Sacrament

of
HOLY ORDERS

dEFINITION:
The Sacrament of Apostolic Ministry.
The Sacrament by which men are given a
sacred power (sacra potestas) to act in
total sacramental identification with Christ

 Order means the group or body of those

who carry on certain functions like
teaching, sanctifying and governing.
"Ordination" comes from the Latin word
ordinatio, which means to incorporate
someone into an order.

ORIGIN:
Old Testament
New Testament

OLD TESTAMENT
Through Moses God called all the
Israelites to be a kingdom of priest, a holy
nation
The Old Testament Priesthood was
powerless to effect definite salvation.
It was never able to perfect the
worshippers by the same sacrifices
offered continually year after year.

NEW TESTAMENT
Four basic dimension:
The priest is a disciple.
The priest is an apostle.
The priest is called a presbyter.
The priest is the presider at the Eucharist.

THE PRIESTHOOD OF THE

FAITHFUL

Will you answer?

Each of us has a
calling or vocation.
Each of us is called
by God to share His
wonderful life. To say
YES is to entail
both responsibilities
and privileges.

The Priesthood of Christ:

The priesthood was established by God among the
Israelites during their exodus from Egypt. God chose the
tribe of Levi as priests for the nation. Their primary duties
were the offering of sacrifice and prayer for the people.
Christ, in offering Himself up for the sins of all mankind,
fulfilled the duties of the Old Testament priesthood once
and for all. But just as the Eucharist makes that sacrifice
present to us today, so the New Testament priesthood is
a sharing in the eternal priesthood of Christ. While all
believers are, in some sense, priests, some are set aside
to serve the Church as Christ Himself did.

how do we share in the

priesthood of Christ?
All the baptized, empowered by the graces received in Baptism and
Confirmation share in the priesthood of Christ through
Consecration to consecrate means to make holy or sacred. If we
live holy lives, then we actively share priesthood of
Christ.
Meditation to be a mediator means to help bring about a desired
result (bridge, a way)
Sacrifice all of us have a cross to bear; all of the pain and suffering
we and we will experience but it leads contrary to pin our
hope and trust to Him.

DEGREES OF THE
SACRAMNT OF HOLY
ORDERS

BISHOPS
A bishop is a man who is
ordained to the episcopate by
another bishop.
Ordination as a bishop
confers the grace to sanctify
others, as well as the authority
to teach the faithful and to
bind their consciences.
Each Bishop has Vicar of
Christ, the pastoral
responsibility for a particular
diocese entrusted to him.

PRIESTS
Co-workers of the Bishops
They are to preach the
Gospel, to shepherd the
faithful and to celebrate
divine worship as true
priests of the New
Testament.

DEACONS
Assists the priest and the
bishop. They serve the people
of God in the service of the
liturgy of the Gospel and of the
works of charity.

DUTIES:
- administer baptism solemnly
- to be custodians and to distributors of the sacrifice
- to assist and bless marriages in the name of the Church
- to bring viaticum to the dying
- to read the sacred scripture to the faithful
- to instruct and exhort the people
- to preside over the worship and prayers of the faithful
- to administer sacramentals
- to officiate at funeral and burial services

THE CELEBRATION OF THIS

SACRAMENT
Given the importance that the ordination of a bishop, a
priest, or a deacon has for the life of the particular Church, its
celebration calls for as many of the faithful as possible to take
part. It should take place preferably on Sunday, in the cathedral,
with solemnity appropriate to the occasion. All three ordinations,
of the bishop, of the priest, and of the deacon, follow the same
movement. Their proper place is within the Eucharistic liturgy.
The essential rite of the sacrament of Holy Orders for all
three degrees consists in the bishop's imposition of hands on the
head of the ordinand and in the bishop's specific consecratory
prayer asking God for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit and his
gifts proper to the ministry to which the candidate is being
ordained.

