4.2 - THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS

• INSTITUTION

  • A male Catholic is consecrated to become a Deacon, Priest, or Bishop
• Latin = Ordo = Body - signify consecration to an ecclesiastical ministry
• Sacrament of Holy Orders or Ordination
• When was the sacrament instituted? - Last Supper
• 3 PRIESTLY POWERS

  1. Teaching
  2. Sanctifying
  3. Governing
• BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE SACRAMENT OF HOLY ORDERS

  1. Vocation for the Orgained Ministry
  2. Physical & Psychological Health
  3. Human maturity & emotional stability
  4. Adequate intelligence & Theological culture
• Diaconate = Greek = Diakonos = Servant
• Diaconate - Ordained ministers of the 1st degree w/ the mission of caring for the needy & serving the Church

  (Deacons)
• PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS OF A DEACON

  1. Ministry of the Word
  2. Ministry of the Altar
  3. Ministry of Charity
• MINISTER OF THE SACRAMENT:

  Bishop
• MATTER OF THE SACRAMENT:

  • Receive the Gospel / Evangelarium - sign of mission to preach the Good News
• FORM OF THE SACRAMENT:

  • "Send forth upon him, Lord, we pray, the Holy Spirit, that he may be strengthened by the gift of your sevenfold grace for the faithful carrying our the work of the ministry."
• Presbyterate = Greek = Presbyteros = Elder (Priest)
• Presbyterate - Ordained ministers of the 2nd degree
• Presbyterate - They offer Holy Sacrifice to God & to administer the Sacraments of the Church
• PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS OF A PRIEST

  1. Preach the Gospel
  2. Shepherd the Faithful
  3. Celebrate Divine Worship
• MATTER OF THE SACRAMENT:

  • Priests - receive the Paten & Chalice = symbols of power to celebrate the Eucharist
• FORM OF THE SACRAMENT:

  "Grant, we pray, Almighty Father, on this, your servant, the dignity of the priesthood; renew deep within him the Spirit of holiness; may he henceforth possess this office which comes from you, O God, and is next in rank to the office of the Bishop; and by example of his manner of life, may he instill right conduct."
• Episcopate = Greek = Episkopos = Supervisor (Bishops)
• Episcopate - ordained ministers of the 3rd degree
• Episcopate - they possess the fullness of the Sacrament of Ordination
• MATTER OF THE SACRAMENT:

  • "Laying of Hands by the Bishop" - "I remind you to stir into a flame the gift of God that you have received through the imposition of my hands."
• Signs of the office received by the bishops are:

  • Ring - sigh of their fidelity to the Church
  • Miter - authority
  • Crosier - his jurisdiction
• FORM OF THE SACRAMENT:

  "Pour out now upon this chosen one that power which is from you, the Spirit of governance whom you gave to your beloved Son, Jesus Christ, the Spirit whom he bestowed upon the holy Apostles, who established the Church in each place as your sanctuary for the glory and unceasing praise of your name .”
• GRACES CONFERRED BY THE SACRAMENT OF ORDINATION:

  1. Incorporation to the Holy Orders
  2. State of Grace
  3. Sacred Character