The mission and faculty ("the sacred power") to act in persona Christi. Configuration to Christ as Priest, Teacher, and Pastor. The imprinting, as in Baptism, of an indelible character that cannot ...

and that the rites lead to a strengthening of humanity’s connection with God. The seven sacraments touch all stages and all important moments of Christian life.

Catechism of the Catholic Church 1542 Holy Orders differs from other sacraments as it has three separate stages. It can only be given by a man who has himself undertaken all three rites and has ...

The Lord God then built up into a woman the rib that he had taken from the man…” (Genesis 2:7, 22). God made our ... at the Easter Vigil through the sacraments. Man is unique in the entire ...