WHO CAN CONFER THIS

SACRAMENT?
Christ himself chose the apostles and gave them a share in his
mission and authority. Raised to the Father's right hand, he has not
forsaken his flock but he keeps it under his constant protection
through the apostles, and guides it still through these same pastors
who continue his work today. Thus, it is Christ whose gift it is that
some be apostles, others pastors. He continues to act through the
bishops.
Since the sacrament of Holy Orders is the sacrament of the
apostolic ministry, it is for the bishops as the successors of the
apostles to hand on the "gift of the Spirit, the "apostolic line. Validly
ordained bishops, i.e., those who are in the line of apostolic
succession, validly confer the three degrees of the sacrament of
Holy Orders.

WHO CAN RECEIVE THIS

SACRAMENT?
"Only a baptized man validly receives sacred ordination." The
Lord Jesus chose men to form the college of the twelve apostles,
and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to
succeed them in their ministry. The college of bishops, with whom
the priests are united in the priesthood, makes the college of the
twelve an ever-present and ever-active reality until Christ's return.
The Church recognizes herself to be bound by this choice made by
the Lord himself. For this reason the ordination of women is not
possible.
No one has a right to receive the sacrament of Holy Orders.
Indeed no one claims this office for himself; he is called to it by God.
Anyone who thinks he recognizes the signs of God's call to the
ordained ministry must humbly submit his desire to the authority of
the Church, who has the responsibility and right to call someone to
receive orders. Like every grace this sacrament can be received
only as an unmerited gift.

three evangelical counsels:

Obedience this requires dying to oneself, giving up what the priest wants so that he
could focus all his attention to serving others. To submit their will to
God for the sake of the Gospel.

Celibacy is a gift from the Lord for the sake of the community. As a gift, it must be
nourished and taken care of through constant prayer and the Eucharist. It
is when a priest makes the vow of celibacy, he promises that he will I give
hid
undivided attention and total commitment to his task as a servant.

Poverty is a calling to all priests to pattern their lives after Christ who was born
poor, lived poor, and died poor. (humbleness)

THE EFFECTS OF THE

SACRAMENT OF HOLY
ORDERS

The first effect of the sacrament is an increase of

sanctifying grace. With this, there is the sacramental
grace which makes the recipient a fit and holy minister in
the discharge of his office. As the duties of God's
ministers are manifold and onerous, it is in perfect accord
with the rulings of God's Providence to confer a special
grace on His ministers. The dispensation of sacraments
requires grace, and the rightful discharge of sacred
offices presupposes a special degree of spiritual
excellence. The external sacramental sign or the power
of the order can be received and may exist without this
grace. Grace is required for the worthy, not the valid,
exercise of the power, which is immediately and
inseparably connected with the priestly character.

The Indelible Character

As in the case of Baptism and Confirmation this share in Christ's
office is granted once for all. The sacrament of Holy Orders, like the
other two, confers an indelible spiritual character and cannot be
repeated or conferred temporarily.
- CCC1582
Since it is ultimately Christ who acts and effects salvation through
the ordained minister, the unworthiness of the latter does not prevent
Christ from acting. St. Augustine states this forcefully: "As for the
proud minister, he is to be ranked with the devil. Christ's gift is not
thereby profaned: what flows through him keeps its purity, and what
passes through him remains dear and reaches the fertile earth...."
The spiritual power of the sacrament is indeed comparable to light:
those to be enlightened receive it in its purity, and if it should pass
through defiled beings, it is not itself defiled.
- CCC1584

The Grace of the Holy Spirit

The grace of the Holy Spirit proper to this sacrament is configuration to Christ
as Priest, Teacher, and Pastor, of whom the ordained is made a minister.
- CCC1585
For the bishop, this is first of all a grace of strength ("the governing spirit":
Prayer of Episcopal Consecration in the Latin rite): the grace to guide and
defend his Church with strength and prudence as a father and pastor, with
gratuitous love for all and a preferential love for the poor, the sick, and the
needy. This grace impels him to proclaim the Gospel to all, to be the model
for his flock, to go before it on the way of sanctification by identifying himself
in the Eucharist with Christ the priest and victim, not fearing to give his life for
his sheep....
- CCC1586

