Title: What are the 3 Types of Sacraments of the Catholic Church? - The Catechism Guy
Headings: What are the 3 Types of Sacraments of the Catholic Church?
What are the 3 Types of Sacraments of the Catholic Church?
The 7 Sacraments of the Catholic Church:
Instituted by Christ
Sacraments of Christian Initiation
Sacraments of Healing
Sacraments at the Service of Communion (& the Mission of the Faithful)
My Favorite Books on the Sacraments of the Catholic Church
Sacraments in Scripture by Tim Gray
Three to Get Married by Fulton J. Sheen
Have you read any of these books? Which was your favorite?
Taylor Engel

Content: They are mission oriented. Often these sacraments are associated with discernment by members of the faithful as they do their best to align their desires with the mission that God is calling them to in their life. The Sacrament of Matrimony is a marriage covenant that is made between one man and one woman, which establishes “a partnership of the whole of life… [and is] ordered toward the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring” ( CCC 1601 ). The marriage of a couple is not primarily for their own happiness, but is for the eternal happiness of others. First and foremost, by God’s grace, the Sacrament of Matrimony is meant to establish a union between spouses that reflects the union of Christ and his Church. In a marriage lived according to God’s plan, the love of God for his Church is revealed in the love of the spouses for one another. As stated by the Church, “ [the Sacrament of] Holy Orders is the sacrament through which the mission entrusted by Christ to his apostles continues to be exercised in the Church until the end of time: thus it is the sacrament of apostolic ministry” ( CCC 1536 ). There are three degrees to this Sacrament: ( 1) the episcopate (bishop), (2) presbyterate (priest), and (3) diaconate (deacon).