The Difference between Sacraments and Sacramentals

1. What
is
Sacraments?
Sacramentals?

2. The constitution on the liturgy dedicates an entire chapter to the
sacraments and sacramentals. In the Article 59, the purpose of the
sacraments is to make people holy, building up the Body of Christ and
giving worship to God. But being signs, they also have a teaching
function. This means that sacraments sanctify, build ecclesial
community worshiping God and teaching the faithful. However, to fully
obtain the effects of the sacraments, the faithful should receive the
sacraments with faith and understanding. Because as sacraments of
faith, they presuppose and at the same time nourish the faith of those
who receive them, and also they consist of signs by which their nature
and purpose are manifested.

3. Article 60 of the
Constitution on the
Sacred Liturgy
The Holy Mother Church has,
in addition instituted sacramental
that signifies effects, spiritual
effects, which are obtained through
her intercession.
For sacramental disposes people to receive
chief effects and even leading to receive
them fruitfully.

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Therefore, in the Article 61 of the Constitution concludes that
for the Faithful, the effects of the liturgy of sacraments and
sacramental is to make their lives holy by the divine grace
which flows from the paschal mystery.

5. The sacraments are efficient signs of grace, instituted by Christ and
entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us. They were
instituted to be celebrated and they are liturgical rites consisting of proclaimed
texts, gestures and symbols, and often material things.
The Catechism reaffirms the teaching that the Church celebrates the
sacraments as a priestly community structured by the baptismal priesthood
and the priesthood of the ordained ministers which is deeply anchors in Christ
who is always present in the Church, associating her with himself in his priestly
office especially in the liturgy.

6. Sacrament of
Baptism
The Sacrament of Baptism has the first
rank among the Seven Holy Sacraments, as it is
the door by which the believer enters the church
and has the right to partake in the rest of the
Sacraments.
the basis of the whole Christian life
the gateway to life in the Spirit
the door which gives access to the other
sacraments
By Baptism we are born into a new
creation.

7. Sacrament of
Confirmation
The sacrament of confirmation is
another sacrament of the three
essential sacraments of the Christian
initiation.
it completes the baptismal grace
By the sacrament of confirmation
the baptized are become more perfectly
bound to the Church and are enriched
with a special strength of the Holy Spirit
so that they may become a true
witnesses of Christ, more strictly obliged
to spread and defend the faith by word
and action.
The essential rite of confirmation is the
anointing of the sacred Chrism, the oil mixed
with balsam and consecrated by the bishop
which is done by laying on of the hand of the
minister who pronounces the sacramental
words proper to the rite.
The effects of confirmation is a special
outpouring of the Holy Spirit like what happen
during the Pentecost.

8. Sacrament of Holy
Communion
This sacrament completes the Christian
initiation.
Those who have been raised to the dignity of
royal priesthood by virtue of Baptism and
configured deeply by the sacrament of
Confirmation to Christ are called to partake
the Lord’s heavenly banquet, the Eucharist.
The Eucharist is the very sacrifice of the
Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus which he
instituted to perpetuate the sacrifice of the
cross throughout the ages until his return in
glory.
It is the source and summit of all
Christian life
It contains the whole spiritual good
of the Church that is Jesus Christ.
Through the Eucharistic celebration
we are united with the liturgy of heaven
and we have a foretaste of eternal life.

9. Sacrament of Penance
and Reconciliation
The Sacrament of Reconciliation is
one of the most unique and beautiful
aspects of Catholicism. Jesus Christ, in His
abundant love and mercy, established the
Sacrament of Confession, so that sinners
can obtain forgiveness for their sins and
reconcile with God and the Church.
Sacrament of Reconciliation is also
known as Penance and Confession, among
other names.
It is called Sacrament of
Reconciliation, because it imparts to the
sinner the love of God to whom we
reconcile.
It leads us to God’s grace and
mercy.
For the power of this sacrament is
to restores us to God’s grace and joining
us with him in an intimate friendship.

10. Sacrament of
Anointing of the Sick
Through this sacrament people
receive forgiveness for their sins and
comfort in their suffering; they are
restored in spirit; and sometimes they
even experience the return of physical
health.
It also marks that God wants to
give comfort to the suffering and
wants them to relieve suffering where
they can.

11. Sacrament of Holy
Orders
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.
This sacrament instituted by Christ
himself, is administered by the laying on of
hands by the Bishop, through which the
priest is given the power to serve the Church
through his preaching, teaching and
celebration of the Sacraments.

12. Sacrament of Holy
Matrimony
In the Jewish and Christian Tradition the
exchange of the wedding vows before God and
community is seen as a sacred moment and the
resulting union is regarded as a holy, lifelong
covenant.
The Christians, and specifically the Catholic
Tradition, considers marriage between two baptized
persons to be a sacrament - a sign and source of
grace - God’s life-giving Spirit of Love.
That is why marriage as a sacrament is a
serious and sacred commitment that calls a man
and a woman to each other in the most profound
and permanent way.
Their mutual love is a reminder of the love
of Jesus Christ. By the grace of this sacrament, they
become able to love one another as Christ loved
them. As a married couple, they become a visible
sign and reminder of Christ’s love for each other
and for all people.