Saint Christopher Church

The Seven Sacraments of the Church

Christ instituted the sacraments of the new law. There are seven: Baptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony. The seven sacraments touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life: they give birth and increase, healing and mission to the Christian’s life of faith. There is thus a certain resemblance between the stages of natural life and the stages of the spiritual life.

Learn about the Sacraments and recieving them at our parish.

Sacraments of Initiation

Baptism

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” Matthew 28:19

Confirmation

"Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of your love." John 20:19-23

Eucharist

"I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst." John 6:35

Sacraments of Healing

Anointing of the Sick

"The apostles anointed the sick with oil and cured them." Mark 6:13

Reconciliation

"Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord" Acts 3:19

Sacraments of Vocation

Holy Orders

"Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off." Acts 13:3

Matrimony

“And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity." Colossians 3:14