Summary

The whole Church is a priestly people. Through Baptism all the faithful share
in the priesthood of Christ. This participation is called the "common
priesthood of the faithful." Based on this common priesthood and ordered to
its service, there exists another participation in the mission of Christ: the
ministry conferred by the sacrament of Holy Orders, where the task is to
serve in the name and in the person of Christ the Head in the midst of the
community.
The ministerial priesthood differs in essence from the common priesthood of
the faithful because it confers a sacred power for the service of the faithful.
The ordained ministers exercise their service for the People of God by
teaching (munus docendi), divine worship (munus liturgicum) and pastoral
governance (munus regendi).
Since the beginning, the ordained ministry has been conferred and exercised
in three degrees: that of bishops, that of presbyters, and that of deacons. The
ministries conferred by ordination are irreplaceable for the organic structure
of the Church: without the bishop, presbyters, and deacons, one cannot
speak of the Church (cf. St. Ignatius of Antioch, Ad Trall. 3,1).

The bishop receives the fullness of the sacrament of Holy Orders, which
integrates him into the episcopal college and makes him the visible head
of the particular Church entrusted to him. As successors of the apostles
and members of the college, the bishops share in the apostolic
responsibility and mission of the whole Church under the authority of the
Pope, successor of St. Peter.
Priests are united with the bishops in sacerdotal dignity and at the same
time depend on them in the exercise of their pastoral functions; they are
called to be the bishops' prudent co-workers. They form around their
bishop the presbyterium which bears responsibility with him for the
particular Church. They receive from the bishop the charge of a parish
community or a determinate ecclesial office.
Deacons are ministers ordained for tasks of service of the Church; they do
not receive the ministerial priesthood, but ordination confers on them
important functions in the ministry of the word, divine worship, pastoral
governance, and the service of charity, tasks which they must carry out
under the pastoral authority of their bishop.

The sacrament of Holy Orders is conferred by the laying on of hands

followed by a solemn prayer of consecration asking God to grant the
ordinand the graces of the Holy Spirit required for his ministry.
Ordination imprints an indelible sacramental character.
The Church confers the sacrament of Holy Orders only on baptized men
(viri), whose suitability for the exercise of the ministry has been duly
recognized. Church authority alone has the responsibility and right to
call someone to receive the sacrament of Holy Orders.
In the Latin Church the sacrament of Holy Orders for the presbyterate is
normally conferred only on candidates who are ready to embrace
celibacy freely and who publicly manifest their intention of staying
celibate for the love of God's kingdom and the service of men.
It is bishops who confer the sacrament of Holy Orders in the three
degrees.

The Sacrament of Holy Orders is the

sacrament through which the mission
entrusted by Christ to His apostles
continuous to be exercised in the
Church until the end of time.

To say "yes" is not the end.

It is just a beginning to make amend.
Have trust on Him as He trusts us.
Believe that when you consecrate,
meditate and sacrifice...
God never ceases to give in return, to
bless us.

REFERENCES

http://www.slideshare.net/shaynebernadettedeleon/report-31707771
http://www.slideshare.net/edzmhar0186/holy-orders-13689445
http://www.slideshare.net/laluckymenamnam/holy-orders-11704023
http://catholicism.about.com/od/beliefsteachings/p/Sac_Holy_Orders
.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q904xIwxnSc
Sacraments 101: Holy Orders (what ordination means)
www.youtube.com
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p2s2c3a6.
htm
http://www.psalm40.org/holyordr.html

Thank you & God bless :)

Mary Gabrielle Alaban
Hannah Falalimpa
Ellen Kate Moreno
Paulyn Joy Padilla
Paulin Rendon
Mary Allyn Taburno
MLS II-C