The ritual action or "thing" in a Sacrament
The Matter
This comes from the Latin word "vocare" which means "to call".
What is "vocation"?
In theology, sexual intercourse is properly referred to as this.
What is the "marital act" or "marital embrace"?
The 3 grades of Holy Orders are Priest, Bishop, and this
The virtue in which a person strives to render another what is his or her due.
What is Justice?
The essential words that are necessary in a sacrament.
What is the "form"?
All vocations and aspect of sacrifice and this.
What is "self-gift"?
The two natural ends of the marital act include the unity of the spouses and this.
What is the "procreation and education of children"?
The form of the sacrament of Holy Orders
The prayer of ordination prayed by the ordaining Bishop.
The defense of human dignity by ensuring that essential human needs are met and that essential human rights are protected for all people
What is "social justice"?
The gift of God that is new life, that is, a sharing in God's own divine life.
What is Sanctifying Grace?
The three traditional vocations in the Catholic Church are Holy Orders, Marriage, and this.
Consecrated Religious Life
God's intention for man and woman to enter Marriage then perform the marital act and have children can be called this.
What is the natural order of human sexuality.
The matter of the sacrament of Holy Orders.
The laying of hands on a baptized male.
The dignity of the human person is rooted in this reality.
What is that all human beings are created in the image and likeness of God?
What is the Paschal Mystery?
The evangelical councils that consecrated religious take include poverty, chastity, and this.
What is obedience?
The virtue which disposes us to be pure of soul and body. It is the succesful integration and ordering of sexuality within a person. It includes self-mastery in which a person controls his/her passions, rather than be controlled by them.
What is "chastity"?
The discipline by which a man in Holy Orders or a consecrated religious forsakes an earthly spouse and family for the sake of the kingdom of God and undivided service to the Church.
What is celibacy?
Materialism, that is, a selfish preoccupation with possessions rather than God or others, and a false understanding of human freedom based on autonomy rather than the good lead to this reality.
What is the culture of death?
The re-presentation of Paschal sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ.
What is the Mass?
The form of the sacrament of marriage.
What is the exchange of vows within a Catholic ceremony?
What are Baptism and Confirmation?
The deliberate killing of someone who is sick, suffering, or elderly in order to end suffering is called this.
What is Euthanasia?