Used on Holy Days of Obligation/ Christian Holidays
Used in the Liturgies
Personal Use
Miscellaneous
100
This Sacramental is used to wash away Original Sin in Baptism
What is holy water?
100
This Sacramental is used to symbolize penance, humility, and sacrifice on the first day of the Lenten season.
What are Ashes?
100
This Sacramental reminds the faithful of the cross of salvation, while invoking the Trinity.
What is the Sign of the Cross?
100
This Sacramental helps us keep in memory certain principal events or mysteries in the history of our salvation, and to thank and praise God for them.
What is the Rosary?
100
This Sacramental is a painting of Jesus Christ or another holy figure, typically in a traditional style on wood, venerated and used as an aid to devotion in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches.
What is an Icon?
200
This Sacramental is used in both Baptism and Confirmation.
What is Chrism?
200
This Sacramental points us towards Christ's Resurection and reminds us of his triumphal entrance into Jerusalem
What are palms?
200
This Sacramental is a gesture of deep respect towards the Blessed Sacrament.
What is Genuflection?
200
This Sacramental comes with a set of promises for the faithful who wear them.
What is a Scapular?
200
This Sacramental is a collection of books written by human authors inspired by God. It is made up of 73 books and is split into two sections.
What is the Bible?
300
This Sacramental is used to symbolize a never ending circle of eternal love in the Sacrament of Matrimony.
What are wedding rings?
300
These Sacramentals are sacred songs or hymns received on the Sunday before Easter.
What are Psalms?
300
This Sacramental symbolizes the redemption of mankind and our holy faith.
What is the Cross?
300
This Sacramental can bring special graces through the intercession of Mary at the hour of death if you wear it with faith and devotion.
What is the Miraculous Medal?
300
This Sacramental is rung shorlty before the consecration of the bread and wine and again when the elements are shown to the people.
What are the altar/sanctus bells?
400
This Sacramental is used in the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick. It is used to purify a person and prepare them for death. It also releases them of all of their sins.
What is Oil of the Sick?
400
This Sacremental symbolizes a person's or people's prayers rising up to God.
What is Incense?
400
This Sacramental helps the faithful to make a spiritual pilgrimage of prayer, through meditating upon the chief scenes of Christ's sufferings and death.
What are the Stations of the Cross?
400
This Sacramental is used to count or celebrate the days in anticipation of Christmas.
What is the Advent Calendar?
400
This Sacramental is a nine-day period when a person prays for some special intention.
What is a Novena?
500
This Sacramental symbolizes the light of Christ- the light of the world.
What is the Baptismal Candle?
500
These three Sacramentals are forms of penance that reestablish and heal our relationship with God and others. They are practiced during the Lenten season.
What are Prayer, Fasting and Almsgiving?
500
This Sacramental is the official set of daily prayers prescribed by the Catholic Church to be recited by clergy, religious institutes, and the laity.
What is the Liturgy of the Hours?
500
These Sacrametals carry with them particular graces and indulgences for those who wear them.
What are Religious Medals?
500
This Sacramental is a liturgucal implement used to sprinkle holy water.