our reconciliation with others.
    Through the sacrament of anointing, Christ strengthens the faithful who are afflicted by illness, providing
    them with the strongest means of support. Jesus showed great concern for the bodily and spiritual welfare
    of the sick and commanded his followers to do the same. The celebration of this sacrament is an
    opportunity for the deepening of the faith of the community who are able to witness the faith and
    devotion of those being anointed. The Church has a rich tradition in its teaching on sacramental marriage
    and covenantal union. The Old Testament authors write of God making a covenant with the chosen people
    and promising them that they will never be forsaken. The New Testament authors write of Jesus as the
    new covenant and compare the relationship of Jesus with the Church to the relationship of a husband and
    wife. The matrimonial covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a
    partnership for the whole of life, is by its nature ordered toward the good of the spouses and the
    procreation and education of offspring. Holy Orders is the sacrament by which bishops, priests and
    deacons are ordained and receive the power and grace to perform their sacred duties. The sacred rite by
    which orders are conferred is called ordination. The apostles were ordained by Jesus at the Last Supper so
    that others could share in his priesthood.

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