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 '''6. How must we receive the Sacraments, in order that they may produce these graces in us? '''

We must prepare ourselves well for them, and then receive them worthily.

'''7. What sin does he commit who receives a Sacrament unworthily? '''

He commits a very grievous sin — a sacrilege.

'''8. Does not the efficacy of the Sacraments also depend on the worthiness or unworthiness of those who administer them? '''

'No; for the Sacraments have their efficacy, not from him who administers them, but from the merits of Jesus Christ, by whom they were instituted.

9. Were all '''the Sacraments instituted by Christ? '''

Yes; for God alone can give to outward signs the power of producing grace and sanctification.

'''10. How many Sacraments has Christ instituted? '''

These seven: 1. Baptism; 2, Confirmation; 3. Holy Eucharist; 4. Penance; 5. Extreme Unction; 6. Holy Orders; and 7. Matrimony.