Spirit of Truth, School Edition > Grade 5 > Unit 9
Lesson 45: What Happens When a Man Is Ordained? Why Can Only Men Receive This Sacrament?
Priests can minister the Sacraments only through the power God gives them, not their own power.
Priests can minister the Sacraments only through the power God gives them, not their own power.
The matter, form, effects, minister, and symbols of the Sacrament of Holy Orders.
Holy Orders is the Sacrament through which Christ continues His ministry in the Church until the end of time.
Jesus told His disciples that He would always be with them, and that we must be humble and open to the Holy Spirit.
The Church is Gods house, where His family dwells.
Jesus followers are called disciples, so we are also Jesus’ disciples.
In order to live the good life we must cultivate not only the inner life of moral virtue, but the outer life by our participation in our communities, participation in the Sacraments, and instruction by those holy ones who came before us.
Believing in and loving God with all our being has enormous consequences for our whole life (CCC 222).
We study the history of the Church so that we can learn about our identity as Christians, why we are who we are, and to inform our future, built upon the successes, wisdom, and traditions of the past.
Saints Peter, Paul, Stephen, and more bore a bold witness for Christ in this era.
The Church is one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic.
The precepts of the Church present the bare minimum required for Christian living.
Our time on earth is given to us for a purpose: to prepare for our time in eternity with God.