Holy Orders
The Sacrament of Holy Orders
This sacrament ordains men to carry on the mission started by Jesus Christ and to insure that His bride, the Church continues. It includes three degrees: episcopate (bishops), presbyterate (priest), and diaconate (those who assist the bishops and priests).
The Minister of the sacrament is the diocesan bishop. He may ordain priests and deacons as he see necessary to serve in his diocese. He may ordain bishop with permission from the Pope.
Who can receive this sacrament?
A baptized man who has been called by ordination by God as his vocation. A man must be celibate or unmarried. Deacons can be married at the time of their ordination but if their spouse dies, they cannot remarry. A man can't have any impediments to ordination. Some of these impediments include: mental illness, physical incapacity (must have hands to celebrate the sacrament and must be able to ingest the Body and Blood of Christ) and should be faithful to the teaching of the Church.
The Effect of the Sacrament is a unique relationship with Jesus Christ. It leaves an indelible mark on the soul.
The Form of this Sacrament is the bishops special prayer of consecration where he asks God for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and his gifts that are proper to the ministry to which the candidate is being ordained.
The Matter of the Sacrament is the Laying on of hands by the bishop and special prayer of consecration.
Pictured below are Archbishop Christopher Cardone, O.P. (a Dominican priest) and his brother Father Thomas Cardone, S.M. (a Marianist priest)
This sacrament ordains men to carry on the mission started by Jesus Christ and to insure that His bride, the Church continues. It includes three degrees: episcopate (bishops), presbyterate (priest), and diaconate (those who assist the bishops and priests).
The Minister of the sacrament is the diocesan bishop. He may ordain priests and deacons as he see necessary to serve in his diocese. He may ordain bishop with permission from the Pope.
Who can receive this sacrament?
A baptized man who has been called by ordination by God as his vocation. A man must be celibate or unmarried. Deacons can be married at the time of their ordination but if their spouse dies, they cannot remarry. A man can't have any impediments to ordination. Some of these impediments include: mental illness, physical incapacity (must have hands to celebrate the sacrament and must be able to ingest the Body and Blood of Christ) and should be faithful to the teaching of the Church.
The Effect of the Sacrament is a unique relationship with Jesus Christ. It leaves an indelible mark on the soul.
The Form of this Sacrament is the bishops special prayer of consecration where he asks God for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and his gifts that are proper to the ministry to which the candidate is being ordained.
The Matter of the Sacrament is the Laying on of hands by the bishop and special prayer of consecration.
Pictured below are Archbishop Christopher Cardone, O.P. (a Dominican priest) and his brother Father Thomas Cardone, S.M. (a Marianist priest)