Title: Sacraments of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia
Headings: Sacraments of the Catholic Church
Sacraments of the Catholic Church
Contents
Enumeration
History
Current
Dogmatic aspects
Faith and grace
Sacraments of initiation
Baptism
Confirmation
Eucharist
Restored order of initiation
Sacraments of healing
Penance
Anointing of the Sick
Sacraments of service
Holy Orders
Matrimony
Validity and liceity
Impediments
Conditional conferral
See also
References
Bibliography
External links

Content: Their power comes not from the celebrant nor from the recipient but from God. In them Christ himself is at work. However, the actual effects ("the fruits") of the sacrament depends also on the recipient's disposition: " in order that the liturgy may be able to produce its full effects, it is necessary that the faithful come to it with proper dispositions, that their minds should be attuned to their voices, and that they should cooperate with divine grace lest they receive it in vain". Faith and grace
Distribution of divine graces by means of the Catholic Church, the sacraments and hats (Johannes Hopffe, Wrisberg epitaph, Hildesheim, before 1615)
The Catholic Church teaches that the sacraments are "efficacious signs of grace, instituted by Christ and entrusted to the Church, by which divine life is dispensed to us." The Church teaches that the effect of a sacrament comes ex opere operato, by the very fact of being administered, regardless of the personal holiness of the minister administering it. However, a recipient's own lack of proper disposition to receive the grace conveyed can block the effectiveness of the sacrament in that person. The sacraments presuppose faith and through their words and ritual elements, are meant to nourish, strengthen and give expression to faith. While the Church itself is the universal sacrament of salvation, the sacraments of the Catholic Church in the strict sense are seven sacraments that "touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life: they give birth and increase, healing and mission to the Christian's life of faith". "