Appendix A. Glossary • 527
SACRAMENTS OF HEALING:
Designation given to the Sacrament
of Penance and Reconciliation and
the Sacrament of the Anointing of
the Sick.
SACRAMENTS OF INITIATION:
Designation given to those
Sacraments that bring a person
into membership in the Church—
Baptism, Confirmation, and the
Holy Eucharist.
SACRAMENTS AT THE
SERVICE OF COMMUNION:
The term
communion
refers to
the Community of the Church.
Holy Orders and Matrimony are
the Sacraments at the Service of
Communion (the community of
the Church). This means they are
primarily directed toward the salva-
tion of others. If they benefit the
personal salvation of the ordained
or married person, it is through
service to others that this happens.
SACRIFICE:
A ritual offering made
to God by a priest on behalf of the
people as a sign of adoration, grati-
tude, supplication, penance, and/
or communion.
SAINT:
A person who, after having
lived a life of virtue, dies in the state
of grace and has been granted the
reward of eternal life by God. The
saints enjoy the beatific vision and
unceasingly intercede for those still
in earthly life. They also serve as a
model and inspiration to us. (See
also “Canonization.”)
SANCTIFYING GRACE:
See
“Grace.”
SATISFACTION
: An act by which
a sinner makes amends for sin. The
penance received from the priest in
Confession is a form of satisfaction.
All real satisfaction for sin needs to
be a participation in the satisfaction
for sin won for us by Christ.
SCRIPTURE (BIBLE):
The books
that contain the truth of God’s
revelation and that were composed
by human authors, inspired by the
Holy Spirit, and recognized by
the Church.
SCRUTINIES:
During three
Sundays of Lent, those preparing
for entrance into the Church are
led through prayerful reflections
designed to help them turn from sin
and grow in holiness.
SENSES OF SCRIPTURE:
Tradition notes that there are two
senses or aspects of Scripture—the
literal and the spiritual. The literal
meaning is that meaning conveyed
by the words of Scripture and
discovered by exegesis following
rules of sound interpretation. The